by Brian | Feb 6, 2020 | Recipes, TBT
This week’s TBT recipe is from 2012 and is a gift from Patricia Wells. Smoked trout, tarragon, and cucumber adorned with horseradish cream. This is a universal recipe. I...
by Brian | Aug 28, 2019 | Recipes
Don’t worry. This is a gazpacho recipe with NO tomatoes. I obsess over gazpacho and I admit I post gazpacho recipes on a frequent basis. But, it’s a great soup and a healthy dish. I will admit even I can tire a bit of red tomato gazpacho. When Suzi and I were...
by Brian | Mar 25, 2019 | Recipes
Irish food maven Darina Allen has a “new” book out. Simply Delicious has recipes from her first two books in the late 1980s. Those were slim paperbacks that were immediate successes. Here, the recipes have been refreshed a tad and, of course, now are...
by Brian | Feb 13, 2019 | Recipes
In Adam’s Big Pot, Chef Adam Liaw strives for the book’s subtitle: Easy Meals for Your Family. This salad is truly easy but employs a scrumptious combination I bet you’ve never had: coconut, prawns, grapefruit, cucumbers, peanuts, and shallots. On your...
by Brian | Aug 13, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Often when I post a cocktail recipe, you’ll see a reference to simple syrup. It’s a bartender’s favorite trick: a splash of simple syrup can be as important an ingredient as that lime or lemon juice. I always have simple syrup in my margaritas and someone tasting them...
