by Brian | Jan 15, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Recipes, Syrups, Techniques
Treasure. Can I interest you in some treasure? And a little mystery and surely what seems like magic. This week’s Throwback Thursday cookbook review is a work of genius from 1984. Arto Der Haroutunian was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1940. His parents were Armenian...
by Brian | Jan 14, 2015 | Recipes, Techniques
For multiple reasons, including price and healthy eating issues, beef consumption is down, which may be bad for ranchers but is probably good for the cows. Politics and culinary classifications aside, there is something marvelous about beef. The smell, the color, the...
by Brian | Jan 12, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Really Simple, Recipes, Techniques
Gaby Dalkin is the blogger behind the popular and beautiful WhatsGabyCooking.com. Absolutely Avocado is her first departure from screen to print and extends her dashing portfolio. You can subtitle Absolutely Avocado as The Avocado Bible for here you will find history,...
by Brian | Jan 7, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Food History, Recipes, Techniques
Are you a foodie? A sometimes baffled foodie? Like, why are some macaroons made with coconut and others are sandwich cookies made with almonds? And what do either of these things have to do with macaroni? Obviously nothing. Well, actually, you have food cousins there,...
by Brian | Jan 7, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes, Techniques
Fans of this blog know that I have a favorite cookie: the Maxine, a refrigerator cookie with a chocolate-nut center wrapped in a dough, sliced and baked. I’ve made it for Christmas for over 30 years. Suzen and I no longer have a tree every year,...
by Brian | Jul 25, 2014 | Techniques
At Virgils’s Barbecue in Times Square in New York City, they do thousands of pounds of meat each and every day. Maybe more barbecue than you will do in your lifetime, or at least one busy summer. The question arises: how do I know if my meat is done, especially...
