by Brian | Sep 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
How about a Football Party? We have parties for the end of the season, for the Super Bowl, but we don’t celebrate enough at the start of the season. I do understand that tailgating is a party but how many of us have $400 tickets to go see the Giants play? Party at...
by Brian | Aug 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Cooking mussels at home is something that is relatively rare these days. There are, to be sure, the summer beach parties where a crowd enjoys a clambake and beer, but just cooking mussels at home for a family meal is no longer an American habit. It’s a bit out of...
by Brian | Jul 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you are going to employ a flavored liqueur, I prefer to make my own. Like this strawberry tequila. It’s simple: take a bottle of tequila, pour into a glass jar, add a pint of strawberries that that been hulled and quartered. Seal. Wait. It only takes a 2-3 days for...
by Brian | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Oh, yes. It is beautiful to behold. I was so proud that I almost did not eat it. I succumbed. Twice. “You can throw the egg whites away,” my wife said to me, “you won’t be using them.” “Like hell,” I said to Suzi. “Dessert. Pavlova.” She relented and handed me the egg...
by Brian | Jun 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
This week I am traveling and I’m taking this opportunity the let you see my favorite cookbooks of the past year. If you missed these the first time, do give them your consideration. Diana Henry’s newest book will send you dashing off to the grocery store. You can be...
by Brian | Jun 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
You can use this concoction in two very different ways. One is as a dipping sauce. Put lettuce leaves into a bowl filled with sekanjabin, and let the summer heat disappear in just a crispy bite. Two is to drink it, as a component of a cocktail and tomorrow you’ll see...
