by Brian | Aug 13, 2015 | Recipes
I first posted this is January.Which is not the middle of summer, but I thought potato salad would go well for the Super Bowl. It's football season again, with NFL preseason games on the tube tonight. So, winter or summer, end of season or just preseason, potato...
by Brian | Jul 31, 2015 | Recipes
For this tomatillo week, I’ve had lots of fun exploring page after page of tomatillo recipes. There are salsas aplenty, of course, but it’s been enlightening to find other tomatillo uses — ones that just would not have popped into my head. Here, for...
by Brian | Jun 18, 2015 | Recipes
In his new book The Lebanese Cookbook distinguished chef Hussien Dekmak presents a full spectrum of Lebanese dishes, from the light and quick for summer to the rich and nurtured for the winter. This lovely salad is one of those light, quick summery delights that...
by Brian | Jun 14, 2015 | Recipes
Summer is upon us. The corn is “fresh” now from Florida but soon, pretty soon the fresh corn in our stores will be local. It is time to search for you copy of I Love Corn by Lisa Skye [2012]. Oh, you don’t have a copy yet? You want one, you really...
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by Brian | Mar 19, 2015 | Recipes
Dinner was to be salad and the salad was almost ready. But the salad was naked, undressed. “Find me a buttermilk dressing,” Suzen said. She speaks, I obey. It just works better that way. I did a little Googling, and found “the recipe.” This...
