by Brian | May 30, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
Today’s TBT recipe reflects my personal preferences. I have over 100 strawberry recipes here. Not all of them cocktails. And this one is very seasonal. While strawberries will be around for months, rhubarb won’t. So get baking and eating. Yes, olive oil...
by Brian | May 29, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
“Best cocktail ever,” my wife said. “I’ll have more,” said my best friend who is a vodka man. And a wine man, but not a cocktail man. Until now. This recipe comes from Ireland, from Clodagh’s Supper. The key here is a rhubarb-orange syrup that you will make and...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2018 | Recipes
You may want to make every single recipe in the new John Whaite cookbook: Comfort, Food to Soothe the Soul. Suzi and I do. I’ve been collecting the ideas we will test first and this one pops to the top. Roasting meat with veggies is a technique that does, truly,...
by Brian | Jun 28, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
This TBT recipe is most seasonal. Rhubarb is out there, folks, out there now. But in a couple of weeks, it will be gone. So, the time is now. Over the years at Cooking by the Book, Suzi has offered hundreds of dessert recipes. This Olive Oil cake makes the Top 10 with...
by Brian | Jun 5, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
In yesterday’s post I offered you a Rhubarb Syrup and said that cocktail recipes would be forthcoming. Here’s the first one. You can, of course, skip the alcohol and simply use the syrup in lemonade or with club soda. I find this cocktail lovely to behold and a happy...