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Meatloaf w/Mushroom-Rosemary Sauce and 2010 Ch. de Panigon Cru Bourgeois

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Jim

The great 19th Century French writer and gastronome, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, once penned (and I’m translating), “If you take all the meatloaf recipes extant and place them end to end you would be able to circumnavigate the globe three times.” Is it too … Continue reading →

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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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