by Brian | Oct 15, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
For Day 4 of Concord Grape Week, it’s time for dessert. This recipe is from Saveur in 2014. Suzi and I have not yet made this, but the picture and the recipe have us intrigued. It’s simple. A basic crust and filling that is just fruit, sugar, and tapioca....
by Brian | Oct 14, 2015 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
On Day 3 of Concord Grape Week, we stop eating and start drinking. Shrubs are an old beverage idea making a big, big comeback. A shrub is fruit preserved with a combination of sugar and vinegar. Mixed with water, sparkling water or combined with spirits, shrubs are a...
by Brian | Oct 12, 2015 | Recipes, Syrups
This post is three years old and it is timely, for this week devoted to Concord grapes, to display it here again. The book I Love Corn by Lisa Skye is the best corn book ever. And it's all about corn. And then a little more. Hidden away in its pages you...
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...
by Brian | May 25, 2015 | Appetizers, Recipes
Suzen and I wish you happy Memorial Day. This is a day to trigger memories for many of us, to reflect for even a brief time on the sacrifices made by so many for us. And this is the day that for most of us trumpets, "Summer is here." Forget June 20 and the...