by Brian | Jul 22, 2016 | Recipes
I like mint. And meatballs. Suzi will eat anything chorizo. She has a mild, but treatable, addiction to feta. We were destined for this recipe and we loved every meatball. On Sunday when we made them, and on Monday when we finished them off. Graham Elliot, TV...
by Brian | Apr 3, 2016 | Recipes
Additions come in various flavors. Yes, “addiction” is a trigger word, but I don’t consider my sugar addiction to be terrible. I just don’t raise it with my diabetes doctor a lot. My wife is there, often, to protect me. And I appreciate it. But...
by Brian | Dec 12, 2015 | Holidays, Recipes
Today’s cookbook review is for the lovely Do-Ahead Christmas by James Ramsden. It’s a book filled with striking recipes, ones that can be made, at least partially, hours or days ahead. So your Christmas meal can exceptional without you being exhausted....
by Brian | Sep 17, 2015 | Recipes
My mother was not a great cook, nor a bad one. She was, I am sure, a very typical 1950s and 1960s, mom in the kitchen. She had a repertoire of a dozen, maybe twenty, recipes and these rotated across the days of the week. Fish on Fridays at first. Roast beef on...
by Brian | Aug 31, 2015 | Recipes
Eat Mexico is a brilliant new cookbook by Lesley Tellez devoted to the street and markets foods of Mexico, particularly Mexico City. The book is filled with exciting recipes and, unless you have lived in Mexico City as Lesley did, these recipes will surprise you. The...
