by Brian | Jan 2, 2020 | Recipes, TBT
How do you start the new year? With bread. Not baked in the oven but cooked like a giant scone on your stovetop. We made this five years ago and we revisit this bread with every winter storm. How do you judge a cookbook? Look? Pictures? Comfort...
by Brian | Oct 20, 2018 | Techniques
Suzi is a baking fool. It’s Friday and here in New York City she’s plotting the Saturday and Sunday baking schedule in our upstate test kitchen. What flour does she need, does she have, does she need to buy? Which recipes to tackle? What secret ingredients to use?...
by Brian | Sep 27, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
This recipe first appeared six years ago. It’s the start of fall but there are already pumpkins ready to buy. Something about “pumpkin” calls out for booze, say Bourbon Whipped Cream. Or this Whisky Hard Sauce. Start now and keep going through...
by Brian | Jun 24, 2018 | Recipes
I suppose many of us could say we were deprived as children. Thing is, I was. I really was. My mother was deathly allergic to garlic. One taste of garlic and the results were not pretty, but they were immediate, chunky and urgent. So, in grade school, every other week...
by Brian | May 14, 2018 | News
Well, I really, really botched it. Yesterday was Mother’s Day and we celebrated by gardening, cooking and entertaining. I had cards for Suzi but in the madness of a most busy day, I forget to give them to her. She never said a word. Of course, her attention was...
