by Brian | May 4, 2017 | Recipes, TBT
The days with cold temperatures are fewer new and we actually have warm ones in the Catskills. Enough warmth so that our chives can be snipped and enjoyed. Better for Suzi to snip with scissors than the deer with their teeth. Deer are swarming this year and bold...
by Brian | Mar 18, 2013 | Recipes
I was at my discount liquor store looking, of course, at the cheese section. Great wine at cheap prices. Great cheese at … Here’s the truth. This store offers La Roulade at under $3. If you don’t know this cheese, it’s new on the market — at least to my eye — and is...
by Suzi | Aug 25, 2011 | Recipes
Palmier? Your mind instantly thinks of a wide, thin sweet pasty, laden with sugar. Perhaps paired with a cappuccino in a Paris café. They are big and they are a meal. A savory palmier? That’s got to be an oxymoron. How could you possibly make something that is not...
by Brian | Jun 8, 2011 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
I don’t work at Barnes and Noble but I do shop there. When you first enter the store, there is often a rack of “special” books that you may overlook. They always have modest prices. They always have a distinct size or cover. You might pass right by, but if you see The...
by Suzi | Apr 7, 2011 | Recipes
It’s spring. Whether in your own garden, or in your grocery store, the first stock of fresh green veggies is arriving. Chives are a lovely way to create an herb butter. And this butter is versatile: perfect to spread on bread, or put on that backed potato or to top a...
