by Brian | Oct 10, 2017 | Recipes
Earlier today I posted a cookbook review of Smoking Hot & Cold by Charlotte Pike. Here’s the recipe I fell in love with: smoked onions [and some garlic, too, in the picture]. What to do with them? They keep in your refrigerator for up to a week. You can just eat...
by Brian | Aug 7, 2017 | Recipes
My fondness for Kahlua goes deep, decades deep. So, when I saw this recipe, I had to pause, consider, and then obediently nod. It does use some store-bought elements — chili sauce, barbecue sauce and hot sauces — but here that is a positive aspect. Those sauces will...
by Brian | Jun 23, 2017 | Recipes
When you see an onion, what do you think? A thick slice on top of a burger with melted cheese drizzling down. Thins fragments in a salad? Marmalade? Oh, surely not marmalade. Whatever would you do with onion marmalade? A lot. In his book Bread Nick Malgieri offers...
by Brian | May 14, 2017 | Recipes
I just posted a review of the wonderful new book by Alain Ducasse: Simple Nature. It’s not a vegetarian book by any means, for protein does appear, but it is vegetable-centric. This is the first dish we tried out of the book, making this veggie tartare to go along...
by Brian | Apr 12, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
You have to make this. A dish from Afghanistan that will make you appreciate how onions are a world food. In the wonderful Onions Etceterea, Kate Winslow and guy Ambrosio do give you a world tour of alliums: onions, scallions, garlic, chives and shallots. The...