by Brian | Jun 8, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It’s rare but there are such things as the perfect cookbook. Wonderful food, meticulously researched, tested, well written and packaged in a book that you could display on your coffee table. This is that kind of book. In April, Suzi and I spent ten days in Sicily...
by Brian | Jun 7, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Todays’s TBT cookbook is not yet 10 years old, my usual standard. But this important book is one for the season. Meringue and fruit are the perfect mate: pavlovas, lemon meringue pie, … Of course, summer with its humidity is JUST the season to avoid...
by Brian | Jun 5, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
If you wanted a great afternoon of light fare paired with wonderful desserts, where would you go? The Left Bank of Paris? Vienna? The Spanish Steps? How abut Poundbury? In Dorchester? A hundred miles due west of London. There you will find the Bramble Café, founded by...
by Brian | Jun 4, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
If you visit Atlanta or Raleigh or one of the other metro areas in the South, you can find authentic world cuisine. Parisian classics, pad Thai, soy-doused Chinese, authentic tacos, and sumptuous pasta are available and have excellent quality. What if you wanted those...
by Brian | Jun 1, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It’s hard to find a sadder national history than Cuba in the 20th Century. Even now, 18 years into the 21st Century, there remain holdover issues that shadow that nation’s progress and its relationship with the United States. There is one positive avenue: everybody...
by Brian | May 29, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Melissa Coleman has earned great respect and praise for her lovely blog The Faux Martha. The accolades will continue with this book, a mix of blogged recipes and new ideas that capture the essence of her minimalist philosophy. At first, when I saw the book’s title, I...
