by Brian | Apr 14, 2020 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
This delightful tart was our Easter dessert. It features a pistachio crust that you will find wondrous — something you will want to use over and over again. Inside goes a rich vanilla pastry cream topped with spring fresh raspberries. This dessert is rich and...
by Brian | Aug 9, 2019 | Recipes
Here’s a real two-fer recipe. The wings are quite different from those “Buffalo” ones that send fire down your throat. There is garlic heat here, but there is a delightful Mediterranean twist of lemon and allspice. This recipe comes from Saffron in the Souks, a...
by Brian | Apr 30, 2018 | Recipes
Last week I reviewed The L.A. Cookbook. Suzi and I had just returned from ten days in Sicily where we encountered seafood, artichokes and pistachios. So, in The L.A. Cookbook, when I saw a recipe for Pistachio Mole, well, it had to be a message from God. We made it...
by Brian | Feb 10, 2018 | Recipes
Just today I did a review of Mildreds Vegan. This new cookbook, by Daniel Acevedo and Sarah Wasserman, presents vegan recipes from the Mildreds chain of restaurant in London. A vegetarian hallmark, Mildreds has a battery of vegan recipes that all of us will enjoy....
by Brian | Oct 9, 2017 | Dessert Digest
Sometimes you want a truly elegant, complex dessert. Something over the top, or so close to the top you can see the snowline. Suzy Ashford wrote Le Picnic with ideas for inspired picnic food, and this dessert is one of the many treats you will find in the book. I’m a...
