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An exploration of sustaining life by going no further than 100 miles away to gather the things we need to live. A compendium of memories, comments, thoughts, and recipes -- an exploration of shared experiences, and travels involving food and sustenance.
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Aug 07
Steak with Friends: At Home, with Rick Tramonto. Rick Tramonto with Mary Goodbody. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00. (304p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-9257-1 First off: this is a really BIG book, and I mean that in the nicest possible way. Seco (read full article)
Chefs, cookbooks, cooking, cucumbers, dining, fish, food, food writing, gourmet, Home
Jul 26
Gabrielle Perdrizet and I, spring 1977, ready for the Montgomery High School Senior Prom. Santa Rosa, California I took my prom date to dinner at the French Laundry. No, really, I did. In 1977. Granted back then it wasn’t the French Laun (read full article)
Chefs, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, napa, Paris, Restaurants
Jul 17
Chefs and winemakers can be a rough and tumble crowd. Throw butchers into the mix and watch out. Then there are chefs who also butcher. Time to run the other way. This spring my friend, Jo Stougaard (of My Last Bite), and I attended ‘C (read full article)
cafe, Chefs, Chez Panisse, Chocolate, coffee, cooking, dining, duskie estes, food, food writing
Jul 09
Une tarte à l’oignon, or onion tart, quickly became a favorite dish to eat when I lived in the Alsace region of France. In the late ’70s I spent a year there working for a French family as an au pair, or mother’s helper. The r (read full article)
baking, butchers, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, pie, pie crust
Jul 06
Preserved lemons remind me of places I’ve yet to visit: Tunisia, Morocco, North Africa, Turkey, and some I’ve already visited: Greece, and France. Primarily known as a condiment used in North African cooking, preserved lemons, or variat (read full article)
cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, lemons, Organic, Recipes, retail food
Jun 29
Cannellini Beans with Tomatoes and Garlic Serves 4 – 6 Preparation Time 45 – 60 minutes Ingredients 4 – 14 oz. cans of cannellini beans, drained OR 4 cups cooked beans 6 – 8 garlic cloves, chopped 4 – 5 medium sized toma (read full article)
Chefs, cooking, food, Italy, Jeremiah Tower, recipepage, Recipes, Restaurants, travel
Jun 29
Ristorante Carleni, Amelia, Italy, 2004 Open and become a part owner in a restaurant in Italy? Sure, why not? That’s exactly what happened several years ago when chef Jeremiah Tower and I decided to try our hand at operating a ristora (read full article)
Chefs, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, Italy, Jeremiah Tower, Recipes
Jun 22
Chefs John Stewart & Duskie Estes at the 'Chefs' Holidays at The Ahwahnee' event. January 2010. Yosemite, California Chefs John Stewart and Duskie Estes are a husband and wife cooking team who own two restaurants in Sonoma County: Za (read full article)
Chefs, cooking, dining, duskie estes, food, food writing, fresh, gardens, gourmet, green
Jun 03
Najat Kaanache, left, and Chef Akasha Richmond. Najat Kaanache is the Wonder Woman of stagiaires/chefs-in-training. To date she has ’staged’ in the kitchens of Grant Achatz (Alinea), Thomas Keller (The French Laundry, Per Se), René Red (read full article)
Akasha, Chefs, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, local, los angeles, Restaurants
Mar 31
My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-5 My first visit to Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur,... (read full article)
big sur, cafe, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local
Mar 31
My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-5 My first visit to Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur, California was in the fall of 1983. It was a hot day and (read full article)
big sur, cafe, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local
Mar 31
My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-5 My first visit to Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur,... (read full article)
big sur, cafe, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, fresh, gourmet, local
Feb 24
Venezia: Food & Dreams. Tessa Kiros. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $34.99 (288p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-8516-0 Venezia: Food & Dreams is a love letter to Venice. Reading it and cooking from it is... (read full article)
Amazon, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, gourmet, Italy, Recipes, Restaurants
Feb 24
Venezia: Food & Dreams. Tessa Kiros. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $34.99 (288p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-8516-0 Veneiza: Food & Dreams is a love letter to Venice. Reading it and cooking from it is... (read full article)
Amazon, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, gourmet, Italy, Recipes, Restaurants
Feb 24
Venezia: Food & Dreams. Tessa Kiros. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $34.99 (288p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-8516-0 Venezia: Food & Dreams is a love letter to Venice. Reading it and cooking from it is a bit like looking at a Caravaggio painting. The (read full article)
Amazon, cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, gourmet, Italy, Recipes, Restaurants
Feb 19
My great-great grandmother Martha Cloud’s husband, Sam Miller, circa 1941, Modoc County, California ‘Offal is a culinary term used to refer to the entrails and internal organs of a... (read full article)
Amazon, Anthony Bourdain, big sur, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, napa
Feb 19
My great-great grandmother Martha Cloud’s husband, Sam Miller, circa 1941, Modoc County, California ‘Offal is a culinary term used to refer to the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particul (read full article)
Amazon, Anthony Bourdain, big sur, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, napa
Feb 19
My great-great grandmother Martha Cloud's husband, Sam Miller, circa 1941, Modoc County, California 'Offal is a culinary term used to refer to the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal.... (read full article)
Amazon, Anthony Bourdain, big sur, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, gourmet, napa
Feb 05
var addthis_pub="charlesgt"; Chef Suzanne Goin of Lucques, A.O.C. and Tavern at her cooking demo at the 'Chefs' Holidays at the Ahwahnee' in Yosemite. Uhm, let's see: three days of... (read full article)
cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, fresh, gardens, Julia Child, local
Feb 05
// Chef Suzanne Goin of Lucques, A.O.C. and Tavern at her cooking demo at the ‘Chefs’ Holidays at the Ahwahnee’ in Yosemite. Uhm, let’s see: three days of celebrity chefs... (read full article)
cookbooks, cooking, dining, food, food writing, France, fresh, gardens, Julia Child, local