by Brian | Mar 27, 2019 | Recipes
In Field of Dreams, the hero is told: “If you build it, they will come.” I think today’s version is: “If you eat kale, a lot of kale, eventually you will like it.” My first taste of kale? Ugly? An urge to retch. A sensation that my throat would be etched...
by Brian | Mar 25, 2019 | Recipes
Irish food maven Darina Allen has a “new” book out. Simply Delicious has recipes from her first two books in the late 1980s. Those were slim paperbacks that were immediate successes. Here, the recipes have been refreshed a tad and, of course, now are...
by Brian | Mar 22, 2019 | Recipes
It’s spring and time for trout. This recipe from Basque Country notes that fishermen venture out into cold spring streams to secure brown trout, ideal for this recipe. Trout and salmon are closely related, but we eat far more salmon than trout. If you’ve had a...
by Brian | Mar 21, 2019 | News, Recipes
The core of many desserts is pastry cream. It’s that “elegant goo” that makes you begin to think about having seconds, before your wife stares you down. I did this comparison a few years of “pastry cream” and I discovered that it...
by Brian | Mar 21, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
Today’s TBT Cookbook Review features the biggest book in our Pastry Week from five years ago. This massive book will get you underway with your spring baking. Yes, spring is here and now you begin to limber up, lift this very heavy book, and find something...
by Brian | Mar 19, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Author Jose Pizarro of Basque concedes that Apple Tatin is a French recipe, not a Basque one. Although, in his defense, the Basque region covers both northeastern Spain and southwestern France. He says he has included it because he likes it. And the...
