by Brian | Nov 14, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
We may all have enjoyed a salad with pears and blue cheese and some nuts. It’s a great upscale dish for, say, brunch. But what about dessert? Tammy Donroe Inman suggests just that idea in Wintersweet — you can see my review here. Wintersweet is a magnificent...
by Brian | Feb 11, 2019 | Recipes
I just posted a review of Darina Allen’s newest cookbook: Simply Delicious, The Classic Collection. New book. Old, and classic, recipes. Recipes you do not want to miss. Thirty years ago, when she began her Simply Delicious series on Irish television, she also began...
by Brian | Oct 11, 2017 | Recipes
Yesterday I posted a cookbook review of Smoking Hot & Cold by Charlotte Pike. And a recipe for Smoked Onions, too. Here’s the way author Charlotte Pike suggests using those smoked onions: in a dramatic Smoked Onion Tart with Spinach, Blue Cheese and Sage. This is...
by Brian | Dec 1, 2015 | Recipes
Some form of this salad dressing has almost surely graced your plate in the last year. Served on an iceberg wedge or over romaine, paired with onion or tomatoes or almost anything veggie, this dressing can only be described as invigorating. The ingredients vary from...
by Brian | Mar 19, 2015 | Recipes
Dinner was to be salad and the salad was almost ready. But the salad was naked, undressed. “Find me a buttermilk dressing,” Suzen said. She speaks, I obey. It just works better that way. I did a little Googling, and found “the recipe.” This...