by Brian | Oct 2, 2015 | Recipes
Pomegranates & Pine Nuts by Bethany Kehdy appeared in 2013. It was a dashing proponent for recipes from the Middle East, featuring Lebanese, Moroccan and Persian dishes. And it remains a leading book for these cuisines. You might say this book ages...
by Brian | Jul 14, 2015 | Recipes
Clodagh’s Irish Kitchen by Clodagh McKenna is a volume of Irish-based and internationally-inspired dishes. Her grandfather was a fisherman in Ireland with one of the first licenses for wild salmon fishing. That wild salmon season is short, June to August, so...
by Brian | Jul 12, 2015 | Agua Fresca, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Yes, this is the same picture as yesterday. And it’s the same watermelon and cucumber agua fresca made with no water added — all the liquid comes from your blender munching away on the watermelon and cucumber. That’s the daytime beverage. At night,...
by Brian | Jul 11, 2015 | Agua Fresca, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
As much as I love my lemonade, I do seek variety in my private beverage life. For the past two summers, for your enjoyment and mine I’ve suggested agua frescas, which can be made in infinite, delicious variety. Suzen loves watermelon but even she cannot down a...
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by Brian | May 29, 2015 | Recipes
After brownies, after chicken wings, the very first dish I mastered as an adult was gazpacho. I saw a show on public television where tomatoes and a blender and a can of V-8 were converted into a soup. My V-8 days are long past, but I’m into gazpacho as soon as...
