by Brian | Jun 14, 2019 | Recipes
Suzi was doing her semi-annual labor of love: fashioning a new menu for her cooking school, Cooking by the Book. It’s the only fully hands-on cooking school in New York City, so she has to find recipes that a team of twenty can prepare in about one hour in our...
by Brian | Jun 13, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
Summer heat means the berries are ripe, rich and sweet. So, for this week’s TBT recipe here’s a Blueberry Crumb Cake that you can use 7X24. It’s great for breakfast, of course. Cake always is. Brunch? This can be the star. And at night, after...
by Brian | Jun 12, 2019 | Recipes
In her lovely In the French Kitchen with Kids, Mardi Michels displays her love of French food and the elegant, elevated cuisine she ate when living in Paris. Of course, she admits, she had only a small kitchen there and often had to resort to store-bought food....
by Brian | Jun 11, 2019 | Recipes
If you say “French Onion Soup” who can resist? Not me. Not any time of year. From famed French chef Michel Roux comes this Norman version of the classic. There are the familiar chicken stock and cheese and baguette, but the surprise here is apple cider. If you...
by Brian | Jun 10, 2019 | Recipes
The lovely book Mediterranean by Susi Theodorou has this impressive Venetian Spring Risotto. In the book, this is titled Risi Bisi with Farro but this dish is from Venice and is based on spring ingredients, so I’m giving it this title. Shallots, spring onions,...
by Brian | Jun 6, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
Today’s TBT recipe was brought to you seven years ago by Suzi. She’s never been a fan of iceberg lettuce but this recipe changed her mind. It’s most refreshing on warm days, on hot days, on blistering days. There are people who do not believe...
