by Brian | May 14, 2017 | Recipes
I just posted a review of the wonderful new book by Alain Ducasse: Simple Nature. It’s not a vegetarian book by any means, for protein does appear, but it is vegetable-centric. This is the first dish we tried out of the book, making this veggie tartare to go along...
by Brian | Mar 9, 2017 | Recipes, TBT, Uncategorized
When I first posted this recipe, I was bold enough to call them the best baked beans. They still are. It adds up. You make baked beans once or twice a month. Do that for fifty years and you can righteously claim to have strived for perfection 1000 times or more. It...
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 | Feb 25, 2016 | Recipes, TBT
Today's Throwback Thursday Recipe is one you have to make. A year ago, it was twenty degees colder here in NYC but I suspect that chill will return. When it does, this is a recipe that will simply delight you. Cold Weather Cooking by Sarah Leah Chase has just been...
by Brian | Sep 15, 2015 | Recipes
When you travel out of town for a wedding, how do you spend your spare hours? Suzen and I visit farmers markets, looking for different food ideas: regional jams, special produce, local items like spiced jerky. We were in Raleigh, North Carolina and went to the massive...
