by Brian | Jan 24, 2017 | Recipes, Super Bowl
As the Super Bowl approaches, we need to begin planning those parties. I can’t wait to see Aaron Rodgers beat the Patriots. Oh, wait. Okay, Matt Ryan will. Maybe. Regardless, we still need great food for the biggest sports day of the year. From...
by Brian | Dec 15, 2016 | Recipes
I first posted this last January. It was cold. It is cold again. Comfort food time. Big time. Enjoy. Author Hillary Davis of French Comfort Food has assembled just the grandest collection of comfort food ideas. This recipe, from the Haute-Savoie Region of the...
by Brian | Oct 13, 2016 | Recipes, TBT
"You'll look like an idot," my wife said, "and you have a cold." I was headed to Starbuck for our morning fix. It's only a block away and I hate being over dressed. I miss summer with warm mornings. It's mid-Ocotober and the mornings...
by Brian | Sep 27, 2016 | Recipes
In Make Mine a Martini, author Kay Plunkett-Hogge presents this an array of cocktails for you to consider, not just a wonderful martini. There are classics here and some new ones, like The Fine & Dandy, a combo of lemon juice, Cointreau and gin. But this...
by Brian | Sep 26, 2016 | Dessert Digest
Is there an end to the wonder of meringue? I love it whether in bite-sized cookie format [like Wasp’s Nests, post to come!] or a full-scale pavlova. Here the pavlova is chocolate, but just a bit. Some cocoa powder gives color and the hint of chocolate...
