by Brian | Feb 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
I don’t like vegetables. I don’t like green beans. Except, if I can go to a Chinese restaurant have them dripping with sauce, hot sauce, then I am happy. This Sichuan Green Beans recipe is easy, authentic and surely warm to the mouth and heart. Especially the...
by Brian | Aug 18, 2016 | Recipes
This recipe was posted a couple of years ago, at the end of a warm summer. This summer has not been just warm. 2016 is sizzling and that powerful sun has made this recipe even more delightful. Green beans are wonderful. You can depend on them, for...
by Brian | Jan 10, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Really Simple, Recipes
From Pasta Modern by Francine Sagan comes this complex vegetarian dish. Not complex to prepare, but on so complex in flavor, so satisfying that you will not be asking yourself: where are the meatballs? The delight here is the string beans, cooked with tomatoes, garlic...
by Brian | Nov 6, 2014 | Recipes
Incentive. You sometimes need incentive to get people to eat their veggies. We often resort to sweetness: carrots sautéed in sugar and orange juice. [Don’t be righteous, it’s good.] But it would be better if this culinary bribery could be...
by Brian | Oct 30, 2014 | Recipes
Oh, God help me. We are in the market and Suzen is in the produce section and she has her hands in the green beans. Please, help me. “Uh, we’re gonna have …” I begin to plead. “Yes, we are,” she begins. “These are very...