Category Archives: Wine

On a Roasting Vegetables Kick

Posted on January 17, 2014 by dgourmac

My passion du moment is roasting vegetables, and this time of year there are so many good choices.  Last night’s dinner was a medley of some of my favorites: baked russet potato baked sweet potato roasted small onions in their … Continue reading →

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Celery, Rice, Lentil and Vegan Meatball Soup — and other discoveries

Posted on January 15, 2014 by dgourmac

The past six days have been very busy, so no organized time to blog about it.  However, tonight I am able to share with you a new soup and a few other tidbits. New Soup Once again I acknowledge my … Continue reading →

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187 degrees out of phase

Posted on January 5, 2014 by dgourmac

Except for breakfast, lunch, and dinner today, Barbara and I ate all our meals together, as we usually do.  Why was that, you ask?  Well, when you and your life partner are 187 degrees out-of-phase with your biorhythms and food … Continue reading →

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Snowy Day Soup

Posted on January 2, 2014 by dgourmac

It’s a good thing I’ve lived in New England for more than 50 years; it has taught me how to survive on days like this.  By this, I mean: temperatures in the teens (Fahrenheit), wind at 10-20 mph, and steady … Continue reading →

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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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