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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

Review: Steak with Friends

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

Prom Date: The French Laundry

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

Cochon 555 – 5 Chefs, 5 Pigs, 5 Winemakers

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

Onion Tart, or Tarte à l’Oignon

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

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

Recipe: Cannellini Beans with Tomatoes and Garlic

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

A Restaurant in Italy

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

Interview with Chefs John Stewart & Duskie Estes

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 ~ Chef-In-Training

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

Review: ‘My Nepenthe’

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

Review: ‘My Nepenthe’

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

Review: 'My Nepenthe'

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

Review: ‘Venezia: Food & Dreams’

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

Review: Venezia: Food & Dreams

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

Review: ‘Venezia: Food & Dreams’

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

Offal (Not Awful) & Nose To Tail Eating

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

Offal (Not Awful) & Nose To Tail Eating

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

Offal (Not Awful) & Nose To Tail Eating

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

25th Annual Chefs' Holidays at The Ahwahnee

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

25th Annual Chefs’ Holidays at The Ahwahnee

// 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

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