Preserved Tomatoes

November 23, 2009

We go through a lot of tomatoes here at 2Gourmaniacs. Since the fresh tomato season has long passed us by, and because we take a dim view of the carbon imprint caused by purveying Latin American grown produce, we preserve our own tomatoes in late August-early September. Rosaria’s parents were over for dinner last night […]

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Lots of Flour & Fresh Pasta

November 19, 2009

I had a pastry/pasta doubleheader going yesterday. I made two loaves of sourdough bread and a batch of linguine and hand cut pappardelle. My sourdough bread is a two day affair beginning with bringing the starter to room temperature from the refrigerator. Actually, the starter was originally made from capturing yeast culture floating in the […]

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Colorful Cauliflower – A Palette for my Palate

November 17, 2009

This time of year is magnificent with its dazzling colors everywhere — the luminous leaves, the sparkling bushes and plants, and all the bright food offerings from the earth.  You can capture some of Autumn’s brilliant colors in a simple lunch salad.  It started without much thought but before I knew it I saw the pattern […]

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Several Detail Images From Our Kitchen

November 17, 2009

Here, in Southampton, we’re enjoying a heat wave of sorts. Ever since the beginning of the nor’easter late last week, the temperatures have been in the high fifties and low sixties.  During the past couple of days we have the sliders open, and because almost all the leaves are off the trees, we now have […]

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Marinated Cipolline Onions

November 17, 2009

The Thursday before last, we tried a new wine and tapas bar not far from where we live (Copa, in Bridgehampton, NY Click here: Facebook | Copa Wine Bar and Tapas Restaurant’s Photos – Copa Wine and Tapas).  Before arriving there, Robert had had his doubts about a tapas bar in the Hamptons. Fortunately, his […]

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Focaccia Redux

November 16, 2009

Sometimes it works out like this: we make something which, sure it’s great, but who would have thought… focaccia?  Robert’s been making focaccia all week long. He’s been through multiple ten pound bags of flour, he’s raided our stash of preserved hand picked tomatoes, scooped up all the non-canned pitted olives he could find, and […]

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Artichokes (Cynara cardunculus)

November 16, 2009

Artichokes (Cynara cardunculus) There is something about artichokes that I absolutely love!  What is so special about those delectable leafy globes?  How can the petals from this plant’s bud taste so luscious, even with a simple olive oil and balsamic vinegar dip?  Beyond the taste, perhaps it’s also about remembrances from my childhood’s family outings […]

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It’s Not Pizza…It’s Focaccia!

November 12, 2009

Last night we went over to a friend’s house for a dinner party for fourteen people.  It seems that we’ve become part of this group who enjoy gathering monthly at someone’s house for dinner, prior to some of them migrating south to or west for the winter.  We emailed the hostess asking what we could […]

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Today’s Post @ 80 Spring Pond Lane

November 11, 2009

We’re finally up and running!!!! It seems like an eternity since we decided to start a food and photography blog. We’ve talked about it, we’ve looked at other blogs, and we’ve agonized over which blog software to use.  Then we started to cook and create some examples of fine food photography. That was the fun […]

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