by Brian | Nov 6, 2018 | Recipes
When you are cooking, as in all activities, there’s the easy way and the hard way. And sometimes you need easy. Really, really easy. What to do with an onion? Stuff it, caramelize, cook with potatoes, make rings … If you prefer easy, the easiest, you can do this. Just...
by Brian | Oct 2, 2018 | Recipes
A couple of weeks ago, I got my review copy of Comfort: Food to Soothe the Soul, the grand new John Whaite cookbook. My review is here and I will repeat myself: this book is essential. It’s filled with wonderful ideas, new creative ideas that boggle your mind. This...
by Brian | Aug 7, 2018 | Recipes
The best thing about the web is that it can quickly give you the answer to that perpetual question: what do I do with this? Suzi had bought some fava beans at the farmers market. Now she turned to me: “Find a recipe.” Well, we had also bought some corn and cucumbers,...
by Brian | Apr 21, 2018 | Recipes
We just enjoyed nine days in Italy, eight in Sicily and one in Milan [we broke up the trip home over two days and walked Milan for 20 hours!]. This was our first trip to Sicily and this dish was ubiquitous. You have water, you have bread, you have caponata. It’s a...
by Brian | Oct 11, 2017 | Recipes
Yesterday I posted a cookbook review of Smoking Hot & Cold by Charlotte Pike. And a recipe for Smoked Onions, too. Here’s the way author Charlotte Pike suggests using those smoked onions: in a dramatic Smoked Onion Tart with Spinach, Blue Cheese and Sage. This is...
