by Brian | Jul 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
There are no little things, or so someone said to me. Several times before she left. Anyway. It turns out, there are small things, tiny gems that can adorn a plate or a dish and promote it from good to great. Take sour cream. By itself, white and stingy to the palate....
by Brian | May 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Oh, dear, oh, dear. Today I was supposed to blog this green gazpacho today and I messed up my WordPress calendar. So, instead I did post the Chili-Rubbed Brisket tacos earlier this morning. They are wonderful. What would go fantastically well with them? This...
by Brian | May 22, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, Uncategorized
Last week I wrote a TBT cookbook review for Around the Southern Table by Sarah Belk. It’s a tour de force of historic Southern dishes with loving emphasis on those ingredients we now call “local and fresh.” In a Southern spring, blackberries abound....
by Brian | Apr 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
This is a countertop book, one to sit right next to your blender. Author Stephanie Tourles has toured the landscape of natural and healthy foods before in her books Raw Energy and Organic Body Care Recipes. Here she offers 126 recipes to take care of a daily need we...
by Brian | Apr 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Yvette van Boven is an author, restaurateur, and recipe developer of excellence. Her first book, Home Made, appeared in 2011, followed by Home Made Winter in 2012 and Home Made Summer in 2013. 2014 was a year of pause for this busy author but later this year we will...
by Brian | Apr 7, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Uncategorized
Sometimes a very complex thing can be summarized very easily. Historic Heston is a landmark cookbook, one that may be equaled but that can never be surpassed. Never. It is not your standard cookbook by any means. It does sit in a niche. But if you take time to look...
