by Brian | Apr 22, 2019 | Recipes
Fava beans, a spring arrival, can be a pain. You have to peel them and it seems an endless task. Can those husks, which are actually quite tender and sweet, somehow be used? Yes. This recipe comes from Estella, a cookbook and a Manhattan restaurant. Both...
by Brian | Apr 16, 2019 | Recipes
I’m just warning you. I love onions. So from now until September, you are going to see onions popping up all over this blog. But perhaps not in ways you might expect. In her new cookbook My Greek Table, Diane Kochilas offers this simple, stunning...
by Brian | Feb 19, 2019 | Recipes
Today’s Cookbook Review is for Rustic Mexican from Williams Sonoma. I’ve included this picture for a Mixed Green salad. The photo is glorious. More importantly, if this was put on the table before you, could you bear to eat it? It’s a work of art. Well, maybe I...
by Brian | Oct 22, 2018 | Recipes
I recently gave an enthusiastic review of The Goodness of Honey. This is one of the recipes that struck my eye on the first pass through the book. A lovely salad with turkey, avocado and tomatoes topped with a Mediterranean-style dressing of yogurt, mint and lemon...
by Brian | Sep 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
You can still find summer peaches, now decidedly sweet, in stores and farmers markets. With that final push of sweetness, the peaches are lovely in pies and other desserts or in beverages. Now is the time for that peach margarita you’ve been craving. But, wait, there...
