by Brian | Oct 27, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I remember my first time. I was ten, yes, a young ten. It was 1955 and I was walking through the famed Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax in Los Angeles. It was my first return to California since we left in 1948. I smelled something, something wonderful. A whole sheet...
by Brian | Oct 26, 2018 | Recipes
I grew up in Oregon where pies and jams were everyday events. Suzi just returned from Seattle with jars of berry jams: loganberries, marionberries, … Wonders you cannot find back here in the East. I never put jam on my pie as a kid. No need for the pies were...
by Brian | Oct 12, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
The season for Concord grapes is almost over, lasting just from the end of August to mid-October. Then you have to wait a full year. Act now. There is no other flavor like Concord. Which explains the juices and the jams. There are other ways to employ Concord grapes,...
by Brian | Sep 26, 2018 | Recipes
Yesterday I posted a recipe for Parmesan Pastry Crust. Easy and savory and destined for a quiche or other dish enabled by cheese. Here’s the recipe you want: Creamy Prosciutto and Leek Pie. This dish is a delight: rich, dense and rumbling with flavor. There’s a bonus,...
by Brian | Mar 8, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
It’s a confusing time of year. A friend of mine, with a house in rural Pennsylvania, said her crocus are up. Would mine be up? I can’t tell. I have 14″ inches of snow. A very confusing and tempting time of year. Spring is so close, with its bounty of...
