by Brian | May 16, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
What could be more American than apple pie? Or cherry pie? How about a piping hot apple-cherry cobbler. This recipe is from the sublime American Desserts by Wayne Hurley Brachman. I did at TBT cookbook review a while back and I urge you to add this dessert book to...
by Brian | Aug 4, 2017 | Recipes
Brunch. What to serve? Something benedict? Pancakes? Scrambled eggs? Here’s a different idea from John Whaite’s brilliant Perfect Plates in 5 Ingredients. Nectarines, or peaches, are nearing high season now. Ripe, juicy and filled with flavor, here you top them with a...
by Brian | Feb 18, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
For this Throwback Thursday recipe, I dug two years back to a cold February in 2014 when Suzi and I tried this. You'll like it. Double down with an Irish coffee and suddenly, all the troubles drift away. There is more to molasses than gingersnaps and baked...
by Brian | Feb 27, 2015 | Recipes
Joy Wilson’s Homemade Decadence has this great premise: the most important meal of the day, of the week, is brunch. Just the word “brunch” connotes something special. It’s not breakfast. It’s brunch. Here’s one of Joy’s...
by Brian | Aug 13, 2014 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Cobblers are an American creation, really an adaptation to circumstances. In colonial America the traditional British suet pudding could not be made. Cost, ingredients and equipment all were hurdles too high for those colonial families. Instead, a base of...
