Escolar & Maitake Food Writing and Recipe

March 23, 2010

Thankfully, this past weekend was the last one of winter. The sun was blazing, the temperature was in the low 70s, and Rosaria and I were in Manhattan on a culinary mission. It was a gorgeous, spring like day. After we were done with our commitments, we headed down to Chelsea Market and we grabbed […]

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Our favorite Easter critters

March 22, 2010

              When we think about Easter, several symbolic images come to mind, beyond your basic Easter eggs, simply because of tradition. The egg represented the Pagan spring rebirth celebration and was adopted by early Christians as a symbol of the rebirth. But how did the little critters’ association with Easter originate? The rabbit, for example, has […]

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Food writing: My Blood Orange Tart

March 21, 2010

I was recently considering some of my food writings, and I decided it was time to tell you about the impending end of winter. The end of February and the beginning of March bring several important things to my little corner of the world. First, it’s the best time to go skiing in Colorado and […]

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Small dinner party ideas: Tasters!

March 19, 2010

A wonderful small dinner party idea – and I mean “small” as in food portions, not number of guests – are tasters!  What do you do when you have a wide-ranging variety of gourmet foods in your refrigerator, but not enough for a few regular portions? Well, then, of course you create a gourmet tasting menu!  Today I […]

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A Fitting Springtime Breakfast

March 18, 2010

The light was so beautiful this morning in my kitchen that I knew at once we’d soon be photographing breakfast!  Coincidentally, on her way to work, my friend Melanie had just delivered 3 dozen eggs from her free range chickens. It doesn’t get much better than this, I thought, so off I went, into breakfast […]

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A Ganges food narrative of mangoes and fish

March 15, 2010

Where have we been? Actually, we’ve been right here at the home of 2Gourmaniacs, cooking, writing, and photographing. But, as you can see our blog site has been revamped, spruced up, redesigned, and generally improved. We like to thank Rachael Butts for her time and effort to make this a reality, and if anyone’s looking […]

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Champagne Beurre Blanc Sauce Dinner Extraordinaire!

March 1, 2010

We couldn’t resist the contest title nor the food blog that launched it. “What’s for lunch, Honey?‘ ‘s bubbly Meeta K. instructs all participants as follows: “What I am looking for in this session of the Monthly Mingle is your creations using champagne (or prosecco or sparkling wine) … Make a dessert, use it in a […]

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Chayote ugly and a beautiful salad

February 28, 2010

One of the benefits of our daughter’s internship at WW Norton was the addition of many wonderful new cookbooks to our already extensive collection. As an employee, Julia had access to Norton’s infinite selection of published books and, like a good, young GourManiac in the making, she brought home a vast array of cookbooks from […]

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Beets me if you can find a more colorful salad

February 27, 2010

If you’re at all like me, salad greens and vegetables are daily must-haves. Of course we all know that those are good-for-you foods, but it’s not an effort on my part to consume adequate amounts of leafy salads and assorted vegetables: I crave them! Not only that, but the ingredients must be as colorful and fresh […]

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A Valentine’s Surprise

February 25, 2010

It has taken me some time to get around to writing about our dinner last Saturday night, Valentine’s Day eve. (Besides, our blog is currently under construction). Earlier that afternoon I was in the office, furiously pounding away on the keys of my computer’s keyboard when I heard a commotion in the kitchen. Our good […]

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