by Brian | Apr 21, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, News
The photo above is from tipplesheet.com aka http://karanewman.wordpress.com/. Kara is a reporter, author, and cocktail maven. She has a wonderful blog devoted to cocktail making. And her latest post is one you really need to read: What the #Limepocalypse means...
by Brian | Mar 18, 2014 | News, Recipes
Suzen is an expert in culinary team building. Really, the expert. She pioneered using the kitchen for team activities. What kind of activities? Perhaps just an episode of fun with people casually preparing a meal together. Perhaps an evening filled with...
by Brian | Feb 16, 2014 | News
Yes. Someone emailed me a complaint. Here’s the story. We lost internet service. For 10 days. Our internet provider here in Manhattan is Time Warner Cable. It’s been a trial with me on the phone every single day, two or three times. I was able to work with...
by Brian | Jan 21, 2014 | News
I guess it would be wrong to call this a crisis. But it surely is a catastrophe. Our culinary world is now contaminated, and in danger of being overrun, by faux recipes. These are recipes that outwardly seem good, but that are not. These are recipes that fail because...
by Brian | Jan 14, 2014 | News
Sorry. I’ve blogged very little in the past three weeks, my longest streak of being non-productive. What happened? My daughter visited from Seattle, got sick, got me sick, she left, I stayed here. I’m still sick. But, the posts will rise again. Like later...
by Brian | Dec 12, 2013 | Dessert Digest, News, Recipes
There are a large number of pumpkin pie recipes. In doing a google search last week, I began to think there might be one recipe per person on the planet. I don’t think I’m wrong. What do these recipes all have in common: pumpkin, either canned or a real pumpkin...
