Category Archives: Flowers

Vegan Dish from the Punjab and My Own Beet Salad

Posted on July 13, 2025 by dgourmac

There is no central theme to tonight’s post. It covers a wide range of topics, consistent with the diversity of my scattered activities right now, and all is amplified by the knowledge that I have not written anything here for … Continue reading →

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June: Seafood, Breads, and Flowers

Posted on July 2, 2024 by dgourmac

It was a month of weather extremes, punctuated by exceptional seafood, successful homemade breads, and sparkling blue hydrangeas. My wife pays a lot of attention to our hydrangeas. Most years the white ones are present in great profusion, but the … Continue reading →

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Springtime in the Yard: Flowers, Turkeys, and the Fox

Posted on June 18, 2023 by dgourmac

I don’t always write about food and wine. This post is a celebration of the way Springtime brings the beauty of flowers and wildlife to our bucolic grounds. Flowers explode all around us. We love when the trees and bushes … Continue reading →

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Food and Flowers Fotos

Posted on April 23, 2023 by dgourmac

Aside from the alliteration, this post provides a short photo essay of some recent dishes and decorations. Beet salad with watercress, pistachios, Brique de Brebis Basque sheep milk cheese, and tomato Moroccan style shrimp & tomatoes grated beet salad with … Continue reading →

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Flowers in Winter

Posted on February 27, 2023 by dgourmac

New England winter weather can be pretty bleak at times, so when my wife is able to show off her skills with blossoming flowers this time of year, it is a special treat. Here are two examples of brilliant colors … Continue reading →

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Talented Lady

Posted on November 20, 2022 by dgourmac

My wife has a great many talents. With this short post, I will celebrate two of them: FLOWERS Most of you are probably familiar with Christmas Cactus, a common houseplant. Well, ours are actually Thanksgiving Cacti, and they are in … Continue reading →

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Fine Pasta Lunch in Less than 30 Minutes

Posted on April 10, 2022 by dgourmac

Most packaged dry pastas cook in about 12 minutes or less. Last week I was able to do a delicious pasta lunch from scratch very quickly. Ingredients 170 g Penne pasta from La Dolda (or any good short pasta) chopped … Continue reading →

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Pasta Plenty

Posted on March 16, 2022 by dgourmac

We always have a group of pasta dishes in any given week, and this one was no different. The comfort food for one dinner was pasta shells baked with mushrooms and cheeses, crispy and full of flavor, but not too … Continue reading →

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The Versatility of Salads

Posted on April 17, 2021 by dgourmac

As I’ve written before, traditional salads don’t interest me much. On the other hand, there are occasions and ways in which I take full advantage of how versatile and easy to prepare salads can be. Here are three examples this … Continue reading →

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Food and Pop Art

Posted on August 1, 2020 by dgourmac

Adobe has recently released several new iPhone/Android apps, with fascinating filters to jazz up one’s photos.  I played around with these apps and our food adventures, and I’m happy to share them with you in this post. Lilies of the … Continue reading →

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