by Brian | Nov 15, 2011 | Recipes
I think everyone has heard about Bananas Foster, but I would wager that not many of you have had it. It may appear too showy, or something only a restaurant could do — probably only a restaurant in New Orleans. Too boozy perhaps, and there is the fire thing involved....
by Suzi | Nov 14, 2011 | Recipes
“I said a bite, not half.” Sometimes my husband can be a pig. “I, um, uh,” Brian kept chewing. “I actually like this.” “So did I.” I turned, walked back into Amy’s Bread at Chelsea Markets at 15th Street. Before the Meat District became upscale, I worked just across...
by Brian | Oct 21, 2011 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
“Dessert is up to you,” Suzen said. She was on the bus coming from New York City to the Catskills. In three hours, we were due at a dinner party. She had promised that we would bring dessert. On this particular bus line, they frown on people spending too much time on...
by Brian | Oct 9, 2011 | Recipes
For your dessert, your ice cream, or your hot chocolate, I think the best way to describe whipping cream is how a car salesman was describing a fire extinguisher to me: he called it a mandatory option. I did not buy from him. But I surely do agree that whipped...
by Brian | Oct 5, 2011 | Cookbook Reviews
“We need more chocolate,” Suzen said. I’ve waited twenty-six years waiting for her to say that. It’s so comforting to know that finally I have had some influence on her. I do recall the morning after we were engaged, when she went downstairs and emptied my...
