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Sweet Cherry Mostarda, the new Mmm in Michelle’s life
Steve would like to think he’s the tastiest dish in Gourmandistan. Unfortunately, his illusions are often interrupted by sights and sounds suggesting he’s not, mostly around mealtimes. His latest rival...
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Do Santa right with Dried Cherry Oatmeal Cookies.
Spoiler alert: Gourmandistan doesn’t actually believe Santa exists. This year, we’ve not even pretended to be into Christmas. There’s not a single holiday decoration out in our house. And, there has...
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Beef short ribs with bootlegged Michigan cherries
While we were in Michigan, we couldn’t stop buying cherries—a tic which continued even as we headed back to Kentucky. On our way down South we stopped at one last farmers’ market, buying up delicious...
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Pot roast with Guinness and dried cherries (skip the sweet potatoes, go for...
We have been working our way through a batch of beef we bought from our biodynamic farm neighbors. While we enjoyed much of it, we were unsatisfied with the lean roast cuts (one rump, one sirloin tip)....
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Boozy cherry almond biscotti demonstrate thinking inside and outside the box
Many years ago, Steve had his first day at a new advertising agency, receiving a t-shirt with the company logo and the slogan, “think outside the box.” Steve received it politely but did not wear the...
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Hand jive, hand pies, doin’ that crazy good sour cherry hand pie
While we do host both felines and poultry, Gourmandistan does not have a cat named Way-Out Willie, or a cool little chick named Rockin’ Billie. We’ll let others do that hand jive all over town. We’ll...
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Maraschino cherries meet Perugina chocolate ice cream as we reminisce about...
It is September, which for many years has been the month for Gourmandistan to relocate to a different country than America. We are not doing so this year, as we decided to postpone our international...
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