ESSAY #100! (A Trucking Tale)
Lacking a better idea, I’m using essay #100 as an excuse to dust off and
share an old trucking diary of a week-long cross-country road trip.
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DannyM
- 1 day ago
- 4 min
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
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 9 min
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
- 2 min
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 19
- 2 min
Prime Rib for TWO?
Back in December we “de-mystified” Prime Rib just in time for Christmas.
Here’s a miniature version for a casual, quickly-prepared feast.
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DannyM
- Apr 12
- 2 min
ASPARAGUS & HOLLANDAISE
Like pussywillows and daffodils, Asparagus & Hollandaise is
a combination that betokens the arrival of Spring.
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DannyM
- Apr 10
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
...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
- 13 min
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
- 4 min
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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DannyM
- Mar 17
- 4 min
St. Patrick's Day Special: The Art of the Potato
What better way to mark 03/17 than with a quartet of delicious potato recipes?
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DannyM
- Mar 15
- 5 min
CAESAR SALAD (OF COURSE!)
The Ides of March… Julius Caesar… I get it. Okay, let’s do this.
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DannyM
- Mar 13
- 4 min
THE WORLD OF SAUVIGNON BLANC
Until recently, Sauvignon Blanc was never as popular or highly regarded
as her sister Chardonnay, the “White Queen.” Things have changed.
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DannyM
- Mar 6
- 4 min
Cooking with Wine & Booze
Since we (supposedly) cook off the actual alcohol, what do alcoholic beverages add to a dish? A great question with several answers.
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DannyM
- Mar 1
- 5 min
In Like a Lion: A Late Winter Dinner Party
The calendar just flipped to March– still technically winter, but Spring is about to burst. Let’s do a weekend dinner for 6 to 8 people.
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DannyM
- Feb 27
- 6 min
A TRIO OF WINTER SOUPS
A soup for your long-forgotten inner child, another for the amazing person you’ve become,and a third for your wiser, more regal future self.
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DannyM
- Feb 22
- 2 min
THE YEAR OF THE PIG, CONTINUED-- A HACK FOR PORK CHOPS
My In-Laws have a favorite restaurant. Their pork chops are utterly delicious, and the Chef-Owner is infuriatingly coy about the recipe.
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