by Brian | Nov 17, 2023 | Recipes, Thanksgiving
Alright. This post will seem a tad odd but, but, please bear with me. It’s six days to Thanksgiving and I have not been posting. Sorry, life intervened. I have, I assure you, been thinking. About Thanksgiving and the days that follow. Suzi and I make too much food for...
by Brian | Nov 1, 2023 | Recipes
I love biscuits. And now, how do I love scones? By the dozen. Scones are a Scottish creation from the 1500s but in recent decades they have advanced around the planet. Your classic, basic scone recipe has 7 ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter heavy...
by Brian | Oct 31, 2023 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
It’s Halloween and, one way or another, you are likely to have a new mound of candy sitting in your kitchen tomorrow morning. What do with it all? Besides eating it directly. I bet you’ll have some candy corn, that delicious symbol of fall and surely of this holiday....
by Brian | Oct 27, 2023 | Recipes
There is a wonderful new cookbook out, The Grilled Cheese Cookbook by Becks Wilkinson. I’ll have the cookbook review for you in a day or two. But, to whet your appetite, here’s one idea that truly stretches the “concept” of a grilled cheese sandwich. The rye bread is...
by Brian | Oct 21, 2023 | Recipes, Thanksgiving
Here’s a little Thanksgiving help. One you need to consider now. Actually, it is not about Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. It’s about Wednesday, the day and the night before. Many of us travel for the holiday and arrive a day or two before. Or, we are hosting and on...
by Brian | Oct 20, 2023 | Recipes
What is your favorite cuisine? For Suzi and me it’s often the cuisine in that restaurant we are about to enter. We eat everything: American, Mexican, Tex-Mex, French, Italian and Asian. Oh, Asian? About that, that’s where we get confused: Japanese, or Chinese, or...