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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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