by Brian | May 24, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
Today’s TBT recipe is warm with recipes from Suzi’s grandmother. And replete with ideas for early spring bounty. Find some kale and carrots. And horseradish. Throw away your bottle of Russian dressing. Here’s a recipe from a grandmother born in...
by Brian | Apr 1, 2018 | Holidays, Recipes
I posted this four years ago. And ever since, we make these for Easter. If you are searching for something to put on your holiday table, this will work just perfectly. It is Easter Sunday, a day devoted to the colors yellow and purple and orange. Oh, those are just...
by Brian | Jan 29, 2018 | Recipes
Carrots. We think of carrots as those little things on the side. Cut into strips and dipped into blue cheese. Shaved into a salad. Always a side component, never the star. Not here. Not here at all. From the lovely Vegan in 7, which I just review, here’s a way to make...
by Brian | Oct 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
The new cookbook Istanbul & Beyond is a magnificent culinary, and cultural and photographic tour, of Turkey. It’s beautiful to see the pictures of the food, the people and the incredible landscape of a vast country. Many Turkish recipes use ingredients we do here...
by Brian | Sep 20, 2017 | Recipes
In his most enlightening new book, Simple Nature, Alain Ducasse offers Ten Principles for great cuisine. Among those are: Cook and Eat Seasonally and Eat More Vegetables and Less Meat. This is not a vegetarian cookbook but the role of vegetables and fruits dominates....