by Suzi | Feb 13, 2011 | Recipes
Slow food versus fast food. Slow food versus very slow food. Long cooking times can enable flavors and textures that simply are not possible with a microwave, a deep fryer or a simple broiler. Here’s a perfect example. You start with cooked white beans, adorn them...
by Brian | Jul 26, 2010 | Recipes
I am not, as my family maintains, a prejudiced man. I simply have guiding principles. One of them is not to ever eat certain foods. I have a Top 10 list of the foods I will not touch, let alone allow to enter my body. There are about 30 items on the Top 10 list. Yes,...
by Suzi | Jun 11, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
To my husband, nothing seems more like morning than a potato dish radiating the scent of burning vegetables. The aroma of blackness is his inspiration for the rest of the day. Brian loves his potatoes, and he is gracious enough to buy what he needs, kiss me, and say...
by Brian | Feb 24, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar, Recipes
Most, well actually all, of my family members disagree with my earnest belief that it is sometimes appropriate to begin a meal with cookies. I know that I am right, and this recipe proves it. Okay, it’s a savory cookie with bacon, but it is a cookie for sure. Soft,...
