Monthly Archives: August 2013

Charbono with Slow-Cooked Delicacies

Posted on August 19, 2013 by dgourmac

This will be a short post, since the key two recipes involved are already on the Internet. Yesterday, I was in the mood for meltingly-tender, slowly-cooked (but not in a slow cooker) vegetables, so I prepared two terrific dishes from recipes … Continue reading →

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Salade Composée and Petit Verdot

Posted on August 18, 2013 by dgourmac

Saturday was a good day, starting early with our two grandsons who slept over with us Friday night when their parents went to the football game.  Recently, I bought some sprouted buckwheat grains because I love buckwheat.  I got up … Continue reading →

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Ken Forkish Pizza dough

Posted on August 16, 2013 by dgourmac

Last Sunday Sarah and the boys came for pizza.  Since I already had two successful rounds of bread making with Ken Forkish’s methods, I decided to try his pizza dough made with levain (including 20% wholewheat flour instead of 100% … Continue reading →

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Lots to Tell You About…

Posted on August 15, 2013 by dgourmac

More than two weeks without a posting, but not two weeks without some interesting food and wine.  I present these in no particular order, since chronology is irrelevant here. Schav Let’s begin with a short trip to Eastern Europe — … Continue reading →

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