by Brian | Feb 3, 2017 | Recipes, Super Bowl
If I ever want to sleep on the couch, all I have to do is eat some raw onion. I like raw onion. Suzen does not. The compromise is we cook them, and we make them sweet with utilitarian value. On Sunday, you have the Super Bowl and that’s a day for snacking. It’s an...
by Brian | Feb 2, 2017 | Recipes, Super Bowl
It is less than a week to the Super Bowl and you have two decisions to make: who to root for and what to eat. I’m repeating this post because it is iconic: we neeed wings, dips, drinks, and dessert. I must admit one little point: the wings picture above...
by Brian | Feb 1, 2017 | Recipes, Super Bowl
Yesterday I did a cookbook review of Fingerfood by Elsa Petersen-Schepelern. I mentioned three recipes that seem ideally posed for a Super Bowl Feast. This is one of them: different, bright and bursting with flavor. How can a crabcake be different? Well, this...
by Brian | Jan 30, 2017 | Recipes, Super Bowl
If you can find figs now, and you might, then here is a lovely salad that can be the centerpiece of a Sunday Brunch. A Superbowl Sunday brunch.! Created with a cascade of flavors and colors and textures, this salad is one of the “appetizer” ideas you’ll find in the...
by Brian | Jan 26, 2017 | Recipes, Super Bowl
Here’s a recipe from three years ago that I loved, one whose flavor I summon up in a flash. For Super Bowl, these can be a lively centerpiece to your Sunday feast. “What are you making?” Suzen asked me. I was upstate. She was in the city. It was dinner...
by Brian | Jan 24, 2017 | Recipes, Super Bowl
As the Super Bowl approaches, we need to begin planning those parties. I can’t wait to see Aaron Rodgers beat the Patriots. Oh, wait. Okay, Matt Ryan will. Maybe. Regardless, we still need great food for the biggest sports day of the year. From...
