by Brian | Feb 13, 2020 | News
Few things are guaranteed in life, but Suzi and I know of one: visit Tuscany and the experience will last for the rest of your life. It is simply the most beautiful place on earth. Intense green trees, rolling yellow fields and that Tuscan blue sky that is perfect. If...
by Brian | Jan 14, 2020 | News
It’s almost midnight and I just have time to give you a preview of a perfect meal. It’s there for you in the picture. Chicken with a creamy chipotle sauce. Those peas are lemony with onions. And in the top left you’ll see the twice-baked sweet...
by Brian | Oct 1, 2019 | News
Suzi’s business, Cooking by the Book, has been described as unique and perfect. We are delighted to receive those plaudits. And inspired to maintain that superior quality. Suzi created a new type of business: culinary team building. Across the nation, many...
by Brian | Aug 13, 2019 | News
Actually, this is not a funny post today. This is serious. Like, no more banana splits or banana bread serious. I posting a link here to a National Geographic article alerting us to a truly dire threat. Bananas in East Asia have been decimated by a fungus that, though...
by Brian | Jul 10, 2019 | News
Hi, This is Brian and I want to reassure you that I’ll be back and blogging. I’ve taken the start of July off to focus on being calm and thinking about our peonies. Suzi and I are peony freaks. We travel to peony festivals and visit formal gardens...
by Brian | Jun 4, 2019 | News
I am not a breakfast person, unless you can offer me toast with strawberry jam and a cup of cocoa topped with whipped cream. Lately, I’ve begun the switch to a double shot of espresso and a croissant. A shift in sophistication but not a different path really. We...
