by Brian | Apr 22, 2019 | Recipes
Fava beans, a spring arrival, can be a pain. You have to peel them and it seems an endless task. Can those husks, which are actually quite tender and sweet, somehow be used? Yes. This recipe comes from Estella, a cookbook and a Manhattan restaurant. Both...
by Brian | Feb 28, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
It surely is still winter outside. Here in NYC we have the cold, but not the snow. We are down 97% from our typical snowfall for the season. Good news for driving. Bad news for water in the summer. But, that is months away....
by Brian | May 22, 2018 | Recipes
In yesterday’s post I offered up a Pork and Chorizo Burger from Emeril Lagasse. He suggests you serve it with more than warm Green Chile Mayo. We did and we loved it. Emeril’s mayo will be green colored because of the habanero pepper. Ours is a little reddish because...
by Brian | Jul 23, 2016 | Recipes
In The United States of Pizza, Craig Priebe and Diane Jacob show the results of their personal pizza odyssey. They’ve found gems from every corner of the country, big towns and small villages. Now, if you are a pizza purist, you may find some of the ideas in the...
by Brian | Apr 8, 2016 | Recipes
The recipe comes from Big Flavors from a Small Kitchen. Author Chris Honor was born in Australia and now has a small restaurant in North London. In Big Flavors, there are no recipe titles per se. He just lists four or five ingredients at the top of each page. Here the...