by Brian | Jan 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Suzi often has guests from overseas who want a typical American meal. Nothing can match a great steak with bourbon sauce. In our picture here, you see just a trickle of the sauce on top of the meat. Me, I create an ocean of sauce and then immerse the steak....
by Brian | Oct 27, 2016 | TBT
In a word, this dish is a surprise, a wonderful surprise. I first posted it two years ago. It's going to be freezing here tonight, which only makes sense since the World Series just began and the baseball is so much better when the weather is cold and the ball...
by Brian | Jul 25, 2016 | Recipes
In the heat of summer, why do we eat hot food? There is that theory that a hot salsa makes you sweat which lets water evaporate off your forehead which cools you. I’m not sure about that. Thing is, even in the summer there are some hot, temperature wise, food we...
by Brian | May 6, 2016 | Recipes
"Do you want the whole thing?" the clerk at the checkout stand asked my wife. He asked in French, I suppose becasue we were in Paris. Suzi nodded yes. He said ten euros so we paid $11.35 for 2.2 pounds of cherry tomatoes. That's about double the price...
by Brian | Jan 20, 2016 | Recipes
I admit it: I buy wine based on the label. If the label is pretty — a geometric pattern, a flower, a knight on a horse — I do pick up the bottle. I will check the country of origin and I’ll look at the grape, but that first impression is irrevocably...
