Category Archives: Vegan

Vegan Crostini and a Vintage Bardolino

Posted on January 23, 2016 by dgourmac

It’s snowing all over the East Coast, but this time, central Massachusetts is escaping the storm.  So having taken all the garbage and recycle to the dump, it was time for my favorite meal of the week, Saturday lunch.  It … Continue reading →

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Ravioli Rolling Pin + Vegan Ricotta = Great Meal

Posted on December 16, 2015 by dgourmac

Several years ago one of my most energetic graduate students showed a strong interest in food and cooking, so we often talked about it and shared stories and ideas — along with occasionally discussing the program: engineering management.  When he … Continue reading →

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Culinary Geography and Today’s Lunch

Posted on December 6, 2015 by dgourmac

Question: What do Massachusetts, California, Peru, India, Greece, Spain, Costa Rica, Italy, and Germany all have in common? Answer: They each provided significant contributions to my lunch today, a relatively simple affair of Bruschetta with Vegan Ricotta and Thinly-Sliced Beets … Continue reading →

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Rye Bread in My New, Custom Bread Pot

Posted on December 5, 2015 by dgourmac

Two and a half years ago, I posted an entry about making Tartine bread in one of Judith Motzkin’s ceramic bread pots.  Since then, my bread-making has become more whole grained, and I’ve developed a real fondness for rye breads.  … Continue reading →

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Your Basic Chinese-Slovenian Lunch

Posted on December 5, 2015 by dgourmac

How’s this for an ingredient-driven meal? packaged non-GMO fried tofu Chinese Flowering Chives one green pepper baby Shiitake mushrooms from MycoTerra 2009 Damijan Ribolla Gialla This quickly turned into a Chinese-Slovenian-Friulian dish for one hungry blogger. Details are below. This … Continue reading →

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Too Seriously?

Posted on October 29, 2015 by dgourmac

Sometimes folks like me are so enthusiastic and effusive about food and wine and our beliefs about what to eat (or not) that some of you may think we take ourselves (and our subject) too seriously.  This post — with … Continue reading →

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More October Delicacies

Posted on October 29, 2015 by dgourmac

Mushrooms: I love them.  At the West Acton farmers market all Fall, one of the exciting vendors was Myco Terra Farm, a provider of fresh local gourmet mushrooms.  Early this month I was shopping there, and I saw some mushrooms … Continue reading →

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October Food & Wine

Posted on October 29, 2015 by dgourmac

I’ve pretty much given up trying to keep this blog chronological.  When I get behind, there’s so much material to share that I pull it up as best I can.  This brief post is about some fine dishes during this … Continue reading →

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Multi-Vegetable, Vegan Paella

Posted on October 6, 2015 by dgourmac

Now for my shortest post of the year, here is almost all you need to know about a Paella, created from an array of vegetables, a good, homemade veggie stock, lentils, Bomba rice, and the traditional steel paella pan.

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Study — A Restaurant in Cambridge

Posted on October 6, 2015 by dgourmac

Last month I met a friend for lunch in Cambridge.  She told me “Ames Street Deli“.  There is such a place, and I later found out how good it is when I had an early morning breakfast there a few … Continue reading →

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