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 | Jan 14, 2018 | Recipes
On cold winter weekends, nothing can match the warmth and aroma of a slow-cooking meat dish, filling the kitchen or the whole house with promises of a luscious meal. The recipe title says “roasted” and the picture shows “simmering” ribs. You do both here, an initial...
by Brian | May 5, 2017 | Recipes
Easter is the first great culinary weekend of the year. And it brings up that basic question: ham or lamb. This year it was lamb and it will be lamb next year, too. And, during the rest of the year, when we want a spectacular feast, lamb will be on our list. The...
by Brian | Dec 30, 2015 | Holidays, Recipes
Do-Ahead Christmas by James Ramsden is filled with recipes that will make your holiday feast ideas – but without exhausting you. The recipes here can be started hours or days in advance, then easily finished just before meal time. Now, Christmas may be over, but...
by Brian | Feb 24, 2015 | Recipes
The hallmark of Italian cuisine is exceptional flavor achieved with few ingredients and without endless labor. Oh, the dish make take some time to cook and the classics often involved a mother in the kitchen all day. But that is a labor of love, with every moment...