by Brian | Dec 17, 2015 | Holidays, Recipes
Over the next two weeks, we have some holidays and the opportunity to create feasts with new flavors. This most elegant recipe is from Andrew Wong and his book A. Wong The Cookbook. Xinjiang is a province in the far northwest of China, huge in area with 1.6 million...
by Brian | Dec 15, 2015 | Holidays, Recipes
I posted this last year and it's on our agenda for this year, too. Bourbon, white wine and molasses make for cranberry sauce that you just won't find on the store shelves. You put so much effort into that turkey and the stuffing. Why not top it off with...
by Brian | Dec 12, 2015 | Holidays, Recipes
Today’s cookbook review is for the lovely Do-Ahead Christmas by James Ramsden. It’s a book filled with striking recipes, ones that can be made, at least partially, hours or days ahead. So your Christmas meal can exceptional without you being exhausted....
by Brian | Dec 8, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Holidays, Recipes
If you do have a Christmas dinner, and most of us do, how do you go about planning for it? There is always that resistance to just “do Thanksgiving over again” right down to the pumpkin pie. Yes, heresy. Let’s start over for Christmas. From Marcel...
by Brian | Nov 27, 2015 | Holidays, Recipes, Thanksgiving
It’s Friday. Yesterday was Thanksgiving. What’s for dinner? Here's an idea first posted last year and still delicious. Too often we suffer post-Thanksgiving relapse and letdown. We just reheat the stuff from last night. Well, the stuffing and...
by Brian | Nov 23, 2015 | Holidays, Recipes, Thanksgiving
Ah, yes. That terrible last act of Thanksgiving night. The meal is over. Everyone is resting. Maybe having another piece of pie. Watching the third and final football game. And there you are. In the kitchen finishing off that turkey. It’s a tedious job and...
