Bernadette’s Hosting A Holiday Cookie Exchange! Once again, Bernadette has terrific recipes on her “New Classic Recipe” website…like these: I’d never seen a “Pignoli Nut Cookie” before, and certainly not one as charming as this! It’s all part of her… Read More ›
Time To Make Chef Christina Tosi’s Incredible Milk Bar Corn Cookies! Some of you may know how the pandemic led to me making LOTS of dishes using corn. When #Quarantineathome went into its third month in mid-2020, I ordered some food for… Read More ›
Carol’s New Cookbook Is Here! Such a surprise and so exciting to share – the great food blogger Carol Taylor has released a cookbook – and you can buy it on Amazon! As she write in her announcement: “I have… Read More ›
Provence At Night! There is nothing better in the world than saying goodnight in a magical place…especially when you are there to celebrate – like we did! Welcome to Vaison la Romaine, France… Welcome back to the beautiful south of… Read More ›
I took part in Bernadette’s latest “Cookbook Confidential” effort – to cook a recipe from the legendary Indian Chef and Cookbook Author Madhur Jaffrey: One of my favorite bloggers and Authors, Robbie Cheadle, who because of availability chose a different… Read More ›
Dal Soup, Anyone? This image of Dal Soup is courtesy of Jeen and Michiel, who have made two dishes as part of the latest Cookbook Confidential Challenge! Mushrooms with Cumin and Asafetida! Do you know that “asafetida” is a gum… Read More ›
It’s time for another “Cookbook Confidential” series to begin – this time focused on the Indian cooking of Madder Jaffrey…starting with this tomato tamarind chutney recipe! It’s from Jaffrey’s legendary cookbook that introduced much of the world to the flavors… Read More ›
Digging Into A “Florentine Steak!” It’s a signature steak that is served just one way in Florence: RARE. That means we headed to Florence Italy for an amazing meal! Florence Italy is an incredible city in the Tuscany region of Italy… Read More ›
Time To Bite Into Chicago! This is the Chicago River, which is unique in that it flows OUT of Lake Michigan and into the river, a nifty engineering trick! Speaking of Lake Michigan: That’s my wife Alex and I standing… Read More ›
Say “Cheese!” “Cheesy” may be more like it – but for those who have read my food blog as well as my main one, Johnrieber.com, you know that I have a “bacon-and-egg” iPhone cover, and I like to shoot videos… Read More ›
