The Gourmand

Poached, scrambled, boiled, whipped into a cocktail, transformed into a painting medium, tossed at an enemy’s house. As the most striking of paradoxes, the egg exists in happy suspension between humble household ingredient and ever-powerful source of life. One of the most enduring symbols throughout antiquity, eggs were used by the Romans to dispel evil […]

Join the culinary experts at The Gourmand on an in-depth exploration of the literary, linguistic, historic, and gastronomic legacy of lemons, where the line between food and art is happily blurred. Featuring original recipes that celebrate the versatility and complexity of the king of citrus in the second volume of the best-selling series.  The deceptively […]

Mushrooms—psychoactive, medicinal, or delicious—have fascinated us for millennia, facilitating spiritual quests in ancient and modern times and inspiring artists from Bosch to Kusama. Dig into The Gourmand’s third delicious course: an in-depth mycological journey, stuffed with stories and original recipes. FUNGAL FANTASIA A fricassee of stories and recipes that explore mushrooms as myth, medicine, and muse. The Gourmand’s Mushroom. […]