by Brian | Aug 24, 2015 | Recipes
It adds up. You make baked beans once or twice a month. Do that for fifty years and you can righteously claim to have strived for perfection 1000 times or more. It did take me that 1000+ tries but I now state, in full modesty, that these are the best baked bean you...
by Brian | Jul 13, 2015 | Recipes
I first posted this recipe a year ago and little has changed. Baked beans are something we enjoy year round, but particularly in the summer. Virgil's Barbeque is still in mid-town, still serving tons of meat and great biscuits and these beans. Visit Virgil's...
by Brian | Jun 14, 2015 | Recipes
Summer is upon us. The corn is “fresh” now from Florida but soon, pretty soon the fresh corn in our stores will be local. It is time to search for you copy of I Love Corn by Lisa Skye [2012]. Oh, you don’t have a copy yet? You want one, you really...
by Brian | Feb 2, 2015 | Recipes
Cold Weather Cooking by Sarah Leah Chase has just been reissued by Workman Press. Sarah has been author, chef, and caterer. Her catering skills are on display here in this beautiful rendition of baked beans. The circles of that apple rum crust on top are immediately...
by Brian | Jan 31, 2015 | Recipes
Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday with an honest team, the Seahawks, and a suspicious team, the Patriots, finishing the season in Phoenix. The game should be exciting and exceptional. And, of course, deserving of superior food. If wings or ribs or nachos seem too...