From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Roughy saves Subterranean Cellars (video)

November 30, 2009

A sunny day. A home winemaker. Rather, make that two home winemakers. An assortment of guests who have in common that they like to prepare food; eat it — and eat well.
Video 1: See and hear the winemakers talk about the wines.
Video 2: All about food — Portuguese food, that is — at the [...]

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An organic Thanksgiving with South African flavor (recipes)

November 29, 2009

I know Thanksgiving is not politically correct in everyone’s view.
But in the view of the only non-American-born woman I know whose mind I can read, it gets a vote for top U.S. holiday. Probably it’s not so good for turkeys that do not have a death wish. (I wonder, though, if the 45-pounder called [...]

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Thanksgiving Warmup: Tea Bags and Tim’s yams (recipe)

November 21, 2009

Tea bags Thanksgiving dinner. An annual event. The Saturday afternoon before Thanksgiving. Partners and spices — make that spouses — invited, which they’re not for the weekly teas.
The tea bags?
A group of East Bay women who (nearly) all took early retirement;
who don’t have children (except one);
who do art (except one);
and who meet [...]

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Chewing over lamb in an ode to a new stove

November 21, 2009

“Don’t you think it’s time to christen the stove,” he said.
The brand spanking new, rust-free, pristine white GE, with numbers on the dials and two ovens, one of them self-cleaning, had been standing in the kitchen, admired but not used, for about five days.
The old one — also large, but rusty and [...]

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