Category Archives: Wine

Family Dinner and our Top Chef

Posted on January 3, 2013 by dgourmac

Last night was special.  Aaron has been home a week from Arizona, and he wanted to make dinner for our family (including extended members Ben, Laura and Michael).  Since he is actually the best chef in the family, it was … Continue reading →

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Favorite Ingredients, Small Meals, Part 2

Posted on January 3, 2013 by dgourmac

Since New Year’s Eve is a very quiet affair for us, we had a relaxing day, andI had a chance to do my last small meal for the year.  This was a lunch with one new appetizer dish I wanted … Continue reading →

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Snowstorms, Favorite Ingredients, Small Vegan Meals

Posted on January 3, 2013 by dgourmac

End of December in New England.  Time for snow, power outages, cold weather.  Plus family, friends, and  — of  course — food and wine.  Click on the top photo for the full size view of our driveway after I plowed … Continue reading →

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Xmas Eve Vegan Tapas Dinner

Posted on December 25, 2012 by dgourmac

I felt like starting a new tradition tonight, so I decided to make a bunch of small plates for our dinner.  Partly inspired by the meal at Cava two nights ago, I was able to work almost entirely from ingredients … Continue reading →

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A Ligurian Vegetable Soup

Posted on December 23, 2012 by dgourmac

Barbara’s turn to cook tonight, but I get to suggest the recipe.  While researching a Panforte recipe (seasonal, yes, but not something we will make), I was studying my book, The Italian Baker, by Carol Field.  In it was an … Continue reading →

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Yellow Squash Risotto with Pistachios and Lemon

Posted on December 21, 2012 by dgourmac

Ingredient-driven as always, I went in search of a risotto to make with the lovely organic shelled, roasted and salted pistachios I bought the other day at my favorite health food store.  What I found was a stunning food blog, … Continue reading →

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Greek-Style Stewed Vegetables

Posted on December 15, 2012 by dgourmac

In my adopted Sephardic tradition (as opposed to the Ashkenazic one I inherited), there are a number of vegetable dishes that begin with slowly-cooked onions and tomatoes, to which they later add rice (and on occasion, spinach and perhaps other … Continue reading →

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Pasta per Pranzo

Posted on December 1, 2012 by dgourmac

Great meals come from great ingredients.  That’s obvious, but I feel truly blessed to have the time now to find and prepare wonderful ingredients and to have them available when I want to cook.  Today was a typical late-Fall afternoon … Continue reading →

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Indian-Style Red Lentil, Eggplant and Cauliflower Vegetable Stew

Posted on November 28, 2012 by dgourmac

I am by no means an aficionado of Indian cooking, although I have had some valuable lessons from Preetha, Priyambada and some of my other Indian students.  I teach them business, and they teach me Indian food — not a … Continue reading →

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It’s NOT roasted veal loaf…

Posted on November 21, 2012 by dgourmac

We made our own seitan for the first time a couple of weeks ago, with a recipe for spicy Italian vegetarian sausages, and they came out quite good.  However, in my years as an omnivore, I made real Italian pork … Continue reading →

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