by Brian | Nov 26, 2016 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Ordinarily, you can tell if I have made a recipe here or am just supplying you with an exciting one from a cookbook. I can’t actually test and taste everything, so sometimes you are going to be the one enjoying that first taste. You can tell which scenario...
by Brian | Aug 2, 2016 | Recipes
Yesterday I did a cookbook review for The Four Seasons of Pasta, a collection of recipes offering pasta on an elevated level. This is not your ordinary Spaghetti and Meatball collection, not at all. These recipes, as you might expect, are strongly seasonal,...
by Brian | Jul 9, 2016 | Recipes
It's 4th of July Weekend and you may be in need of a decisively wonderful dish. Something with visual appeal and abundant with summer taste. Here it is. Upside-down cakes are always a visual treat. You want to be in the kitchen when the pan is flipped and the...
by Brian | May 16, 2016 | Recipes
I know. This seems to be déjà vu. Yesterday, I posted a recipe for a lovely Herbed Ricotta and Beet Tart with both ricotta and goat cheese. Here the idea is similarly wonderful: tomato and goat cheese sitting on top of puff pastry. This is another recipe...
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...
