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Welcome
to
my Kitchen!
And
the Epicurean Table website!
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About
what
is,
who is, favourite rant, very
brief bio, photo and contact information |
Seasonal
Menus
and
their
recipes -
(quarterly)
suggestions for the vegetarian or non |
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Titbits
& Such
ingredients,
must haves, basics, and explanation
of abbreviations used and much more |
Recipe
Collection
recipes,
recipes and more recipes
includes
menu recipes
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Food
Focus
featured
ingredients, info. and their recipes
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Close
Enoughs
equivalents,
charts,
metric
sense, weights, liquid
measures, oven temperatures common ingredients
conversions
and
information
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Food Bytes
(articles)
Chicken
Soup-
It's
Secrets, Pistou/Pesto
and
others |
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The
Wine Spot
not
a page for experts imagined or real, chasing
the myths, easy tips wine quotes
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Mini
Tutorials -
with
photos
fanning
a roast, golden fruitcake,
rolled polpettone
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International
Cuisine - for
now, Spanish and Turkish plus
much cultural info and photos
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Sitemap
where's what |
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Great
Links! |
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What is in season?
lobster,
scallops, goose, parsnip, turnips, carrots, celery root
(celeriac), cabbage, leeks, squash and pears
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Food
Focus of the Month:
Cabbage
facts and
tips
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March
...a reason to look forward to Spring and new beginnings, new life
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Winter
All things need a rest, and a little hibernation...
this too shall pass...
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Favourite
Winter memories?
Snow crunching under my footsteps. The magical
silence of a forest walk. Frost fairies on my
window.
Warm featherbeds, inviting to stay longer...cosy and
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"To eat is a necessity, but to
eat intelligently is an art.
(La Rochefoucauld)
"A soup is to a meal what a
beautiful entrance hall is to a house."
(G. del la Reynière 1758-1838)
"Our lives are not in the lap
of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks."
(Lin Yutang)
"Fish, to taste right, must
swim three times --in water, in butter and in wine."
(Polish Proverb)
"Cooking is like love.
It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
(Harriet Van Horne)
"Serenely full, the epicure
would say, Fate cannot harm me, I have dined to-day."
(Sydney Smith
1771-1845)
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well."
(Virginia Woolf)
"A good cook
is like a
sorceress
who dispenses
happiness."
(Elsa Schiapirelli)
"Non-cooks think it's silly to invest two hour's work in
two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
well, so is ballet."
(Julia Child)
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On
this website, I showcase selected seasonal menus for the vegetarian or non.
You will also find samplings of other
recipes from Welcome to My Kitchen!
for main courses and other dishes as well as desserts for the epicurean in
you.
A
thought . . .
If
you haven't the patience, or your priorities are elsewhere - then
this is not the site for you. You will neither find a box of this, a can
of that listed as ingredients, nor microwave cooking. No, no.
I think the Villa would short circuit in protest, and I care enough to make
time!
And
if you, dear visitor, know no other
way, perhaps you can be inspired
to try a 'quaint' approach to self nourishing - making your own, instead of pre-packaged commercial
concoctions!
Rediscover the sensuousness of good, quality food - food that excites the eyes,
the nose, the palate and create culinary memories.
Villa
Contessa, Costa
del Azahar, Spain
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