by Brian | Jan 20, 2013 | Techniques
Maxines are these wonderful cookies we make only at Christmas time. It’s past Christmas, and I’m not planning on making more unless Suzen caves on our only-once-a-year rule, but this season’s version were particularly good. Good tasting as always but...
by Brian | Jan 15, 2013 | Recipes, Techniques
What do you do if you need an ingredient, now, and it normally takes days or weeks to make it? Like, say, preserved lemons. You Google and maybe you are lucky, like finding this wonderful site for quick preserved lemons:...
by Brian | Jan 10, 2013 | News, Techniques
It’s Thursday. I can guess two things are going to happen for you between now and Monday. First, you are going to go shopping. Second, you are going to buy a chicken. But what will you do with it? And what do you wish you could do with it? Sometimes reality swamps...
by Brian | Jan 6, 2013 | News, Techniques
How did I do that collage? My iPad. The iPad has spawned an incredibly diverse new industry of low-cost apps for the iPad that do photo editing and collaging. I do mean low cost. The program I used for this collage cost $1.99. There are dozens of programs out...
by Brian | Nov 9, 2012 | Recipes, Techniques
Baking, particularly cookies, often involves nuts or coconut. And there in that recipe you’ll see the suggestion that they be toasted. My first reaction: ah, gee, do I have to? I revert to being a 6-year old told to clean up his room. The thing is, toasting these...
by Brian | Aug 24, 2012 | News, Techniques
If you are about to enjoy a summer picnic, or a Labor Day celebration, or a tailgate event during the fall, the last thing that probably crosses your mind is food safety. But it should. Sandy Hu, a friend of Suzen’s, has written a very important blog about summer food...
