by Brian | Mar 20, 2018 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Earlier today I posted a review of Butter Baked Goods by Rosie Daykin. I don’t know how I overlooked this book published five years ago. But I discovered my copy and now I am baking and frosting away. Rosie’s Vancouver bakery is famous for decadent use of butter and...
by Brian | Mar 16, 2018 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
“Do you know what Type 2 means?” wife asked. I certainly do, but I don’t have to admit the truth. “Why not just make the wafers but leave out the butter cream?” Good marriages are made of compromise and that is just what I did. Wafers, yes. Butter cream, no. Tish...
by Brian | Jan 5, 2018 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
This weekend I’ll post a review for a grand new cookie book, The Perfect Cookie by America’s Test Kitchen. Suzi and I have made four recipes so far and had four great successes. There’s an entire section devoted just to brownies and this gem is the leader of...
by Brian | Apr 1, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Recipes, Uncategorized
Yes, I think that picture above is pretty darn appealing. The cookies gleam and shine and, oh yes, they taste good, too. Very good. We are used to chocolate cookies with one chocolate element, perhaps some chocolate chips or some cocoa as in a brownie. Here...
by Brian | Nov 22, 2016 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I just reviewed a new cocktail book, Drink Me Now. Here’s the review. And here’s my favorite drink in the book: Mexican Marshmallow Mocha. It appears in a chapter called Sweet Fix. What more needs to be said? Here cocoa powder and Kahlua and coffee are...