by Brian | Mar 15, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Uncategorized
Mary Giuliani is a very successful New York City caterer and event planner. She has a direct philosophy: have fun, minimize the stress, and make the party enticing. This is a book that could be called Parties 101. It’s targeted to those of us, of any age,...
by Brian | Mar 14, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Uncategorized
It is March 14th or 3.14. You need a pie book? Here's one I reviewed a bit back and it is a stunner. There are pies for every month of the year here. But you can always cheat and go straight to November's Bourbon Ginger Pecan Pie. This is a beautiful and...
by Brian | Mar 14, 2017 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, Uncategorized
Yesterday I reviewed a wonderfully brilliant cocktail book, Wild Cocktails by Lottie Muir. The concept of this book is simple: go outdoors, into your garden or the forest, pick some elements of nature, and use them at home to make components: flavored liquors,...
by Brian | Mar 13, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Uncategorized
The past few years have seen a new acceleration in cocktail books. There are multiple threads evolving here. A return to classics, new adventures in experimental drinks from the cocktail castles in New York and London and Paris. And a return to elements that...
by Brian | Mar 13, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, Uncategorized
Recently I did a TBT review of The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook. The subtitle of the book is “Recipes from the Classic Cookie to Mocha Chip Meringue Cake.” Here’s that cake, in all its glory. This is the perfect summer delight. Perfect if...
by Brian | Mar 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
For twenty-five years Dave Broom has been writing about spirits with zeal and skill. He produced the marvelous Whiskey: The Manual in 2014, manifestly THE tour book to the grandeur of whiskey. That was followed in 2015 by the equally definitive Gin: The...
