by Brian | Oct 22, 2017 | Recipes
Southern Cast Iron is a magazine you want to consider in your life. I know, you have too many magazines. This one is deliciously important and different. Comfort food is a necessity. A true necessity. A warm roll. Melted cheese. And an army of herbs, marching...
by Brian | Aug 26, 2017 | Recipes
Ken Haedrich has a fleet of wonderful cookbooks. His latest, Harvest Baker, is clearly the flagship, the best book he has ever written. And that, I assure you, is saying a great deal. This was the first recipe Suzi and I made from the book. We are cast iron fans, love...
by Brian | Feb 6, 2014 | Cookbook Review
It’s there. Stashed on a back shelf. Hanging on a hook at the far end of the kitchen. Perhaps hidden in a basement. Alone. Abandoned. Probably a little tired, a little dusty, maybe with a touch of red rust somewhere. I am not going to say “shame on you.” I wish to...
by Brian | May 17, 2012 | Recipes
“I’M TRYING TO WORK HERE!” Suzen was vociferous. “I was just trying to clarify a point about you, Suzi. You are really a Queenie.” “Brian, for the last time, I am a Brooklyn girl.” “No, your parents had their home in Queens.” “I was BORN in a BROOKLYN...