by Brian | Jun 26, 2014 | Recipes
I don’t remember when I first had a Cinnamon Sugar Crumb Topping. Maybe a neighborhood bakery there in North Portland. Maybe I my mom was killing a box of Bisquick. I know every other Friday in grade school we had a crumb cake for dessert with that signature...
by Brian | Jun 25, 2014 | Cookbook Review
What do you have in your kitchen that you should thank Napoleon Bonaparte for? It’s not something. It’s somethings. Lots of somethings. Right there on your shelves. Cans and jars. In 1809 a French confectioner and brewer, Nicolas Appert, discovered that if he sealed...
by Brian | Jun 25, 2014 | Recipes
There is a lovely book — Olives, Anchovies, and Capers by Georgeanne Brennan [2001] — that Suzen and I often turn to. We love food with a bite, thus explaining our penchant for hot sauces and the cuisine of Santa Fe. But Mediterranean cuisines have long had the...
by Brian | Jun 24, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Officially, sangria is a common beverage from Spain and Portugal. The standard recipe consists of wine, chopped fruit, a sweetener, and brandy. The sweetener is most often a shot of sugar, although honey and orange juice can be employed. The brandy is traditional but...
by Brian | Jun 24, 2014 | News
I am having a nightmare problem formatting these blogs. In the past months, I had created a format with different styles and sizes of fonts that people liked. I did this using my blogging engine: the very popular WordPress. Unfortunately, WordPress just issued an...
