by Brian | Jun 21, 2019 | Recipes
This recipe from Darina Allen will give you a new perspective on chicken. You soak chicken breasts in milk, not buttermilk, to achieve tenderness and moisture. You can eat this directly on the plate or serve over orzo, noodles or fettuccine. Rosemary is used...
by Brian | May 16, 2016 | Recipes
I know. This seems to be déjà vu. Yesterday, I posted a recipe for a lovely Herbed Ricotta and Beet Tart with both ricotta and goat cheese. Here the idea is similarly wonderful: tomato and goat cheese sitting on top of puff pastry. This is another recipe...
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...
by Brian | Mar 15, 2014 | Recipes
On a snowy Sunday, I found Suzen checking out our cookbooks. “What are you looking for?” I asked. I can be helpful. Sometimes. “Something interesting,” she said calmly. She’s not six feet tall so her hand was reaching up to manipulate the books on the top row....
by Brian | Jan 23, 2011 | Recipes
I have the flu. Not pleasant. But being an optimist, I always seek to make the best out of a bad situation. “How are you?” Suzen asked. “Awful,” I said. Then I coughed. She grimaced. She can’t take me being sick. I coughed again. Softening her up. “Do you want...