by Brian | Feb 3, 2018 | Recipes, Super Bowl, Uncategorized
If I ever want to sleep on the couch, all I have to do is eat some raw onion. I like raw onion. Suzen does not. The compromise is we cook them, and we make them sweet with utilitarian value. On Sunday, you have the Super Bowl and that’s a day for snacking. It’s an...
![Jezabel Sauce [Sweet Heat]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/wc-IMG_2768-1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Dec 5, 2017 | Recipes
I saw a recipe recently for jezebel sauce and it struck me that this was the second time in the past year the idea had appeared. I checked the ingredients and, well, showed it to my wife Suzi. “Look, this has horseradish,” I said. That was unfair. If the recipe was...
![Curried Marmalade-Mustard Glaze [with perhaps Mango Chutney and Spiked Honey]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/wc-IMG_1910-1080x675.jpg)
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 | Jun 23, 2017 | Recipes
When you see an onion, what do you think? A thick slice on top of a burger with melted cheese drizzling down. Thins fragments in a salad? Marmalade? Oh, surely not marmalade. Whatever would you do with onion marmalade? A lot. In his book Bread Nick Malgieri offers...
by Brian | May 1, 2017 | Recipes
Shallots are planted in the fall and then arrive the next year as the sun warms the soil. We puts shallots into salads or added to protein dishes like chicken. Here’s an option: marmalade. It’s sweet, intense and has just a touch of warmth, if not heat. You really...
