by Brian | Feb 1, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
What makes a great guacamole? Brian and I don’t have a single favorite, but we do like a spicy version that uses hot pickles and the pickle juice instead of jalapenos. The pickles are southwestern...
by Brian | Jun 23, 2016 | Recipes, TBT
If I say Chicago, what food snaps into your mind. Pizza? Dogs? Cabbage rendered in a thousand different ways? That’s a dangerous topic to ask a person from New York, the home of true pizza and the world’s best hot dogs. And, and, which city has won more...
by Brian | Jul 30, 2015 | Recipes
I find tomatillos to be intriguing. Little rather hard green balls that seem to be flavor hand grenades. Here’s a very simple recipe that exploints that power. Often when we make guacamole, there a serious number of ingredients: tomato, chopped onion, cilantrol,...
by Brian | Jul 18, 2015 | Recipes
A month ago I posted the technique for making a Fruit Mostarda, a condiment made of candied fruit in a mustard-flavored syrup. The immediate use is as a great appetizer on crackers or bread with some goat cheese. Or brie. Or simply your favorite cheese for appetizer...
by Brian | Jun 14, 2013 | Recipes
As time goes by, each of us develops a personality and a reputation. It can be shocking how far apart those two are. For example, I have a refined and superior sense of humor. But no one, not a single soul, in my family thinks so. How I could be associated, by blood...
