Posts Tagged ‘Gourmet Magazine’

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 2007 Gourmet Magazine Our PIP2s are just fine, which is a good thing because the PIP2-impaired are in for trouble if they try to eat their way along the Rio Grande through New Mexico’s Mesilla Valley, the chile capital of the world. But those with tenacious PIP2s can … Continue reading Great Pod Almighty

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 2007 Gourmet Magazine Woodside farm’s small herd of 30 Jerseys is moved to a fresh paddock every day after morning milking to give them plush green grass to eat and to allow the fields of clover, alfalfa, and orchard and rye grasses they’ve already grazed to flourish again. … Continue reading Get Thee to a Creamery

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 2007 Gourmet Magazine The coast of Maine and the waters that batter it are a hundred shades of gray. But in the summer, on picnic tables all along the waterfront, bright red lobsters and cups of melted butter signal the ultimate warm-weather feast, a full-bore shore dinner. About … Continue reading Shore Thing

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 2007 Gourmet Magazine Many years ago we came across an amazing hostelry south of Bisbee, Arizona, called Shady Dell, a cluster of eight mid century trailers, each meticulously restored and available as lodging for the night. At the entrance to Shady Dell was Dot’s Diner, a minuscule hash … Continue reading Grazing Arizona

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 2007 Gourmet Magazine You wouldn’t expect to eat well out by the Tulsa airport in a building surrounded by light industry and warehouses. And nothing about the appearance of White River Fish Market will raise your hopes. Outside, it looks like a hardware store in a strip mall; inside, there … Continue reading Tulsa Tide

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 2006 Gourmet Magazine The worst thing you can eat on old Route 66 between the Oklahoma towns of Miami and Texola is chicken fried steak. From the lower Midwest through Texas and beyond, it is served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in truck stops and cafés. The typical … Continue reading Edible Kicks on Route 66

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 2006 Gourmet Magazine We’ve never met a cooked potato we didn’t like. Baked with butter, salt-boiled, fire-roasted, puréed with cream, au gratin, dauphinois, frittered, and french fried—all are surefire transformations of the homely starch into supertuber. But shallow-fried on a grill or in a skillet is the pinnacle of … Continue reading Monster Hash

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 2006 Gourmet Magazine The new Haven Trinity of Pepe’s, Sally’s, and Modern is rightly exalted for crisp-crust brick-oven pies, but those long-standing shrines are not alone in the pizza-rich state of Connecticut. There are a handful of lesser-known contenders that deserve their place in the pie pantheon. The … Continue reading Slicecapades

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 2006 Gourmet Magazine ALONG THE SLIM PENINSULA of northern Door County, Wisconsin, which juts out into Lake Michigan east of Menominee and north of Sturgeon Bay, the night sky erupts with flames all summer long. On the broad lawns of function halls, in churchyards, and at a handful … Continue reading A Fine Kettle of Fish