In the footsteps of Captain FitzRoy

January 23, 2012 Food & Wine

As informed readers are aware, I was recently appointed Foreign Correspondent for Gourmay.    While pleased with this promotion, I was disappointed to learn that Gourmay’s travel budget had been slashed to zero as part of an ongoing austerity program.  As such, my travel correspondence will be limited to living vicariously through the travels of those [...]

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Canada Goose Breasts in the Slow Cooker

January 18, 2012 Food & Wine

The Canada Goose is a pest – at least, in my estimation.  These dirty birds have taken over most public parks along the eastern seaboard and, despite efforts to curb breeding, great ganders of geese migrate north and south with their characteristic frenetic chatter. I have been advised by Lord Cheseline of Maidenlot Farm in [...]

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How to make authentic chicken mole

January 8, 2012 Food & Wine

There are few tastes more distinctive than a well-made mole sauce.   This Mexican classic is served in many restaurants, but rarely lives up to its reputation as one of the most noteworthy dishes of Mexican cuisine.  Many think it is too spicy hot – it’s not; others are turned off by the somewhat sweetish taste [...]

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Merry Christmas Gourmay Readers

December 24, 2011 Food & Wine

Before closing for the year, I would like to redirect Gourmay readers to Bogey Pinson’s 2011 Christmas Dinner, now complete with several lovely photographs.  It is well worth noting that good food, good wine, good conversation and friends who appreciate them all isn’t just a fading tradition. This will be Gourmay’s final post in 2011 [...]

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Christmas Dinner: Dallas Style

December 17, 2011 Food & Wine

As reported earlier on Gourmay,  one of the highlights of the Dallas social scene is La Grande Bouffe in fashionable Swiss Avenue.   Discretion prevents Gourmay from embedding a film clip from the sensationalist French film La Grande Bouffe where couples overindulged in both dining room and bedroom.  I suspect there won’t be much overindulgence in  [...]

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Amazon’s Showroom: Barnes & Noble

December 17, 2011 Food & Wine

I recently published an article for the Stationers Guild describing how changes in consumer behavior are radically changing the nature of our towns and cities.  Clearly, there is more at play than consumer spending patterns as other factors such as urban sprawl, declining education standards, antiquated planning and zoning regulations and the costs of maintaining [...]

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The Labyrinth: Traveling Hopefully

December 16, 2011 Food & Wine

The labyrinth has always had important mythological, religious and cultural overtones.   Many embrace the challenge of walking the labyrinth or maze without giving a thought to its significance to civilizations that span known history.   For our family, the labyrinth has always signified “the journey.” Some years ago, I remember standing with Sheila at the beginning [...]

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The Grinch Gets into the Christmas Spirit

December 15, 2011 Food & Wine

I have been called many mean things, but “GrumPa” was just a little over the top with an impressionable young granddaughter celebrating her second Christmas at our home.  As such, the Grinch decided to come down from Mount Crumpit and help me decorate the house for Christmas.  While the Grinch and I are quite pleased [...]

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Penne with Cauliflower, Garlic and Oil

December 14, 2011 Food & Wine

I will be the first to admit that I am not a big fan of cauliflower.  Mind you, I have had some decent soups with cauliflower and even a potato substitute using smoked Gouda cheese that was quite edible, but cauliflower is not something that would be on my short list of essential food items [...]

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Potato, Parsnip and Porcini Gratin

December 13, 2011 Baking

As readers of Gourmay are aware, David “Bogey” Pinson is well known in Dallas for his over-the-top Christmas dinner.   In 2009, David shared the menu of a delightful Christmas dinner that had many gourmets requesting an encore.  Thanks to David’s generous nature as he sprayed errant shots around the golf course, I am now once [...]

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