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by Brian | Sep 18, 2012 | Cooking Classes, News, Recipes
For this Friday’s Oktoberfest Class at Cooking by the Book, Suzen has been determined, determined to perfect baking pretzels. For the past month, she’s looking at multiple recipes, made many batches, and very often grumbled. She wants those ideal pretzels, with the...
by Brian | Sep 13, 2012 | News, Recipes
Recently, I blogged about making lemonade for one person by muddling one lemon. I’ve tested some other one-person recipes recently, and, while they were nice, this recipe is still tops. Of course, there is this slight issue: how do you get a great muddle. In the...
by Brian | Sep 10, 2012 | Recipes
Concord grapes. They come only in the fall and they cannot be forgotten. They are the definitive sweet grape flavor. They also have skins you could make a tire from. Or, a great, great syrup. Look, it is fall. The kids are returning to school and each weekday...
by Brian | Sep 8, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Please continue to read all of this. Yes, there is diatribe at the beginning, but the beverage that results from all this is spectacular. Really, it is. Ah, the political conventions are over and we have been enlightened and informed. One person said our economic...
by Brian | Sep 5, 2012 | Recipes
The calendar says that fall is two weeks away. The abundance in our farmers markets says that fall is here. All those apples. All those potential pies. I blogged this pie two years ago. I’m doing it again. We went to a party this weekend where our gracious...
by Brian | Sep 1, 2012 | Recipes
Last weekend Suzen and I had an official “urban weekend.” Rather than go upstate, we decided to enjoy the city. Saturday was a bike ride up the West Side from Tribeca to the George Washington Bridge. Well, we did stop at 97th Street with a flat. You should know...
