by Brian | Mar 24, 2018 | Techniques
Suzi bakes bread. Lots of bread. At her cooking school, Cooking by the Book, guests are always greeted with appetizers and beverages. Those appetizers often feature the different sourdough breads that Suzi makes each weekend. Her sourdough starter is 24 years old and...
by Brian | Mar 7, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This is the fourth recipe Suzi and I tried from the wonderful Baking Style by Lisa Yockelson. I’m not going to give you more recipes from this lovely book. It was published in 2011 and you can still get your own copy. You want to. Lisa loves intense...
by Brian | Jan 25, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Jenn-Air, Recipes
Our cooking school Cooking by the Book in Tribeca has a brand new kitchen. Our suite of appliances is now provided by Jenn-Air and we could not be happier with the look, utility and the taste from these ultra-modern appliances. With touch screen technology and...
by Brian | Jan 6, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Last month I post this brownie using the third picture from the top here, the picture from the book. Well, I could not let that recipe go uneaten. So the top two pictures are mine. We made, we ate, we ate more, we photographed, we ate still...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Quinces are related to apples and pears, albeit distantly. It’s an Asian fruit grown mostly in Turkey and China. Very little is grown in the Western Hemisphere and the closest to us is Mexico. Quince trees are modestly high and most often appear in mixed...
