Onion Soup

May 3, 2014

Perhaps my all time favorite comfort food is onion soup gratinee, or Soupe à l’Oignon Gratinée . I have what you might call a passion and devotion for the stuff; I’ve been making it for over three decades.  If you’re thinking about making incredibly delicious onion soup, let me first say that unless you’re willing to […]

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Pennoni and Cheese with Kale, Peas, and Mint

April 14, 2014

Some time ago I glanced through a recipe for paccheri, the giant round tubes pasta, with fresh peas and mint. I don’t recall the source, but I remember that it wasn’t fresh pea season. So I waited until I could get some fresh peas and by the time I was ready for the recipe, I had […]

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Plum Tart

October 1, 2013

On the East End of Long Island, September is the season of mild temperatures and low humidity, bountiful harvests at local farms, and the greatly anticipated exodus of summer’s tourists. It’s also the season for prune plums; that wonderful small, purple-black fruit which begs to be eaten by the handful, or to be used in […]

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Grilled Oysters with Chicken Sausage Buttersauce

April 13, 2013

I just returned from a week in Western Canada. To be exact I was skiing in Banff, Alberta. In fact, one mountain I skied several times sat on the border between western Alberta and eastern British Columbia. Have I ever mentioned how much I love all edible things that come from the northwest Pacific ocean? […]

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Swordfish in Chilli, Coconut and Lime-scented Sauce

March 24, 2013

Swordfish in Chilli, Coconut and Lime-scented Sauce with Jasmine rice, Naan, and Herb Chutney The remarkable thing about Indian cuisine for my family is that we inevitably want more. That is, every mouthwatering bite which we cannot possibly consume during a dining feast shared at our favorite Indian restaurants (unless you happen to be my […]

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Valentine’s Day Chocolate Ganache Tart with hearts on top

February 14, 2013

This morning, I woke early to Mother Nature’s Valentine gift to all of us on the East End of Long Island; an inch or so dusting of fresh snow clinging to tree trunks and branches just as the sun came up. I’ve been away from Southampton for a little over a week and I missed […]

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Pad Thai Noodles

January 28, 2013

Ever since our latest excursion to Chinatown in lower Manhattan, where we filled our car trunk full of Asian provisions, all I’ve been cooking is Chinese, Thai, and Japanese – and loving it! Here is one dish I made recently; an easy Pad Thai without the tamarind. According to some sources, the original pad Thai […]

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Kimchi City

January 13, 2013

  In my experience, kimchi is something you either love or you’re running from the room if someone offers it to you. Needless to say I fall into the “love it” camp; in fact, consider me the camp counselor. But that wasn’t always the case. My first experience with it was decades ago in a […]

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New Year’s Day & A Couple of Resolutions

January 5, 2013

For once, it was a quiet New Year’s Eve at 2Gourmaniacs. We had a small impromptu dinner party the night before, making the most of some amazing Christmas dinner leftovers still lurking in the refrigerators. But on the first day of 2013 the other gourmaniac and I had a very productive eight hours or so […]

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Our Big Fat Italian Christmas Dinner Redux-2012

December 26, 2012

  Sometimes it just amazes me how long prepping a dinner can take. For this Christmas dinner, the other gourmaniac and I prepped for three days for what we thought was an easy dinner. We sat fifteen at the table: you don’t have to be a math major to calculate the dish, glass, and flatware […]

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