My friend, Howard, just called. He was working on the One-Handed Pie Crust (see earlier post www.bravadocooking.com/2011/09/23/315/), and his girlfriend was in the kitchen with him. At first he used his free hand to hold a glass of wine as instructed… Read More ›
Four years ago my sister-in-law, Ellen, returned from Rwanda where she had gone with an organization called World Vision on a “village transformation project”. She told me that we needed to help a child named Violette in the village of… Read More ›
As we have said before, men think about sex an average of 72 times per day. As part of our program to try to focus on a few other things, let’s look at how we treat our Canadian neighbors. Most… Read More ›
Poutine – National Dish of Canada?! I have a number of Canadian friends and they know that I am into cooking. We trade barbs from time to time and half-jokingly I told one of them that I was considering a… Read More ›
Let’s get some new ideas on how to use basil and pesto sauce. To get the dendrons firing, here are some slightly bizarre, but exciting appetizer ideas that the Society loves. Walnuts with Pesto Sauce:
My daughter-in-law called the other day and asked how to cut basil without ruining the plant. It’s very easy. Trace a stem downward and you will find new little shoots coming out at various points along the stem as shown… Read More ›
Across most of the U.S. and Europe, this is the season for basil, one of the herbs most revered by the Bravado Cooking Society. All Bravado chefs grow their own basil – it is a requirement. If you don’t grow… Read More ›
While writing the chapter called “Cooking and Wooing”, I decided to practice one of the recipes with Barbara, the special person in my life. I’m sort of Bravado proud of the result. This is an individual beef wellington. Note the… Read More ›
This was my first stint as visiting celebrity chef (VCC). I strolled to the High Street every day and selected things for the day, along with appropriate wine, of course. We saved some of each meal for next-day toddler meals… Read More ›
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