by Brian | May 12, 2016 | Recipes, TBT
This Thursday the TBT recipe is a classic combo: vealand capers. There is a lovely book — Olives, Anchovies, and Capers by Georgeanne Brennan [2001] — that Suzen and I often turn to. We love food with a bite, thus explaining our penchant for hot...
by Brian | Sep 21, 2015 | Recipes
In last Thursday’s Throwback Cookbook Review, I featured the Steak Lover’s Cookbook from William Rice. The book is 18 years old yet most of the recipes are right in accord with today’s standards and trends. Now,I admit, his first suggestion for...
by Brian | Oct 1, 2014 | Recipes
One central reason for the beloved quality of French food is the sauces: the range of flavor and intensities is a treasure trove for us. There is, sadly, a little reluctance to go treasure hunting. Truth is, we are all too often in a fast food mood. We are having...
by Brian | Jul 18, 2014 | Recipes
It’s a Friday in July. The odds are that today or tomorrow or Sunday, you’ll buy summer corn, sweetening with each week of additional sun. And then you’ll grill or boil or broil or microwave those ears for one or more weekend meals. Salt and...
by Brian | Jul 3, 2014 | Recipes
This post is appearing at the demand of my wife, Suzen Mines-O’Rourke. Things were going fine until she read this morning’s first post. “Butterscotch sauce? You just did malted milk chocolate sauce yesterday? What is wrong with you? People want a balance of recipes on...
