by Brian | Feb 13, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Now is the time of year when, although the days are getting longer, they are still short and cold. If not frigid and snowy. That gives us some extra time to doddle in the kitchen, fashioning comfort food or, even better, constructing a world class cake....
by Brian | Feb 6, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Ah, the tail end of winter. Mardi Gras is gone. We have Valentine’s Day to look forward to and weeks of cold. Maybe even snow — so little snow this year in NYC I am thinking we might have climate change. It’s a time to sit back with...
by Brian | Jan 31, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Many of us went to college and have memories of that “first” class in the chain you need to get a degree. Those “101” classes that were the beginning steps. That “beginning” could be easy or hard, but it was always necessary. It’s a thrill to have a “101” experience...
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by Brian | Jan 30, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I first reviewed this book in 2014. It remains a goto book with a simple premise: take one bowl, mix stuff, and enjoy a lovely, lovely dessert. There are many different ideas here. If you have a sugar craving. If you have zero patience. Then One Bowl Baking is fast,...
by Brian | Jan 29, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
We all know that our world is changing. There is a belief that the climate is warming, as it has in the past, but now in ways that may endanger us with rising seas. Or more intense storms. Controversy rages over the extent of these changes and the causes. But, whether...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
OMG. Just simply OMG. Suzi and I have a lot of cake books, and many cake decorating books. We’ve never had a book like this one. This book goes into our kitchen, on the island, and not on some shelf. This book gets used. From its title, Icing on the Cake, you might...
