by Brian | Sep 18, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
You are damn lucky to see a picture here. This cake almost did not make it into the oven. Over a few decades, I have eaten my share of batter: cookies and cakes and brownies and … Easily, very easily, this is the best batter I have ever tasted. I just wanted to eat...
by Brian | Oct 4, 2014 | Recipes
I am a fan of empanadas. I remember my first one and I remember making them decades ago. I had, then, a lovely little paperback with a pastry recipe that was part cream cheese and part butter. I moved, lots of times, and the book was lost and I just stopped making...
by Brian | Apr 8, 2013 | Recipes
Crab. I love crab. Crab in salads. Crab cakes. Crab all by itself. Well, with cocktail sauce. [But NOT with tartar sauce] Since we all enjoy crab, and since crab can be a tad pricey, here’s a lovely way to enjoy crab flavor with many people at once. This Creamy Crab...
by Suzi | Feb 1, 2011 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest, Recipes
New York City, as portrayed in the aerial shots on television, is dense with buildings. The green is isolated to Central Park. A rural area in New York City? Impossible. Well, there are some remote places. If you get in a boat at the Statue of Liberty and head due...
