Diane and Tom Faglon @ Home

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This is the home page of "CCCCCC" Cooking-Cats-Collecting-Country Inns-Camping-Computing. We would like to share some of our experiences with all of you.

Cooking

5/3/2008 BREAKING NEWS: Another one of Tom's recipes (Coddled Duck Eggs) has received national recognition and is published at Recipe4Living.com

What are your food fantasies? Do they correspond with ours? What would you consider a "dinner party extraordinaire"? What does it take to host a food and wine pairing seminar and realize that "It is wine's destiny to be paired with food". Where can you get fresh crawfish tails, Creole cream cheese, fresh morels in season, candied chestnuts in vanilla syrup, bison steaks, wine, or professional cook and bakeware at discount prices? Are you looking to "kick your parties up a notch" with some exciting recipes-- (including Tom's award-winning Spinach Frittata, Vegetarian Chili, Shrimp and Chorizo Salad, Irish Crab Dip, and his latest, Grilled Lamb Chops With Apple-Onion Chutney). We have added 60 new recipes in 2008--for a grand total of over 750 in the collection!!! Here's just a sampling to tempt you: Oysters Rockefeller Soup, Honey Butter French Bread, Parmesan Sesame Biscuits, Kiwi Lime Sorbet, Sweet Pepper Salad With Manchego And Almonds, Glazed Chestnuts And Haricot Verts, Goat Cheese Grape Truffles, Cranberry Upside Down Cake, Pumpkin Pie Brulee, Mango Tarte Tatin, Lemon Lavender Shortbread, Wild Mushroom and Gruyere Tart, Cold Blueberry Soup With Herbed Orange Sorbet, Lobster Cakes With Papaya Mayonnaise, and Roast Turkey with Pomegranate Glaze. Want some new ideas for holiday entertaining? Take a look at our new holiday and dinner party menus. What's it like to be filmed while cooking a dinner for a surprise guest who is a 4 star chef? Have you ever had your fantasies (the "foodie" kind, of course) realized on nation-wide TV? Read about our TV Food Network experience with their Food Fantasy show--we were the premiere show! What is the ultimate dining experience like at our most favorite restaurant, Chanterelle? Share our culinary weekend adventure as guests chefs at the Fox Creek Inn, Chittenden Vermont. Take a World Culinary Cruise on "Le Gastronomique". Find out by visiting our Cooking page.

Cats
What's it like to have a new family of ten cats (7 little girls and 3 boys ranging in age from 1 1/2 to 5 years)? ---yes you read this correctly. Can you just imagine ten cats in a 2 bedroom apartment with all the antique glass, copper, china, 9 Christmas trees and numerous Santa displays! Imagine taking the kittens camping and fishing! Read about their antics and meet Marmalade, Creamsicle, Truffle, Marshmallow, Pepper, Spice, Licorice, Cocoa, Cheddar and Tangerine. (Of course--they have culinary names--what else would "foodies" do?) Let us introduce you to Diane and Tom's babies at our Cats Page. Take a look, we have added many new pictures.

Collecting
Do you have to sell your furniture to make more room for curio cabinets? Do you have to supply descriptive commentary for everything nailed to your walls? Do you need to put up 9 Christmas trees (with ten kitties)? Do you have to provide your insurance company substantial documentation before they believe the size of your collections in a 2 bedroom apartment? Who do you know that has an antique cast iron asparagus buncher, a bread crumber, a marmalade cutter, stove top tin coffee roaster, or a set of antique pineapple snips? Check out all our new inventories and additions to our long standing collections. Find out how to deal with all of this at our Collecting page.

Country Inns
Do you long for a romantic getaway? Do you crave mountains, oceans, and relaxation? Are great food, great wine and a pretty room to your liking? Is old fashioned personalized service up your alley? Would you want all this and also be close to antique stores, hiking, fishing and beautiful scenery? If all this appeals to you, take a look at our County Inns page for some suggestions. We have updated our reviews with our 2005 and 2006 trips. We now have reviews for country inns in 12 states along the east coast and the Rocky Mountain Region. Read about our adventure as featured chefs at the Fox Creek Inn. Visit our Winter Wonderland Album and see what it is like to be a "snow-bunny" in Chittenden, Vermont--24 inches over New Year's Weekend, 2001. Look at their 8 course 2008 New Years Eve Dinner Menu. Look at our newest review of The Artist's Inn And Gallery in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Camping
Have you ever seen a bear up close---real close? What does a gourmet eat when camping in the wilderness? We've added new menus from this last summer---MMM---grilled foie gras with honey marinated figs, French toast with maple apple compote, grilled wild mushroom and fontina cheese pizza, apricots with moscato thyme syrup, mango chutney grilled pork tenderloin with sweet potatoes and onions!! What's it like to be in a tent in a hurricane on the beach? Want to see a picture of what your camp site looks like after an 8 hour hurricane pounding? Has your Coleman stove ever exploded? What's the weather like today in the Adirondacks? What would you do if your boat motor died in the middle of the lake? Want to take a peek at our Camping and Waterfalls Albums and see our idea of "God's country"? Want to see "the one that we had to throw back"--Diane and her 40 pound striped bass? Have you ever gone camping and fishing with multiple cats? Visit our Camping page and find out. We updated our Trials and Tribulations page to include our 2008 camping "adventures".

Computing
Want to know our favorite graphics and HTML sites? Visit Tom's Computing Page. welcome

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Updated May 3, 2008