by Brian | May 15, 2015 | Recipes
“You’ll like it,” my wife said. It was Season 3 of Downton Abbey and I had avoided Seasons 1 and 2. I watched one episode and was hooked. Suzen and I are, of course, intrigued by the food: the basement kitchen where it all begins, the main floor...
by Brian | Apr 2, 2015 | Recipes
It is spring and there is asparagus in the air. Well, it’s really in the ground and then on the truck and finally on our store shelves. It can take a person decades to become an asparagus addict, but it will happen. And, spring is the time for peas. While this...
by Brian | Mar 22, 2015 | Recipes
I am writing this on March 20, 2015 at 6:40PM. In eight minutes, it will officially be spring. The equinox will have occurred. I always think of spring and daffodils. Those first brave crocus, of course, followed by fields of tulips. Warm afternoons with yellow...
by Brian | Sep 17, 2014 | Recipes
Now, technically, I know it is not spring. In just a few days it will officially be fall. But that means that south of the equator, it will be spring. So you could make this recipe while visiting Argentina or the vineyards in Chile. A great South American wine...
by Brian | Sep 1, 2014 | Recipes
I know. It is not asparagus season any more. It’s not spring any more. Now, get a globe and look at the equator and all that land below the equator. It’s nearly fall for us and it’s nearly spring for them down south. Jet cargo planes will soon...
