by Brian | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
This week’s TBT cookbook is a gem from 2008: New Flavors for Appetizers. Subtitled Classic Recipes Redefined, this tome is a very handy sidekick year-round. And particularly as we the enter holiday season. For a party or major holiday meal, we often focus on...
by Brian | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Many classic cocktails, like a Tom Collins, require a Sour Mix component. I’ve posted recipes for sour mix before, like this Homemade Sour Mix. Thing is that recipe calls for a quart of lemon juice, which can make your hand tired. And, and, what are you going...
by Brian | Sep 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s fall and the pears are ripe. Time for a pear pie from Italy, from the Piedmont sitting next to the Alps. The abundance of crust here will remind you of apple pie but that succulent, delicate pear flavor will convince you that this, too, should be in your personal...
by Brian | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
I opened up last week’s Food Section of the Times and found this recipe from Melissa Clark. We have to make this dish this weekend I told myself. I put the paper aside. An hour later Suzi comes into my room and says, “We have to make this dish this weekend.” I...
by Brian | Jul 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Americans grow more blueberries than any other. Yes, more blues than straws. With their intense sourness, most of us pass on eating blueberries by themselves. Instead, we bundle them into baked goods, like pie and scones and cakes. And muffins. You can find...
by Brian | Jul 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Suzi and I are on the road. We are in Bozeman, Montana for a couple of days, then driving down to be with our daughter and boyfriend in Yellowstone National Park. Kelly is already in Yellowstone and baiting Suzi by claiming she has seen a moose. Suzi and I have been...
