by Brian | Nov 4, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, Syrups
In Seattle there is a bar called Canon that is considered one of the top 30 bars in the world. The world. Next time I visit my daughter there, we are going drinking. In the meantime, I just got The Canon Cocktail Book [2016] and I’m planning on deep explorations. Many...
by Brian | Nov 3, 2018 | Recipes
I just posted a review of Tasting Italy yesterday, a new book that is both cookbook and tour guide to Italy. It is a brilliant book filled with 100 recipes from every region of Italy. Beans. Let’s be clear. American’s don’t automatically jump to eat beans. Except for...
by Brian | Oct 27, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I remember my first time. I was ten, yes, a young ten. It was 1955 and I was walking through the famed Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax in Los Angeles. It was my first return to California since we left in 1948. I smelled something, something wonderful. A whole sheet...
by Brian | Oct 26, 2018 | Recipes
I grew up in Oregon where pies and jams were everyday events. Suzi just returned from Seattle with jars of berry jams: loganberries, marionberries, … Wonders you cannot find back here in the East. I never put jam on my pie as a kid. No need for the pies were...
by Brian | Oct 24, 2018 | Recipes
Last year we were treated to a cookbook devoted to the holidays: Gizzi’s Season’s Eatings. It’s an awesomely happy book with plenty of British-inspired holiday treats. I saw this recipe and have saved it for this fall season. It’s pumpkin time for us and the weather...
by Brian | Oct 23, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
An Aperol Spritz is a divine beverage. And, as Suzi and I discovered last spring in Milan, a lifesaver. We were dead on our ass after hours of walking. We found a lovely and historic bar a mile from the cathedral, sat, had our spritzes and some mini-sandwiches and...
