by Brian | Mar 4, 2020 | Recipes
I just published a review of Searing Inspiration, a most lovely cookbook. The book has a specific concept: cook a main course then keep the pan, add components, and fashion a sauce to transform it all to a feast. A feast for your eyes as well as your mouth. Searing...
![Pork Chops with Apples [and onion and cream] from In the French Kitchen with Kids](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wc-Pork-Chops-with-Apples-489x700-115665_489x675.jpg)
by Brian | Sep 10, 2019 | Recipes
Mardi Michels wrote In the French Kitchen with Kids for kids. But, golly, we are all kids at heart. She got this recipe from a friend who has cooking school in Lyon. It is a French recipe through and through. Perfect fall apples are combined with perfect fall...
by Brian | Feb 15, 2019 | Recipes
One of the secret pleasures of Asian dining is the sauces. I love our local Thai restaurant with its sticky, sweet [and succulent] dipping sauce. In Adam’s Big Pot, Chef Adam Liaw provides the Vietnamese version of this sauce. You can use it at home for spring...
![Piquillo Mostarda for the World’s Best Hotdog [even better than Roakes!]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lumed-wc-IMG_3701-1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Jul 23, 2018 | Recipes
There have been several posts and lots of comments here about hot dogs, specifically the Chili Dog from Roakes Coney Island stand just south of Portland, Oregon. I grew up a mile away from Roakes and from age 8 to when I graduated from college at 22, I ate them...
by Brian | Jun 8, 2018 | Recipes
Yes, you can just eat them. And I have no personal prejudice against bananas. But, the combination of bananas and rum, as in Bananas Foster, can certainly capture your attention. This idea comes from The Soda Fountain, a considerably grand source for ice cream...
