Easter Dinner at Black Mesa

Lara Fitzgerald

12th Apr, 2013

Gatherings, How To, Wines

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Easter Dinner at Black Mesa

Early Easter and a celebratory dinner.  It’s still cold but we are all hopeful that spring is on the way.       As usual, I start with wine and cheese in the living room but I went very light with a chenin blanc and a boursin

Lara Fitzgerald

1st Mar, 2013

Gatherings, How To, Recipes, Wines

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A Get Me Out of the Doldrums! Dinner

It has been a brutally cold winter here in Ojo Caliente.  We’ve dealt with burst pipes; a cold, cold dining room; frozen pipes in one of the bedrooms.  The days have seemed especially short even though I know they are as short or as long

Lara Fitzgerald

10th Dec, 2012

Gatherings, Restaurants, Travel

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Back to Nashville

Back in Nashville.  Wow.  My hometown has grown into a beautiful city.  Our first night in town we walked down to Broad from the Hermitage Hotel.  Lower Broad used to be one of the seediest areas of Nashville, spotted with a few good restaurants for

Lara Fitzgerald

21st Nov, 2012

Cookbooks, Gatherings

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Gumbo Tales

It’s Slow Foods “Dinner and a Book” night.  We read “Gumbo Tales,” a book that will make you sweat and your hair go limp with humidity as Sara Roahan takes you through N’Awlins food culture.  I love New Orleans and its pea soup humidity, its

Lara Fitzgerald

21st Oct, 2012

Gatherings, How To, Wines

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SlowFood and the Adventures of Wine

Every month SlowFood Santa Fe has a get together called “Dinner and a Book.”  Members agree to read a book about food, it’s history, it’s travels as well as its flavors and aromas.  We’ve read some great books since I’ve been going.  Books whose titles

Lara Fitzgerald

10th Sep, 2012

Gatherings, How To, Recipes

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Vegetarian Fajitas

I just had a table of six vegetarians.  It was a celebration so I wanted to do something really festive and “New Mexico”.  I decided on vegetarian fajitas with tempeh. Here’s the secret to tempeh, I’ve discovered.  Always steam the tempeh first and then marinate

Lara Fitzgerald

23rd Aug, 2012

Gatherings, Musings

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I Love Good Food…..and good company

  I love food.  I love preparing food for others.  I love gatherings, people getting together to eat and talk and enjoy themselves. What could be better? Food sustains us on so many levels. Food is beautiful and engages all of our senses.  It can

Lara Fitzgerald

21st Aug, 2012

Gatherings

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Dinner Parties at Black Mesa

I like to start every dinner in the living room with wine and cheese.  Wine, cheese and fruit can relax the most nervous of new party guests. So I got a book, “Mastering Cheese.”  Can you believe there is a book called “Mastering Cheese”?!?  Max

Lara Fitzgerald

13th Aug, 2012

Gatherings, Musings

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Breakfast with some old and new friends

Thank you Michelle, Lupita  Aide for making last weekend so wonderful,.  Thank you for listening to – and enjoying! – my stories, someday to all be a part of Anecdotes and Recipes from Black Mesa Bed and Breakfast. Breakfast last Sunday:  Spelt biscuits, chicken sausage

Lara Fitzgerald

25th May, 2012

Gatherings, Travel

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Adventures in Istanbul

April 28th, Randy gets back from Golbekli Tepi and Urfa.  That night we were invited to Hussein and Mehmet’s rug shop to hear Egyptian Sufi music.  Hussein and Mehmet were, as was everyone we met, wonderful hosts.  They laid out platter after platter of wonderful

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