Category Archives: Almost-Vegan

2018 New Dishes for the Portfolio

Posted on January 27, 2018 by dgourmac

The advent of the New Year provided several opportunities to explore new recipes.  This brief post will highlight several of these. Today’s venture was a photo op with some sweet green and red peppers: roasted, peeled, and piled on my … Continue reading →

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Non-Traditional Holiday Meals

Posted on December 26, 2017 by dgourmac

We rarely have traditional Christmas season meals at home.  However, since I am still in my Greek food groove, I made a dish for last night’s supper that was another riff on the Briami ( Greek baked vegetables) theme, using … Continue reading →

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Lunch with Foodie Friends

Posted on December 25, 2017 by dgourmac

Our good friends, Pat and Pete, came down from Maine on Friday for a short visit.  Fortunately, it included lunch.  They are among our most knowledgeable and enthusiastic food friends, so we were delighted to share with them. Upon arrival, … Continue reading →

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Greek-styled Lunch

Posted on December 25, 2017 by dgourmac

Wintry lunches are easy.  Just check the refrigerator for leftovers (or new ingredients you wish to add), select a regional style, pick the wine, prepare and enjoy. Last week one such event developed naturally into a Greek lunch for one.  … Continue reading →

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Fall Visit in the Verde Valley, Arizona

Posted on December 1, 2017 by dgourmac

Every November now we travel to the Verde Valley to visit Aaron and to taste his new wines.  This year we could not be at his wine release party for the 2016 wines, so we came out the following week … Continue reading →

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NYC — 48-hour Food, Friends & Wine Excursion

Posted on December 1, 2017 by dgourmac

A few weeks ago I made my semi-annual short trip to New York City.  As usual, my agenda was primarily sharing food and wine with friends.  Although most recent trips have been by bus on the LimoLiner, this time I … Continue reading →

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Thursday Brunch and Dinner

Posted on November 30, 2017 by dgourmac

On a more recent note, here are two brief highlights of today’s cooking.  Brunch was simple after my breakfast smoothie.  I sautéed small white button mushrooms with garlic, sliced a little Tomme de Brebis sheep’s milk cheese from Corsica, and … Continue reading →

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November Home Cooking

Posted on November 30, 2017 by dgourmac

We did some fine cooking in November, but I’m too far behind in blogging to present it in any organized fashion.  Instead, I’ve grabbed some of the best recipes and pix, and will show them here. These are lunches and … Continue reading →

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Bacalhau, and a Culinary Detour to Amiens for Soup

Posted on October 24, 2017 by dgourmac

Two other items of note recently.  One was Portuguese — the bacalhau.  At Portugalia I bought one of higher quality salt cod fillets and decided one weekend to soak it for two days and then cook it.  I saved the … Continue reading →

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Portuguese and Other Delights

Posted on October 24, 2017 by dgourmac

It turns out that when I’m teaching two courses in the early Fall, I do have time to cook — but not to blog.  C’est domage, because there are some exciting things to tell you about.  Now that one course … Continue reading →

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