by Brian | May 30, 2018 | Recipes
It was Sunday and I rolled over in bed, looked at my wife and asked her what any husband would: “Biscuits?” “No, silly, scones.” I know that in our future we will again make biscuits but right now it is scones. British scones. Scones from the Claridge’s cookbook....
by Brian | Sep 30, 2014 | Recipes
They are there. And they are not moving. Last night’s rain has weighed down the falling leaves and a rake, not the wind, will be the solution to a messy looking yard. Before you go outside, something warm and sweet would give you just the incentive needed to put...
by Brian | May 7, 2014 | Recipes
This is an unusual post. I’m comparing two scone recipes, one old and one new. Suzen and I have made both, tasted both, and must say we have a favorite: the new one. In the comparison that follows, you’ll why the new one is so different and you’ll get an idea of how...
by Brian | Apr 19, 2014 | Cookbook Review
I recently posted a Loaded Potato Salad from Gale Gand’s lovely new Lunch book. There will be more recipes here from Lunch, but I did not want to forget her earlier book, Brunch. What is so special about Gale’s food? It works, right out of the book. The recipes have...
by Brian | Mar 2, 2014 | Recipes
From Maximum Flavors comes this turn-the-world-around recipe for scones. Although the recipe below calls for nut butter and some kind of fruit, in the headnotes authors Aki Kamozawa and Alexander Talbot do give away their favorite combination: peanut butter and...