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by Brian | Apr 14, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
My original post appears below. I just wanted to tell you about an occasion I had to invent a new cocktail. I wanted my La Vie En Rose. But we had no Lillet, just Capel Pisco and Pamplemousse Rose. No Lillet, I needed to cut the sting of the pisco, but I...
by Brian | Apr 13, 2019 | Recipes
In her powerful Art of the Party, party and beverage guru Kay Plunkett-Hoge provides a battery of upscale ideas to make your next party most memorable. Many people like lamb. Few of us eat it. Everyone would be a devotee if they sampled this recipe....
by Brian | Apr 12, 2019 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Jean Anderson is one of our favorite cookbook authors. Her From a Southern Oven in 2012 is a staple for us. We’ve tried with delight recipes like her Peppery Cheese Rounds and her Open-Face Vidalia Pie. I cannot urge you strongly enough to find and enjoy...
by Brian | Apr 11, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
From a couple of years ago comes this lovely spring idea: Spring Vegetable Tartare. Feel free to improvise here. There is no way to go wrong and an infinite number of ways to go great. Enjoy this Ducasse wonder. I just posted a review of the wonderful new book...
by Brian | Apr 10, 2019 | Really Simple, Recipes
When Suzen has classes at Cooking by the Book, everybody gets to work in the kitchen. The whole team coming to us is divided up into smaller groups, each group prepares one dish of the meal, they cook for about an hour, and then go eat their creations. It’s all...
by Brian | Apr 9, 2019 | Recipes
As a kid Fridays were tough for me. I ate at public school but, in deference to Catholics, they served only fish-sticks mac-and-cheese. Friday night at home, my mother was only mac-and-cheese. She was not a “from scratch” kind of cook so I saw a lot of...
