by Brian | Aug 30, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Barbecue joints arrive weekly in Manhattan. This gem has been around for a quarter century and is still the best. Easily the best. Their cookbook is superior. So are their baked beans which I’m about to do as TBT Recipe post! In New York City, just a half block...
by Brian | Aug 29, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Ooops. I got this book a year ago and Suzi and I have been happily exploring it. I knew I had blogged it and I was checking just when and … My goodness, I have messed up. Badly. You may not recognize the names Katie and Giacarlo Caldesi, but you will. This fall they...
by Brian | Aug 28, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Anything by Rose Levy Beranbaum deserves our attention. Her previous eleven cookbooks — like The Cake Bible, The Bread Bible, and Rose’s Christmas Cookies — have brought many of us countless bites to treasure. If you have ever used a Rose book, you know that...
by Brian | Aug 15, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Quite often our lives are complicated. Do I do this now or later? Or at all? Where to get coffee? How should I exercise to work off the damn caffeine? And then there are the easy things in life. The no-brainers. Oh, a new book by Kay Plunkett-Hodge? Well, of course, I...
by Brian | Aug 14, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This actually isn’t a cookbook. There are no recipes here. But it will drive you pack your bags and make a pilgrimage to Texas for a sampling of the best barbeque in the world. In 2009, Wyatt McSpadden wrote Texas BBQ, a survey of Texas barbeque in brilliant text and...
by Brian | Aug 10, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Sometimes a grandmother can change your life. A few years ago, Brittany Bennett wanted to prepare an apple pie for Thanksgiving dessert. With no shortening on hand to make a crust, she was headed for the door and the store. Her grandmother told her to just wait. She...
