by Brian | Apr 4, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
This idea from three year’s ago is a definitely new twist of Shepard’s Pie. This one actually tastes good and you’ll be proud to bring it to the table. Are you ever embarrassed by a dish that is ethnically yours? I am. I am Irish and I’ve tried...
by Brian | Mar 28, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
I am a waffle ho’. I have to admit. Last year I got a second waffle iron for the city — we had one upstate but we are only there on weekends. And I’ve been experiment with old and recipes. I find this recipe to quite different from...
by Brian | Mar 14, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Published in 1993, this was one of Michele Scicolone’s first cookbooks. If you go to Amazon, the prices for copies now vary widely for this paperback: 8 used from $4.30, 4 new from various sites at $79.95 and Amazon’s own copy for a mere $150.79. I...
by Brian | Mar 7, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, TBT
Earlier today I posted a review of Emilia Romagna, one of the books in the Time Life series Flavors of Italy. This dessert caught my eye. A thin pie or tort with a filling of coffee, cocoa and almonds. I would top my piece with whipped cream, or ice cream, but...
by Brian | Feb 28, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
It surely is still winter outside. Here in NYC we have the cold, but not the snow. We are down 97% from our typical snowfall for the season. Good news for driving. Bad news for water in the summer. But, that is months away....
by Brian | Feb 14, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
It’s not snowing outside. I can see shoots of spring crocus in some of the flower beds. Perhaps, perhaps … Use this recipe from 2015 to get yourself primed for spring, whenever and wherever it arrives. When spring arrives, in the supermarket if not...
