by Brian | Feb 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve just posted today’s Cookbook Review: My Greek Table by Diane Kochilas. I mentioned several recipes and put the photo in for this one: Grilled or Seared Leaks with Shaved Sheep’s Milk Cheese and Prunes. It’s very Greek, very close to the earth, and a...
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...
by Brian | Mar 15, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
In Toast Hash Roast Mash: Real Foods for Every Time of the Day, British Chef and Author Dan Doherty offers some “everyday” ideas that are hardly everyday food. It’s a book filled with recipes that combine a just a few things for rambunctious...
by Brian | Jul 5, 2016 | Recipes
How do you feel about manipulation? I know, it’s not a word with positive connotation. Who wants to be manipulated? Well, I do like a good massage, but manipulation — via advertising say — is not a good thing. Still, we all do it. I do it. I...
by Brian | Apr 18, 2016 | Recipes
When author Diana Henry wrote A Bird in the Hand offered recipes from near and far. This one is not too far from Great Britain. Inspired by the cuisine of southwestern France, she’s adopted the cooking method for the standard British, and American, home kitchen. So,...