First Meal of 2010: Pan Seared Tuna

January 2, 2010

Our first 2010 home-made meal was a lazy Saturday morning breakfast. Both Rosaria and I really enjoy eating fish in the morning. It was something I often had when I was kid down on Long Beach Island. This morning we had hand cut pieces of fresh tuna with a terrific Asian “sweet & sour” sauce. In […]

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Last call for 2009: A Dinner Party

December 31, 2009

Well, there it was.  Our last dinner party for 2009 with old friends (not chronologically old) and new ones!  Last night’s menu’s Asian theme  inspired David to bring two bottles of sake. That, along with a nice Pomerol, courtesy of Kevin & Regina, as well as some delicious whites, insured a celebration worthy of New Year‘s eve, albeit […]

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Cod Cakes…Once and for all

December 29, 2009

With all the cod cakes that we’ve served recently at 2gourmaniacs, and spurred on by Edie and Lewis’ recent comment to the post “My Big Fat Italian Christmas Dinner”, I figure it must be time to do a piece about Cod Cakes and share my recipe. The first thing you want to keep in mind […]

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My Big Fat Italian Christmas Dinner

December 26, 2009

That’s how I jokingly referred to our Christmas dinner last night. We had Rosaria’s immediate family plus a couple of good friends at our 2009 Christmas Dinner table. We were a group of thirteen in all. So what did we have? Oh, but first, a quick sidebar. The blizzard last weekend impacted our Christmas dinner menu. […]

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Let it snow??

December 20, 2009

Just so you don’t think we’ve fallen off the face of the earth, I’ll show you a couple of images of the world of 2gourmaniacs today. We’ve been blasted by a nor’easter which dropped over two feet of snow on us. Adding to the depth of the snow are wind gusts over 40 mph which […]

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Larry, where art thou? A Dinner Party

December 18, 2009

So far it’s been a busy week at 2Gourmaniacs; two dinner parties in 48 hours, but ‘tis the season to share with good friends. Tuesday evening we had a dinner for six, and last night we were eight friends, no, make that seven because Larry couldn’t attend due to his having undergone an apparently overly […]

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People are Ingredients too! Musings on Food and Friends

December 18, 2009

During a dinner party last Tuesday night, I heard myself say to my friend Jeanne how much I enjoyed the other couple who had also joined us that evening for a memorable gathering of great company, food, and fun.  While explaining to Jeanne how I had met my dear friends Anita and Alan years earlier, […]

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Hand Rolled & Hand Cut Pappardelle

December 13, 2009

Recently, Rosaria titillated us with her account of our wine tasting event the other night. She also wrote that we stayed and had dinner with our friends after the wine tasting. Without going into details about the meal, I will mention that I had handmade pappardelle with chanterelles, porcini, and oyster mushrooms. I’ve made hand […]

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“Bricked Chicken”

December 12, 2009

A couple of summers ago I started making bricked chicken. I got the idea from Giorgio Locatelli who owns Locanda, a great Italian restaurant in London. The concept is very simple. Marinade the chicken breasts and then put them on a slow grill with a brick on top of each breast. What happens is the chicken […]

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A Wine Tasting Experience in the Hamptons. Wine not?

December 12, 2009

It all started with an email from our friend David during the week, informing us about a wine tasting event at Robert’s Restaurant in Water Mill Friday evening.  David thought it would be fun if a group of friends went together. “Wine not?” I thought.  An escape from our kitchen will be a welcomed change for […]

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