by Brian | Jan 11, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
You know the name, the brand: Aidells. You may well have sampled his sausages in the past couple of decades. Teaming with writer and food expert Denis Kelly, Bruce Aidells fashioned four major meat cookbooks. This one, written in 1998, describes itself as the “juicy...
by Brian | Jan 11, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
When I first posted this recipe seven years ago, I had the flu. Now, I have it again. Drugs don’t work on viruses. I’m telling my charming wife, Suzi, that dumplings are the only...
by Brian | Jan 4, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
It’s cold. So cold that if it warmed up, it would be merely freezing. From a couple of years ago, here is a recipe Suzi and I love. It will fire up a tough winter night. Yes, it is a chicken dish and yes, it tastes like chicken. But chicken on fire. Eat...
by Brian | Dec 7, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Recipes, TBT
From a few years ago, here’s a holiday cookie you want to consider. These are a popular British dessert with two shortbread cookies sandwiched using jam. The classic choice is...
by Brian | Dec 7, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
What if you could only have one cookie cookbook? Then I think you might well consider this book form 1977. Author Maida Heatter is now 101 years old, an American treasure. Her dessert books are still sold, still used, still loved. This book surely reflects its forty...
by Brian | Nov 30, 2017 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, TBT
I can drink margaritas the year round. So can Suzi. Hence, we are married. When these holidays roll around, and cranberries are abundant, then a festive cranberry margarita cannot be surpassed. The cranberry syrup/gel here is marvelous with other beverage...
