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Welcome
to My Kitchen! And
the Epicurean Table website. |
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About
what
is,
who is, favourite rant, very
brief bio, photo and contact information |
Seasonal
Menus
and
their
recipes - (quarterly)
suggestions for the vegetarian or non |
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Titbits
& Such
ingredients,
must haves, basics, and
explanation
of abbreviations used and much more |
Recipe
Collection
recipes,
recipes and more recipes
includes
menu recipes
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Food
Focus
featured
ingredients, info. and their recipes
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Enoughs
equivalents,
charts,
metric
sense, weights, liquid
measures, oven temperatures common
conversions
and
information
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Food
Bytes
(articles)
Chicken
Soup- It's
Secrets, Pistou/Pesto and
others |
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The
Wine Spot
not
a page for experts imagined or real, chasing
the myths, easy tips wine quotes
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Mini
Tutorials -
with
photos
fanning
a roast, golden fruitcake, rolled polpetonne
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International
Cuisine - for
now, Spanish and Turkish plus
much cultural info and photos
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Early
winter . . .
What
is in season?
The
goose is almost ready for the holidays.
Turkey, game meats such as
grouse, wild duck and rabbit,
beetroot, chestnuts, cranberries, celeric,
pumpkins,
parsnips, Brussels sprouts and tops, curly kale, swedes (yellow
turnips), Swiss chard, cabbage, walnuts, hazelnuts,
sea bass, salmon, mussels
Food
Focus of the Month:
CHESTNUTS
facts
and tips
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Frost
on the breath as white and cold as a snowy morning as we
rush from one warm place to another doing our errands.
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To
the last leaf
Hanging
valiantly, curled and brown, it dangles and waves a last
goodbye before falling into the dance of winter's
wind. At last, the tree can slip into winter's much
needed rest.
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Favorite
December memories?
A
hot Thüringer sausage at the open market - the only time I
eat them. The scent of spiced wine in the air. Holiday
fare and friends.
December
days:
gray,
white and dreary with the occasional burst of brilliant sun
and later gaudy holiday colours
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"One
cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well." (Virginia
Woolf)
"A
good cook is
like a sorceress who
dispenses happiness." (Elsa
Schiapirelli)
"A
smiling face is half the meal."
(Latvian
proverb)
"Show
me another pleasure like dinner, which comes every day and
lasts an hour."
(Charles-Maurice
de Talleyrand-Périgord)
"Whoever
is of merry heart has a continual feast."
(Proverbs
15:15) "Non-cooks
think it's silly to invest two hour's work in two minutes'
enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, well, so is
ballet." (Julia
Child)
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On
this website, I showcase selected seasonal menus for the vegetarian or non.
You will also find samplings of other
recipes from Welcome to My Kitchen!
for main courses and other dishes as well as desserts for the epicurean in
you.
A
thought . . .
If
you haven't the patience, or your priorities
are elsewhere - then this is not
the site for you. You will neither find a
box of this, a can of that listed as ingredients, nor microwave cooking.
No,
no. I think the Villa would short circuit
in protest, and I care enough to
make time.
And
if you, dear visitor, know no other
way, perhaps you can be inspired
to try a 'quaint' approach to self nourishing - making your own, instead of pre-packaged commercial
concoctions!
Rediscover the sensuousness of good, quality food - food that excites the eyes,
the nose, the palate and create culinary memories.
Villa
Contessa, Costa
del Azahar, Spain
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