by Brian | Nov 29, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
I’ve been walking around Manhattan on a mission. All Christmas shopping is to be done by this Friday, November 30. A noble idea and it will fail: the elements are against me. “It’s so cold,” people say as we exchange comments on the weather....
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by Brian | Oct 11, 2018 | Recipes
Today’s TBT recipe is all about fall and feeling warm. You’ll see. Comfort food. We all respond when we hear this term, and we all have that short list of favorites that we can instantly taste in our brains, in not in our mouths. If you survey people,...
by Brian | Sep 15, 2017 | Recipes
This recipe comes from Home Cooking with Jean-Georges. It is a recipe passed down from his grandmother and he describes it as a “casserole of pure comfort.” Endive is bitter until you cook it enough and sweeten it. The endive is then wrapped in savory ham, drenched in...
by Brian | Nov 13, 2013 | Cookbook Review
Comfort food. We all have that short list of things that are culinary tranquilizers. For me, a baked potato with meat loaf, creamy potato salad with scallions, a chocolate cake — made with cocoa of course — and topped with a fudgy frosting, … I would...
