by Brian | Mar 4, 2020 | Recipes
I just published a review of Searing Inspiration, a most lovely cookbook. The book has a specific concept: cook a main course then keep the pan, add components, and fashion a sauce to transform it all to a feast. A feast for your eyes as well as your mouth. Searing...
by Brian | Mar 2, 2020 | Recipes
I never saw the term “Hasselback Potatoes” until about a year ago. Now, they are an institution in many books. And that’s a good trend. What is a Hasselback potato? It’s a baked potato where the potato is sliced vertically many times before going in the oven. You make...
by Brian | Feb 27, 2020 | Recipes, TBT
Snack food. I was part of a prescription drug study for a couple of years where they asked about my daily eating. “Do you...
by Brian | Feb 27, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
We are about five weeks out from Passover, which gives you just enough time to browse through the 656 pages of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Food and discover ideas from far and wide. Jews have been spread around the world for two thousand years and generation after...
by Brian | Feb 25, 2020 | Recipes
Roasted or raw? What do you with your tomatillos. Raw tomatillos in a salsa make for a sharp tang. When roasted, the tomatillo flavor is deeper with more “spread” across your mouth instead of that immediate sharp tang. And, making salsa with raw tomatillos is faster....
by Brian | Feb 24, 2020 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
It was a dark and stormy night on a rocky road when … When you make brownies, what do you do? Just bake, pull them from the oven and devour? I know, the aroma of fresh brownies is very hard to resist. But, resistance is not futile. And, and, there...
