by Brian | Nov 1, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Crave-Killing Recipes is a distinctive and inspiring cookbook. It is small: just 25 recipes. But those recipes, written by fitness expert Marie Blanchard, are designed to make a difference in your life. Ordinarily, the foods we love are fatty or sweet or both...
by Brian | Oct 31, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
This week’s TBT Cookbook is most timely. This is the time of year when temperatures begin to plunge, the leaves are almost gone, and snow looms on the horizon. Time for a safe retreat to the kitchen for rounds of comfort food. And this book, reviewed in 2014, is...
by Brian | Oct 30, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Dedicated Drinker's Diary
Who doesn’t like sparkling wine? Champagne, of course. Cava, from Spain — the most sparkling production of any country. And prosecco from Northern Italy. Prosecco is relatively new, first created in1868 in the far, far northeast corner of Italy. There, the...
by Brian | Oct 24, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Ken Haedrich is America’s pie master. I’ve mentioned this book before and now I want to offer it to you again. It’s fall. It’s baking season and the holidays approach. No pie is more American than apple and in this book you’ll find...
by Brian | Oct 23, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Heirloom Kitchen author Anna Francese Gass is herself an immigrant to this country. Born in Italy, she has fashioned a strong culinary career here, including graduating from the French Culinary Institute. This book really began when she realized that she did...
by Brian | Oct 16, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Now, I hate to begin a book review with a criticism but the title here is wrong. There is absolutely nothing “everyday” about the year’s bounty of recipes in Meike Peters’ important new book. Her first book, Eat in My Kitchen, was a sensation. This volume is...
