Gardening in San Francisco: Al fresco in December

December 12, 2011 Food & Wine

Even though people think we do not have seasons in California, we do.  The changes are just more subtle than those elsewhere.  December is a month for pruning, planting, and garden cleanup and fortunately the weather here in San Francisco has been fabulous.  But there still are plenty of things that are growing.   The last [...]

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Going Chernobyl: Get your De-Stress Kit now!

December 10, 2011 Food & Wine

Chernobyl: Where children played Carl Hiaasen is one of the funniest writers on the American scene today.   Some of his plots are so improbable that you are literally rolling on the floor with laughter after the first couple of pages.  Hiassen started out as a news reporter for the Miami Herald and draws his inspiration [...]

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Royal Christmas Cake – Part 2

December 9, 2011 Baking

The Brits don’t like to like to do things halfway, but they do make exceptions for retarded colonials.  As such, I am pleased to provide Part 2 of the recipe for the Royal Christmas Cake.   This tribute to the culinary art of the British is provided by Jackie Dennis, affectionately known to family and close [...]

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Spreading Peace & Joy: King Arthur Flour

December 8, 2011 Food & Wine

As Gourmay readers are aware, there are few “touchy-feely” stories that get past our editorial staff.  It is no longer considered fashionable to write human interest stories now that Readers Digest has gone bye-bye, so unfortunately my staff and I have to troll the cesspools of our “informed media” to find articles suitable for the [...]

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Sausage with Red Wine and Dry Mushrooms

December 4, 2011 Food & Wine

When I think of comfort food, I think Marcella Hazan. Clearly, there are many forms of comfort food, but for some reason, Marcella makes the most of limited ingredients to produce food that is not only comforting, it is delicious. This recipe for Salsicce col Vino rosso e i funghi Secchi contains only four ingredients [...]

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Do We Have a Debt Crisis?

December 2, 2011 Food & Wine

Gourmay readers would prefer that I stick to commenting on consumables rather than politics or the economy, but sometimes you just have to draw a line in the sand and pretend that you are just plain stupid.  For me, that is probably a lot easier than it is for those who read these anguished posts, [...]

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Royal Christmas Cake

December 1, 2011 Baking

For many years, the Thérèse would commission me to bring back a Christmas Cake from London.  Her preferred Christmas Cake was from Waitrose and more recently from Marks and Spencer’s, but she now finds them too sweet.   Fortunately, our good friend Jackie “She who must be Obeyed” Dennis makes her own Christmas Cake from a [...]

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Artichoke Appetizer from GB Carrie

November 24, 2011 Appetizers

In the days when GB Carrie cooked regularly, she would prepare remarkable meals that tofu-loving gourmets would roll-up their noses and immediately sign-up for a session of detox purging at their local spa.  Those were the days when “real food” was revered before the healthy food zealots appeared on the scene.  Sadly, GB Carrie cooks [...]

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Is a little stress good for you?

November 24, 2011 Food & Wine

The cover of this week’s Time Magazine suggests that  “anxiety” just might be good for you.  While the intriguing Time cover made me want to read the article, I soon learned that I had to be a Time subscriber and  this caused me to stress.  Now I don’t know if I stressed too much or [...]

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Preparing the Turkey: Countdown to Thanksgiving

November 22, 2011 Food & Wine

As Gourmay readers are aware, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.  This year will be quite special as our granddaughter Corinne will be able to share in the celebration and join us around the dining room table to give thanks for another great year.    While I will be praying for our DC Congressional parasites to enlist [...]

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