by Brian | Aug 24, 2017 | Recipes, TBT
Today’s TBT Cookbook review covers The New American Cheese, a survey of the American cheese landscape in 2000. So, naturally, we need a TBT recipe rich in cheese. Here it is. The pairing of crab and cheese is classic and here the packaging, ala tart,...
by Brian | Aug 23, 2017 | Recipes
Suzi and I are on a grand tour of Turkey. No, we haven’t actually left New York City, but we are wandering the lively pages of Turkish Delights by John Gregory-Smith. Turkey is big, like bigger than Texas. There is far more to Turkey than Istanbul and Turkish Delights...
by Brian | Aug 22, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
In late summer the farmers markets can display some oddities for us. Like gooseberries. Native to Europe and Western Asia, gooseberries have a small but happy following in the United States. They are immensely popular in Great Britain and this recipe comes from the...
by Brian | Aug 18, 2017 | Recipes
Two weeks ago I saw the first red leaves. Now, on August 18th, there are red and gold dashes up and down the Hudson Valley. And many of those trees that were bright green in July have adopted serious traces of brown camouflage Autumn is arriving, sooner than normal...
by Brian | Aug 17, 2017 | Recipes, TBT
Here’s a TBT recipe from 7 years ago. I don’t normally think of mint and spaghetti in the same breath, but Lidia does. Besides the mint, you’ll need capers and anchovies and red pepper flakes. It’s a summer sizzler. Imagine New Jersey was an...
by Brian | Aug 16, 2017 | Recipes
I first blogged this dish in May using the picture from the book. We made it. And we made it into an elegant main course with summer veggies as you can see. This is a wonderful dish that scales up for a party of any size. When we made the biscuits, we could not find...
