by Brian | Mar 29, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, Uncategorized
Often we have roulades during the holidays: a chocolate sponge cake filled with whipped cream, perhaps surrounded with a chocolate glaze. Roulades are far more than holiday food and can be enjoyed year-round in great variety. The cake can be vanilla, as it is here, or...
by Brian | Mar 28, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, Uncategorized
In her magnificent latest book, Flavorful, Tish Boyle goes to the max in fashioning grand desserts. The book is devoted to her, and probably yours, favorite flavors. We all seem to tend to vanilla and coffee and caramel. And apple. Bread pudding began as a sort...
by Brian | Mar 27, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
In the wonderful Onions Etceterea, Kate Winslow and Guy Ambrosio give you a world tour of alliums: onions, scallions, garlic, chives and shallots. Oh, and pearl onions. You may have had apple tarte tatin. Here’s a savory version made with pearl onions! It’s...
by Brian | Mar 25, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
“I want coleslaw tonight,” I said to my wife. “I was just going to say that to you,” Suzi smiled. We were in our market in the produce section and I was able to reach over and grab a cabbage in a flash. “What are you doing?” Suzi asked. “Cole. Slaw,” I said...
by Brian | Mar 24, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
It’s the first day of spring. In NYC, it got to 50 degrees today. For this weekend in our upstate house will we be planting flowers? No. It will be 20 degrees and snowing. To help chase winter away here’s a lovely idea from Gaby Dalkin in Absolutely Avocado....
by Brian | Mar 23, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I posted this a couple of years ago. My deli is still there. Hummus display is even bigger, more flavors. Gee, chipotle hummus. I prefere this dip! My corner deli in Manhattan is run by Koreans, what else? The refrigerator case is overflowing with hummus, in...
