by Brian | Jan 12, 2016 | Recipes
Author Hillary Davis of French Comfort Food has assembled just the grandest collection of comfort food ideas. This recipe, from the Haute-Savoie Region of the French Alps, is her proposal for wintery nights. I made this dish and I think wintry nights would be improved...
by Brian | Jan 8, 2016 | Recipes
A cold morning. Hot potatoes. We Americans call them hash browns but these are rosti in Austria. And there is...
by Brian | Aug 21, 2015 | Recipes
That top picture may remind you of something you’ve seen in the produce section of your grocery store: a bag of smallish potatoes with a rainbow of colors. What to do with them if you take them home? You cannot bake them and stuff with sour cream, butter, and...
by Brian | Mar 16, 2015 | Recipes
Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day and the issue at hand is how to have a green baked potato. The answer involves Ireland, India, and Illinois. When politicians refer to the Three I’s, they mean Ireland, Italy and Israel, but here our topic is food, not ethnic...
by Brian | Feb 20, 2015 | Recipes
This year’s Valentine’s Day feast at Cooking by the Book featured duck breast: Seared Duck Breast Glazed with Roasted Garlic, Pomegranate Molasses, Ginger and Armagnac The richness of that duck demands that the side dishes rise above the norm. “Side...
