Monthly Archives: December 2013

India + Alsace = Chana Dal #2

Posted on December 30, 2013 by dgourmac

Back in May I discovered a marvelous, healthful legume — Chana Dal — and made a fine meal with it.  Tonight I made it again, with three new twists: served the dal on top of a mixture of brown rice … Continue reading →

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Ligurian Vegetable Soup Week

Posted on December 26, 2013 by dgourmac

One of my favorite food blogs is Italicious.  She has a nice touch of showing the blog post she did a year ago, and I always find it intriguing. And so it was that almost exactly a year to the … Continue reading →

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Good Friends, Good Food, and Some Wine

Posted on December 23, 2013 by dgourmac

Aaron’s here for a week, and last night we celebrated with some of his very good friends.  Having established a tradition of sharing good food and wine with this group, it was a perfect time to do it again. Barbara … Continue reading →

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Sciaccarellu and Niellucchiu

Posted on December 15, 2013 by dgourmac

No, that’s not the name of a Washington, DC, law firm, nor is it a new circus act in Vegas.  They are actually two new grapes to my tasting repertoire, components (70% and 30 % respectively) of a 2010 Faustino … Continue reading →

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Roasted Vegetable Night

Posted on December 13, 2013 by dgourmac

The title could describe me tonight, or my dinner, or both.  My day started this morning inauspiciously, when I had to stop for the three traffic lights less than 1/4 mile apart, near my house — the only ones for … Continue reading →

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Lentil, Celery, and Tomato Soup — from the Romagnolis

Posted on December 5, 2013 by dgourmac

Along with my debt to Marcella, I owe Franco and Margaret Romagnoli my intense love for cooking Italian food.  Their cooking show in Boston on public television, their restaurant in the newly-refurbished Faneuil Market, and their cookbooks made simple, delicious … Continue reading →

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Grilled Bread and Another Lunch Special

Posted on December 5, 2013 by dgourmac

Yesterday morning I baked another two loaves of my variation of Ken Forkish’s Field Blend #2 whole grain bread.  This time it was 64% KAF white bread flour, 19% home-milled sprouted whole wheat, 15% sprouted rye, and 2% Durum wheat. … Continue reading →

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Roasted Vegetable Revelation

Posted on December 3, 2013 by dgourmac

RV =  Roasted Vegetable Revelation, a spectacular new dish for me, and it was tonight’s dinner. After two days post-Thanksgiving on a freshly-made juice diet while I recovered from intestinal difficulties (most likely from overindulging on spaghetti and non-vegan clam … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Dinner on Friday

Posted on December 3, 2013 by dgourmac

Why not?  It gives our daughter and family an uncontested opportunity to be with in-laws and turkey on Thursday, and with us and a vegan dinner on Friday.  Small family gathering, but one of Barbara’s best dinners ever, in my … Continue reading →

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