by Brian | Nov 6, 2019 | Comfort Food, Recipes
Let’s see: biscuits or muffins? I can never decide one way or another. I did make biscuits last week, so this time it is muffins. But not just any muffin. No, this morning I wanted something with spice, so naturally I was googling “cinnamon...
by Brian | Jan 15, 2019 | Comfort Food, Recipes
Will we go upstate this weekend? Won’t we? It’s all weather dependent and there is a storm coming. I suspect that rather than drive into a Catskill snowstorm, Suzi and I will hunker down in New York City and find some comfort food. Ordinarily, I would opt for...
by Brian | Jul 20, 2017 | Comfort Food, Recipes
It is July 20th and summer is one third gone. Terrible thing to say. But, if for some reason, you have not used your grill, it’s time to get a move on. Yes, you can do hot dogs and burgers. You can chicken. But, why waste that good grill time? There are racks of...
by Brian | Nov 10, 2015 | Comfort Food, Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
Suzen and I are always on the lookout for new side dishes for Thanksgiving and other fall feasts. We want dishes that the right “autumnal” notes. Here late fall corn and wonderful in-season butternut squash are combined into a dish that just might rival...
by Brian | Jan 26, 2015 | Comfort Food, Recipes
Hugh Carpenter and Teri Sandison are quite a team: inventive author and artistic photographer. Together they have produced a raft of books and you may well have seen them on prominent display. Their The Great Book of Wings [2011] and The Great Ribs Book [2012] are...
by Brian | Jan 25, 2015 | Comfort Food, Recipes
Potato salad should only be eaten between Memorial Day and Labor Day. And then there’s the white pants thing. I grew up with that nonsense. I ignore it now. I love potato salad and Potato Salad by Debbie Moose, a most accomplished cookbook author, is filled with...
