by Brian | Feb 22, 2014 | Recipes
This recipe is brought to you thanks to the kindness of Sasquatch Books. They sent me a review copy of The Cast Iron Skillet. It sits in my upstate house, buried in snow. Suzen and I haven’t tried to get upstate in three week. We have plenty of snow, and ice, right...
by Brian | Oct 17, 2013 | Recipes
“You realize the blog has become unbalanced,” Suzen said. “No.” I answered. I once had a girlfriend who told me to “admit nothing.” I still ended up divorced. “It’s booze and chocolate and brownies and milk chocolate, Brian,” she rebutted. “There are...
by Brian | Sep 21, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
“No, you got it wrong.” Suzen said. “Again.” “Suzen, the recipe you gave me said sweet potatoes. I wrote the blog based on that.” “Change it, Sweetie.” So I am. This wonderful, wonderful dessert is made with...
by Brian | Sep 8, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Please continue to read all of this. Yes, there is diatribe at the beginning, but the beverage that results from all this is spectacular. Really, it is. Ah, the political conventions are over and we have been enlightened and informed. One person said our economic...
by Suzi | Oct 22, 2011 | Cookbook Reviews
When is summer over? About 90% of the leaves have fallen from our trees. It’s time to stop kidding ourselves and face facts: it is not going to be 80° outside for a long, long time. Given the price of heating oil, it is never going to be 80° inside! So we’ve conceded...
