by Brian | Dec 6, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
I first posted this five years ago and every year since it has appeared on our table at least twice. Comfort food can be simple, like mac and cheese. Or it can require some care and feeding. Chicken and dumplings is not an immediate, no-brainer dish. On the other...
by Brian | Dec 6, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
This is one of “those” books. You know, the ones where the very first recipe in the book tells you that the rest of the pages will be wonderful. The recipe in question here is Chicken Stock. Author Valentina Harris has already explained that great stock is essential...
by Brian | Nov 29, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
I’ve been walking around Manhattan on a mission. All Christmas shopping is to be done by this Friday, November 30. A noble idea and it will fail: the elements are against me. “It’s so cold,” people say as we exchange comments on the weather....
by Brian | Nov 8, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Today’s TBT cookbook is from 1997. I chose Reason to Roast because of the Table of Contents. When I say “roast” what do you think of? Roast chicken, roast salmon, roast beef? Oh, Beef Wellington? Which I have been asking my wife to make for 30 years....
by Brian | Oct 18, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
Yes, red peppers: flavor bombs. How can you use them to best effect? Beyond salsa? Put them into a tart shell. Yeah, you are making pastry with them. And you fill that pastry with tomatoes and potatos to create a supreme tart. This TBT recipe is one Suzi and I...
by Brian | Oct 18, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Paula Wolfert has written nine cookbooks over a span of 30 years. She fell in love with French and Mediterranean cuisine and translated those recipes to print with unsurpassed success. I believe this book is #4 in order of publication dates: 1988 or a mere 30 years...
