by Brian | Jan 28, 2019 | Recipes
I have just posted a review of Boqueria, a magnificent cookbook from the Boqueria chain of restaurants. Their motto is “From Barcelona to New York.” Tapas in Barcelona is, for us in New York, thousands of miles away. Well, it was. Now we can visit the...
by Brian | Jan 8, 2019 | Recipes
That picture is from the restaurant Buatta in Palermo. We ate there last year and truly enjoyed their version of caponata, the sweet-and-sour eggplant dish that is the trademark of Sicily. Every restaurant and every home has their own caponata recipe. We were...
by Brian | Jun 10, 2015 | Recipes
In My Perfect Pantry, Geoffrey Zakarian enables you to forge wonderful, full flavored dishes using basic pantry ingredients. He has a list of 50 items to be employed in appetizers, side dishes, main courses and desserts. In this deliciously appealing recipe, the basic...
by Brian | Dec 23, 2014 | Comfort Food, Recipes
For Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys, it seems that cranberry sauce is as mandatory as mashed potatoes. You may eat cranberries only once or twice a year, but now is the time. The question, though, is this: how can I get a miraculous sauce from those brilliant,...
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by Brian | Oct 18, 2013 | Recipes
Have you ever done something that seemed strange, maybe wrong, but you did not know why and you just did it anyway? I really never thought about it growing up. My grandmother did it, taught me, and always seemed naturally comfortable doing it. It was one of my...
