About me
As my ID would suggest, I love to eat great tasting, good looking and exotic foods. I am especially fond of wine with food. I am a self taught cook (not chef), and am still learning technique, presentation and menu planning. Nutritionally, I favor seafood and poultry dishes to control FAT. I have analysed all the diets and, until The South Beach Diet, had concluded that the others do not work. Weight Watchers probably came the closest. Having adjusted the protein to carbs ratio in my cooking I am changing the permanent eating habits of my family (wife Liz and twins (14) Stephen and Trudy. Menu planning is King! We live in Spokane, WA, 30 miles west of Coeur d'Alane, ID, close to Washington wine country (Walla Walla, Red Mountain, Columbia Valley and Yakima Valley appellations). Spokane currently has 12 active wineries making some very tasty products. Other than food & wine, my interests are reading, music, fishing and traveling. We are a Little League family and Liz is an elementary school teacher. We like to drive, do wine tours and camp at our many local lakes. Want to visit Spokane? I'd be glad to give you tips on where and when. E-mail me anytime.
My Favorite Foods
Like many others I love the seafood of my native Northwest (crab, oysters, clams, salmon, halibut, etc.), but I have lived and traveled elsewhere and have grown to love a wide spectrum of foreign cuisine and ingredients. Examples: fried calamari from Italy and Greece, Greek style lamb, gyros and souvlaki, German schnitzel, klose', Moroccan tagine, French bistro style beef, Irish beer-beef stew, and any dessert ever made in any country that does not include insects. Mahi-mahi, ahi, grouper, snook and wahoo are favorites in addition to venison and bison which are available commercially.
Ceasar, spinach and mixed green salads are used often in my meals as is Italian antipasto. Soup fav's include my wife's Turkey Noodle, my Carrot-Orange, Lentil and Pumpkin-Bell Pepper recipes.
Website
http://www.bigoven.com/~FatGourmand
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