by Brian | Feb 20, 2018 | Recipes
Last week I started a project Muffin Monday. Yesterday was Presidents Day and I took Monday off. But, I still made muffins. These are the best muffins ever, according to my wife. Suzi is not a pastry person, a morning muffin or biscuit person. Bagel? Sure! But...
by Brian | Feb 17, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Sometimes it is fun to confuse people. At her cooking school in New York City, Cooking by the Book, Suzi employs a staff of twenty with many professional chefs. We offered one of them, a superb dessert maven, a bite of this cake. He tasted, he smiled, then he scowled....
by Brian | Feb 16, 2018 | Recipes
The audacity: a cookbook writer from Great Britain tries to make hot chicken wings. The humbling: damn, these are as good as it gets. Not Buffalo, New York hot. Not quite, but the sweetness and stickiness more than compensate. For over a decade, Gizzi Erskine has...
by Brian | Feb 14, 2018 | Recipes
Ah, who can resist Coq Au Vin? Warm and so French. Close your eyes, take a bite, and pretend you are in your favorite Parisian bistro. Now, add some Herby Dumplings to the mix, and you are literally transported to the Paris. Or so it felt two Saturdays ago as we...
by Brian | Feb 13, 2018 | Recipes
Garage or basement? Where do you keep your deep frier? We have one in each. Suzi and I both are a bit tummy-adverse to fried foods. And, if we deep fry in our kitchen for Suzi’s cooking school, well, the guests may leave at the end of the night but the vapors...
by Brian | Feb 12, 2018 | Recipes
I am declaring Monday to be Muffin Day. For the next few weeks, Suzi and I will make muffins over the weekend and then, on Monday, share the results with you. Every Monday? Yes, for a while. There are muffin recipes galore out there, of course, but we have the very...
