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Mom’s Vinaigrette

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Jim

The days of summer brought a change in our “diet” on 25 Alston Avenue. Cookouts… hamburgers, hotdogs, london broil, sweetcorn, chicken & watermelon (the basics). Pink lemonade and Iced Tea (served in the pitcher that had an English hunt scene … Continue reading →

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Crayfish Boil & 2015 Maison Idiart Touraine Sauvignon Blanc

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Jim

Liu Xiang, the great scholar during the Han Dynasty wrote: “You can’t deny the change in seasons.”  And so it is when we move from frigid days of Winter, we make a necessary sojourn to the intermediate period of Spring, … Continue reading →

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Dried Plants

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Jim

Mommie Soph, Ellen and I were sitting in the den one evening. Maybe Mom and Bessie were in the kitchen or dinning room? And while in the den we were joined by a bat. Ellen and I bailed out and … Continue reading →

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Beef Lombardi & 2013 KWV Roodeberg

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Jim

  March is clearly a “tweener” month in New England.  Daylight savings returns, suggestions of spring are beginning to emerge from a winter’s slumber, yet an angry snow storm can lurk around the corner.  And such is the case this year … Continue reading →

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