by Brian | Feb 24, 2020 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
It was a dark and stormy night on a rocky road when … When you make brownies, what do you do? Just bake, pull them from the oven and devour? I know, the aroma of fresh brownies is very hard to resist. But, resistance is not futile. And, and, there...
by Brian | Jul 15, 2017 | Recipes
Do I follow the recipe or not? From the 1994 classic Burning Desires by W. Park Kerr, here is a rather different glaze for your barbecuing. How often do you cook with curry? I was reaching for the curry container when my hand passed over a jar of mango chutney. “Well,...
by Brian | Mar 5, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Yesterday’s post was for an Ultimate Butter Cake from Flavor Flours, the latest and greatest book from Alice Medrich. The cake was lovely and we baked two rounds. We froze one for a quick dessert treat on some future weeknight. And the unfrozen layer was...
by Brian | Mar 1, 2015 | Recipes
A honey-mustard glaze is a grand adornment for chicken, ham, ribs, salmon and perhaps your burger, if not steak. How do you make a good glaze? Let’s google “honey mustard glaze” and see what happens. Oh, 1,010,000 results. This could take some time....
by Brian | Jul 7, 2013 | Recipes
I’ve mentioned the new book Smoke & Spice by Valerie Aikman-Smith in a previous post. I enjoy the book’s presentation with its focus on sauces and seasonings rather than the meat. Everyone secretly eats BBQ for the sauce. Yes, yes you do. Don’t deny the truth...