![A Perfect Summer Meal [with options for sides and dessert]](https://cookingbythebook.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/07/wc-2014_06_27_2355-700x510.jpg)
by Brian | Jul 9, 2014 | News
Here’s a menu for a summer meal that is satisfyingly complete. Begin with a beverage, a Pina Colada, but not just the regular one. You need Brian’s Faux Colada: more flavor and less alcohol. Then a barbecued steak complete with not some overpowering steak...
by Brian | Jun 24, 2014 | News
I am having a nightmare problem formatting these blogs. In the past months, I had created a format with different styles and sizes of fonts that people liked. I did this using my blogging engine: the very popular WordPress. Unfortunately, WordPress just issued an...
by Brian | Jun 12, 2014 | News
I hate the false superstitions that surround Friday the 13th. I find it all stupid and ridiculous and I get angry and then depressed. That's why I am not going out of my house today. Not even to Starbucks. No, I am on superstition strike. Was that lightening? Is...
by Brian | May 10, 2014 | News
Last week Suzen and I were visiting my daughter Kelly in Seattle. We took a day trip to Portland to, ostensibly, visit my mother, but I will admit to an additional motive: it’s been four years since I had my last Roakes hot dog. For those of you who...
by Brian | May 5, 2014 | News
Today’s post is a travel update. Suzen and I have been visiting my daughter Kelly in Seattle. We’ve had a week of travel, tasting, and cooking. We’ve some lovely new recipes I will post this week, and deeper perspective on the American food scene. If...
![Easter Dinner Ideas [Or Other Spring and Summer Feasts]](https://cookingbythebook.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wc-IMG_5027-700x466.jpg)
by Brian | Apr 22, 2014 | Menus, News
Yes, I know, Easter was last Sunday. But there will be an Easter again, short of a meteor strike. And there are other times during the spring and summer that you may be celebrating. Here is the menu we had on Sunday. The next few days will see a post with each...
