by Brian | Mar 5, 2018 | Recipes
I meant to post this recipe on Friday. Last Thursday I did a TBT cookbook review of the Stonyfield Farm Yogurt Cookbook from 1999. I was blogging the book and looking at the weather reports simultaneously. A storm was coming. “We should leave for upstate and miss the...
by Brian | Mar 1, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
This dressing is lovely on salads, particularly if you “protein” the salad up with the suggested chunks of poultry. Or, just applied to a wedge of lettuce and topped with that ever impressive blue cheese! Here, for example, is a Tomatillo Salad Dressing...
by Brian | Feb 28, 2018 | Recipes
When The New York Times printed this recipe from Modernist Bread, bakers around the planet responded. Suzi was one of the first. She has a sourdough starter that is almost 30 years old, so she was quite prepared for this undertaking. Some sourdough starter is an...
by Brian | Feb 27, 2018 | Recipes
Last week I posted a review of The Vermont Non-GMO Cookbook. Once reviewed, this striking book was not put back on the shelf. Suzi and I have marked twenty recipe we want to try. The beet recipes are the ones that shine most brightly. Lots of beet recipes:...
by Brian | Feb 23, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Which is prettier? The bread pudding, the combo of crème fraiche with whipped cream, that wedge of praline, or the very vibrant ramekin? You’ll recognize the ramekin, of course, by its burgundy color. It’s from Emile Henry, the French company that produces brilliant...
by Brian | Feb 22, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, TBT
It’s National Margarita Day so we need margaritas. Or, even better, variations like The Paloma made with grapefruit juice. This recipe comes from a wonderful regional cookbook: The Texas Cowboy Kitchen by Grady Spears and June Naylor....
