by Brian | Jul 16, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
This is supposed to be a blog for Brian’s Cucumber Lemonade #2, following yesterday’s #1. I got a little side tracked. I was looked for 6 lemons and found only 3, but I had a lime and 2 oranges. So, this drink is not “lemonady” at all....
by Brian | Jul 15, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I was driving back home on Sunday afternoon and got to the point east of Boiceville where the road starts down a long hill, one where the trees fall away faster than the road. So for a couple of hundred feet, you have “The View.” There are three ridgelines...
by Brian | Apr 5, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
I recently blogged Sweet by Valerie Gordon, describing the book as a “goldilocks” gift. That ideal baking book that is not too simple, not too complex, but is just right. Just right for you to succeed and create wonderful baked goods [and candy, too!]....
by Brian | Mar 3, 2014 | Recipes
I am about to change your life. Below is the recipe for the best fried chicken recipe ever. Oh, I’m sure that claim will rattle the edges a tad. By what right can I make such a claim? Sixty years of fried chicken experience. When I was 8 [yes, you can figure it...
by Brian | Feb 26, 2014 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
From the back of the book, you learn that Roger Pizey is a renowned baker and patissier. His experiences in Great Britain, in top restaurants and television food shows, have given him eminent skills. But as you turn the pages of World Class Cakes, his latest book,...