by Brian | Mar 12, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
By far mint is my favorite herb. Mint flavoring in the frosting on my brownies. Mint penetrating deeply throughout my julep. Mint jelly covering my spring leg of lamb. In our Catskills house a decade ago, we planted five thin sprigs. Mint is invasive and we now have...
by Brian | Mar 11, 2018 | Recipes
Risotto is a lovely dish but one that can be a tad difficult to present to the table. You try to adorn it with cheese, but that piping hot risotto will have the cheese melting by the time you bring it to the table. True, you can let people add the cheese for...
by Brian | Mar 10, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
This recipe comes from the British West Country. Far from London and from Paris, this dish is a surprise, a kind of tart tatin in roulade shape. Very inviting to the eye and totally delicious from the first bite on. Feel free to adorn those apples with some spice, if...
by Brian | Mar 8, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
It’s a confusing time of year. A friend of mine, with a house in rural Pennsylvania, said her crocus are up. Would mine be up? I can’t tell. I have 14″ inches of snow. A very confusing and tempting time of year. Spring is so close, with its bounty of...
by Brian | Mar 7, 2018 | Recipes
I have been doing Muffin Mondays but this past Monday we were getting over a Nor’easter and muffins were not on the agenda. Just feeding the fireplace with wood was all we had time for. No power, no heat. I’m back in our upstate house and, guess what, it’s another...
by Brian | Mar 6, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
In many parts of the country you can find Clabber Girl leavening products, baking soda and baking powder. “Clabber” is a synonym for sour milk. In the early 1800s, clabber was mixed with pearl ash, soda and cream of tartar to produce an early version of baking powder....
