PRIME RIB: OUR COMPREHENSIVE SHOPPING & COOKING GUIDE
Rather than painstakingly restore all of our various Prime Rib essays, we've consolidated them right HERE. Simple & Attainable...
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DannyM
- Mar 19
- 9 min
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
- 4 days ago
- 3 min
PORK GOES PRIME-TIME
With beef is getting a little spendy for all but special occasions, a lot of us are turning to high-quality pork. In the recent TREATISE...
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DannyM
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
ROASTED PORK LOIN
An Easy-To-Make Feast for an Autumn Gathering. A properly roasted boneless pork loin from THE SPRUCE EATS ; photo by Diana Chistruga...
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DannyM
- Aug 30
- 1 min
MY NEW FAVORITE STEAK
Beef prices are through the roof. Here's the antidote for me & my fellow steak lovers. If you find yourself reflexively gagging over $36...
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DannyM
- Aug 29
- 21 min
PRIME RIB: OUR COMPREHENSIVE SHOPPING & COOKING GUIDE
Rather than painstakingly restore all of our various Prime Rib essays, we've consolidated them right HERE. Simple & Attainable...
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DavidF
- Aug 11
- 4 min
FEWSTER STRIKES AGAIN!
I recently posted a nostalgic music video on our Class of '76 Facebook page. It drove Fewster to write THIS. RED KEDS by David...
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DannyM
- Jul 24
- 4 min
DR. KONSTANTIN FRANK WINERY
Another " Grand Cru " Finger Lakes winery... not that they need any such validation from us . The delightful view of Keuka Lake from the...
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DannyM
- Jul 19
- 1 min
FINGER LAKES WINE UPDATE
Some exciting news from our nearby wine region. We are pleased to share the news that WEIS VINEYARDS-- founded just seven years ago-- ...
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DannyM
- Jul 11
- 5 min
THE WEIS SQUAD-- SIGN ME UP!
Weis Vineyards was established in 2017 and named New York State "Winery of the Year" just five years later. Instant success? Think again....
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DannyM
- Jul 6
- 1 min
AMERICAN-MADE (and EXPENSIVE)
Hurrah for those who diligently seek American-made products. Try not to go broke. Who says American manufacturing is dead? It isn't, but...
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DannyM
- Jul 5
- 1 min
A FOURTH GRAND CRU OF THE FINGER LAKES WINERIES
Danny's Table is pleased to welcome Weis Vineyards to the Top Tier of our region's wineries. The Weis Vineyards tasting room-- with a...
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DannyM
- Jun 15
- 5 min
CHATEAUBRIAND
Beef cattle yield roughly 500 pounds of meat. Less than 1% of that --maybe 4 pounds-- is the Chateaubriand cut. The thick midsection of...
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DannyM
- Jun 4
- 1 min
MARY'S BARN MARKET
A Second Reason to go to Weedsport, New York. Regular readers might recall the Mennonite-run Serenity Meadows Dairy Farm that I mentioned...
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DannyM
- May 7
- 2 min
HAM, CONTINUED (Think MOTHER'S DAY!)
Easter inspired our in-depth ham research. And then we found one more treasure, just in time for MOTHER'S DAY! Not this one. In MUSINGS...
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DannyM
- May 2
- 4 min
THE DEMI-GLACE CRISIS
My go-to Demi-Glace supplier went out of business, so I had no choice but to make my own. Demi-Glace-- Liquid Freaking Gold, and the...
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DannyM
- Apr 18
- 5 min
A (SURPRISINGLY) DELICIOUS CHARDONNAY
Not long after Californian winemakers mastered Chardonnay, many seemed to have lost their way. MEIOMI has rediscovered it. MEIOMI...
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DannyM
- Apr 2
- 10 min
THE GREAT CRÈME FRAÎCHE MURDER MYSTERY OF 2024
The age-old recipe for homemade crème fraîche suddenly stopped working, and DannyM. wanted to know why. If you really want to solve a...
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DannyM
- Mar 26
- 10 min
MUSINGS ON EASTER DINNER
Ham or Lamb? We've got you covered both ways. Potatoes & Asparagus? ALWAYS! Until Halloween got really huge, Easter was the...
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DannyM
- Mar 19
- 9 min
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
- Feb 28
- 6 min
CHARLIE DON'T SURF & TURF
For my (long-belated) 65th birthday dinner, we turned to classic cinema for culinary inspiration. Some movies are especially memorable...
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DannyM
- Jan 30
- 2 min
THE COMPLETE GRILL-OGY
Santa brought me an infra-red mini-grill this past Christmas, thereby completing my trilogy of fire cookery. My Dear Readers might recall...
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