by Brian | May 23, 2017 | Recipes
When you pick up a cookbook with a picture of one of the recipes inside — and not all cookbooks do that — jump to that very recipe inside the book. See if the recipe inspires you as much as the pretty picture. This recipe adorns the cover of Let Them East Kale! by...
by Brian | May 10, 2017 | Recipes
I’m in a restaurant and I see Kale Caesar Salad. Down the street, a sign on the sidewalk in front of a smoothie establishment lists all their kale beverages. All ten of them. I have the sense of a kale invasion. I went to google, searched and found this:...
by Brian | Mar 25, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
“I want coleslaw tonight,” I said to my wife. “I was just going to say that to you,” Suzi smiled. We were in our market in the produce section and I was able to reach over and grab a cabbage in a flash. “What are you doing?” Suzi asked. “Cole. Slaw,” I said...
by Brian | Mar 24, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
It’s the first day of spring. In NYC, it got to 50 degrees today. For this weekend in our upstate house will we be planting flowers? No. It will be 20 degrees and snowing. To help chase winter away here’s a lovely idea from Gaby Dalkin in Absolutely Avocado....
by Brian | Mar 5, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I cannot image two veggies more distinct than cucumbers and radishes. Cucumbers are sweet and soothing. Radishes can wake the dead. Both have crunch it is true, but the cucumbers more quickly succumb to your bite. Radishes resist to the bitter end. Pun...