PRIME RIB: OUR COMPREHENSIVE SHOPPING & COOKING GUIDE
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DannyM
Mar 199 min read
OUR FAVORITE THINGS-- Preferred & Proven Products
We don't do paid ads... yet. But when we find products we like, we're happy to sing their praises. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on...
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DannyM
Aug 4, 20237 min read
The Impossibly Perfect Winery
In my ongoing pursuit of perfection, I was recently blown away by an unlikely little winery barely an hour from our home. From the road,...
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DannyM
Jul 13, 20235 min read
ALUMINUM VS. STEEL
Aluminum is lightweight and non-corrosive… but sometimes only steel will do. To purists like me, this goes for cookware as well as...
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DannyM
Jul 6, 20233 min read
THREE SPONTANEOUS INSPIRATIONS
I took a week off from writing, but not from cooking. And I had three sudden culinary epiphanies that I'm delighted to share. Seafood à...
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DannyM
Jun 28, 20234 min read
Japanese-Inspired Personal Grills (a.k.a. HIBACHI!)
I recently undertook a search for the perfect "personal grill," a.k.a. HIBACHI. Here's what I found… and what I learned along the way....
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DannyM
Jun 26, 20235 min read
SATAN'S SWEET SYRUP
I recently responded to a deeply discounted offering of utterly decadent Napa Valley wine... not my style, but I was too curious to...
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DannyM
Jun 21, 20233 min read
BICYCLING IN THE BERKSHIRES
My driving schedule recently changed, affording me time to regularly bike the back roads of beautiful Berkshire County in Massachusetts....
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DannyM
Jun 16, 20232 min read
LOBSTER, PART 2: A Father's Day Special
I got a call from Chef Remi yesterday for advice about Surf & Turf for a Father's Day special– how best to combine ribeye and lobster? A...
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DannyM
Jun 13, 20233 min read
THE PERFECT LITTLE DAIRY FARM
Jersey cows make the richest milk. High Lawn in the town of Lee, Massachusetts is the breed's mother lode. The happy, healthy herd of...
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DannyM
Jun 5, 20234 min read
IT'S SALMON SEASON!
Springtime has returned to the chilly northern Pacific... and mature wild salmon are returning to their rivers of origin to breed....
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DannyM
May 31, 20233 min read
OUR FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY
Andrea & I met 55 years ago. We went 32 years between our 3rd & 4th dates. She proposed a week later. We married 15 years ago this...
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DannyM
May 24, 20233 min read
LOBSTER, Part One
Forget everything that you think you know about lobster… except, of course, that you absolutely LOVE it. And if you don’t absolutely love...
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DannyM
May 8, 20234 min read
PRODUCT REVIEW-- Our New Oven
Our 20 year-old electric oven recently croaked. I took the opportunity to find the new oven of my dreams.
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DannyM
May 1, 20234 min read
A TRIO OF SPRING SOUPS
Winter soups are for warming us up. Spring soups should
wake up our palates and guide us toward summer.
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DannyM
Apr 29, 20239 min read
GEWÜRZTRAMINER! (A Love Story)
Can we ever take seriously a wine that sounds like something you say when somebody sneezes? Or tastes, to some people, like Chanel No. 5?
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DavidF
Apr 26, 20232 min read
AN ODE TO WHITE HOTS
DavidF. & I were buddies in 7th grade; then he moved away. 50 years later I tracked him down and unexpectedly found a west coast beat poet.
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DannyM
Apr 12, 20232 min read
ASPARAGUS & HOLLANDAISE
Like pussywillows and daffodils, Asparagus & Hollandaise is
a combination that betokens the arrival of Spring.
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DannyM
Apr 10, 20233 min read
BASIC CHILI, REVISITED
I followed my own advice and tweaked my Minimalist Chili for some proper road food.
The result was fabulous and definitely worth sharing.
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DannyM
Mar 29, 20233 min read
...AND OUT LIKE A LAMB-- An Early Spring Dinner Party
March 2023 certainly came “In like a Lion” and is going “Out like a Lamb.” Here we bid farewell to March with another season-specific menu.
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DannyM
Mar 27, 202314 min read
BOTTLED FREAKING HEAVEN
1978 La Tâche is expected to fetch $5k per bottle at an upcoming auction.
Several decades ago I casually split a bottle with my roommate.
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DannyM
Mar 20, 20234 min read
A VERNAL EQUINOX CELEBRATION
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) composed over 500 concerti. “La Primavera” from “The Four Seasons” –SPRING– is surely his most familiar work.
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