by Brian | Oct 31, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
This week’s TBT Cookbook is most timely. This is the time of year when temperatures begin to plunge, the leaves are almost gone, and snow looms on the horizon. Time for a safe retreat to the kitchen for rounds of comfort food. And this book, reviewed in 2014, is...
by Brian | Oct 24, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
Ordinarily, my TBT recipe is years old. This one is from this past April. Why? Because the frost is coming. And that mint in your garden will soon be gone. And, it’s the height of apple season. So, combine mint and apples in the few remaining days we...
by Brian | Oct 24, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Ken Haedrich is America’s pie master. I’ve mentioned this book before and now I want to offer it to you again. It’s fall. It’s baking season and the holidays approach. No pie is more American than apple and in this book you’ll find...
by Brian | Oct 10, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Twenty-two years ago, Diana Dalsass wrote her most famous cookbook: The New Good Cake Book. There are over 125 recipes here, tagged for being able to be prepared in 30 minutes or less. While those recipes may be fast, they are hardly simple. The intensity level...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
This week’s TBT recipe is timely. It’s is October and the high season for concord grapes. “Season” is a graceful word to use here. The season is way too short, so now is the time to buy, bake, juice, cook, do whatever you can with these lovely...
by Brian | Sep 26, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Today in the Catskills there is no doubt that fall has arrived. The leaves on the trees are turning golden by the hour. My hostas have yellowing edges. And my walkways are lightly dotted with fallen leaves. The lightly dotted will soon be totally covered. Summer...
