by Brian | Jul 13, 2016 | Recipes
Weekends often see us scrambling for appetizers for a social gathering. You need something now. Something quick. Something good. And here it is. It is even something simple, too, but the flavor is quite powerful. When you combine all the cheese here with...
by Brian | May 31, 2016 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
When I want a good cookie, I make it. Packaged cookies in the store can be okay, but they are often hard, rock hard. They have to be to survive a truck journey of hundreds of miles from factory — not bakery — to your store shelves. If those cookies were...
by Brian | Mar 14, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I recently posted a review of a lovely book, Fika: The Art of Swedish Coffee Break. We often think of coffee or espresso being consumed in a Paris café or an Italian square. But the Swedes drink more per capita and they do it with fervor. Coffee is not enjoy in...
by Brian | Mar 7, 2016 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Goodness, it is already March 7th. I kinda remember making some New Year's Resolutions. Kinda. Don’t you hate how by early March half of your good intentions have already been lost in the snow of your selective memory? Lost. Not remembed at all. I don't...
by Brian | Mar 2, 2016 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
These German cookies have been popular, but never “dominant.” They just appear on home tables for families with European origins. Sometimes they will appear in a bakery showcase if you visit the “right” part of town. There is a revival, at...
