by Brian | Dec 19, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
Christmas Cometh. It’s just six days away. And you’ll have your hands full with dinner on Christmas. Perhaps you are one of those families that also feasts on Christmas Eve. All the more reason to plan ahead for the “other” Christmas meal. On...
by Brian | Dec 12, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
I first posted this recipe four years ago, and it is one Suzen and I have enjoyed on a regular basis ever since. For your holiday table, sweet potatoes just have to appear somehow, someway. This is The Way. And if you have yet to settle on a sweet potato recipe then...
by Brian | Dec 5, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, TBT
Who says that cupcakes cannot be dessert? That you have to have a full cake? From 2012, here’s a post that shows cupcakes can be quite meaningful. And take a bit of work, too! Did I actually make those gorgeous cupcakes above? And the decorations? Well, of...
by Brian | Nov 21, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT, Thanksgiving
Ordinarily, the TBT Cookbook Review features one book. Today, it is three. Three cookbooks devoted to Thanksgiving. Suzi and I use these extensively, as you will see, and I urge you to add one or all to your kitchen library. Here’s something I just don’t understand....
by Brian | Nov 14, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
We may all have enjoyed a salad with pears and blue cheese and some nuts. It’s a great upscale dish for, say, brunch. But what about dessert? Tammy Donroe Inman suggests just that idea in Wintersweet — you can see my review here. Wintersweet is a magnificent...
by Brian | Nov 7, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
From a couple of years ago comes this fall and apple idea. Yes, we all want our apple pie. We will have one more this holiday season. But, but, there is more to life. A crostata is an elegant variation on pie. And, I might add, a heck of lot easier to make....
