by Brian | Mar 22, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Recipes, Uncategorized
I just posted a review of Chocolat by Pierre Marcolini. He’s a Belgian master of haute chocolate. A serious master. Many of the recipes in Chocolat are ones you would only find in four-star restaurants or in one of Pierre’s world-class chocolate boutiques. There...
by Brian | Mar 21, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes, Uncategorized
In the wondrous Gâteaux, authors Christophe Felder and Camille Lesecq present a fabulous array of treats: large cakes, small cakes, celebration cakes, tarts, and fruit happiness. Oh, and cookies. Felder is from Alsace, a region of France on the German border...
by Brian | Mar 20, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Last August I did a cookbook review for The Four Seasons of Pasta, a collection of recipes offering pasta on an elevated level. When it comes to winter, authors Nancy Harmon and Sara Jenkins remark: “Of all the seasons, winter is the hardest to...
by Brian | Mar 19, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, Uncategorized
In her magnificent latest book, Flavorful, Tish Boyle goes to the max in fashioning grand desserts. This is the most complex recipe in the book and is truly a master work of dessert craftsmanship. Yet, Tish has written this for you, the American home cook, and she...
by Brian | Mar 18, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Kids underfoot? Cold outside? Cabin fever? What you need is some family hot chocolate. Something kids and adults can all relish. In the summer, you make s’mores together. Time for S’mores Hot Chocolate from Hot Chocolate by Hannah Miles. There are duties...
by Brian | Mar 17, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
If you have eaten in a Japanese restaurant, you may have enjoyed a noodle dish, an Udon noodle dish. Thick, luscious, these noodles almost seem alive. In any dish, like the soup in the picture at the bottom of this post, the noodles become the central element, the...
