by Brian | Aug 26, 2017 | Recipes
Ken Haedrich has a fleet of wonderful cookbooks. His latest, Harvest Baker, is clearly the flagship, the best book he has ever written. And that, I assure you, is saying a great deal. This was the first recipe Suzi and I made from the book. We are cast iron fans, love...
by Brian | Aug 25, 2017 | Dessert Digest, Really Simple, Recipes
In the summer, we take out Pie by Ken Haedrich, put it on the kitchen island, and check it out day by day. Ken has a recipe for All-Strawberry Pie calling for 4 cups of strawberries. The great thing about pie making is the flexibility of those fillings. We had a cup...
by Brian | Nov 10, 2016 | Recipes, TBT
Apple pie. Perfect apple pie. We all crave it. We all have a a favorite recipe. Ah, but sometimes favorites can change. If Suzi and I were going to make apple pie on spur of the moment, then we'd start by getting apples, naturally, and then the jalapenos....
by Brian | Oct 14, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Yesterday I did a TBT review of The Baker’s Dozen Cookbook an assemblage of recipes by Rick Rodger of 130 baking recipes — recipes created by a collaboration of thirteen superior pasty mavens in California. The book is filled with “best of” recipes, like the The Best...
by Brian | Oct 13, 2016 | Recipes, TBT
"You'll look like an idot," my wife said, "and you have a cold." I was headed to Starbuck for our morning fix. It's only a block away and I hate being over dressed. I miss summer with warm mornings. It's mid-Ocotober and the mornings...
