Food is delicious. Nourishing food is even more delicious. Delicious food that nourishes us body and soul is also so wonderfully beautiful.
Appletini…rather Apple-Tahini. I made an amazingly refreshing salad with an apple juice-apple cider vinegar-tahini conglomerate dressing. The tune of the ingredients falling off my tongue formulated a bit of a giggle. Apple-Tahini = Appletini. I was in the mood for something fresh and spring-like, as I’m so longing for spring-time, sunshine and light. I also…
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No, you haven’t lost track of time. It’s not yet November nor Thanksgiving time. It’s chicken time at our house, though! We are crazy and we like to name our birds. We have had Bernadette the Bird, Betty the Bird, Matilda, and, most recently, Margaret. Whole, roasted chickens are certainly not my favorite. I much…
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Here we go again… 1. Behind the Museum Café – an awesome treasure… This is a unique cafe that specializes in Japanese tea and foods, Japanese antiques and arts and crafts. The café serves robust EXTRACTO coffee roasted right here in Portland, Oregon. We offer our own homemade sweets, sandwiches, and assorted Japanese-style appetizers with seasonal…
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I am still amidst my love affair with lamb. I am actually beginning to believe that this is really no tryst at all, but a long term relationship into which I have entered. The intricacy of flavor is deep, immense, different – I find so much about each morsel to be so abundantly more complex…
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Traditions. Habits. Rules. They can all be one in the same – at times. Growing up, whether it was simply a family custom or some sort of household “law,” whenever 5 o’clock rolled around and Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt were in town (or we were visiting them), out came the cocktails with cheese and…
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Presentation is highly important in my life. That’s not to say that appearance is everything, but when things look better, they just feel better. A clean house, a well designed display, organized drawers, closets, and cupboards, a tasteful outfit, and a plate of food. Color is a huge part of artful and pleasing presentation. Vivid,…
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Our bellies love fermented foods. So do our moods! Do you know the 25 Amazing Benefit of Kefir? My favorite fermented foods are hiding in the corner: GT’s Classic Kombucha and KeVita – and raw sauerkraut, of course! (Green Valley Kefir and Nancy’s Cultured Cottage Cheese are pretty darn good for the belly too) Raw…
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I truly delight in fresh rosemary. The aroma elicits a sense of joy, pleasure, and lightness. Yet, simultaneously, the herb is so very grounding. I also just love the fact that rosemary trees can be purchased around Christmas time – just to add a little “extra Christmas” to the mix. Rosemary is not quite as…
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Satsuma season is almost over…we must savor each unique and powerful bite while we can. As when the heirloom apple availability comes to an end each fall, a small tear trickles down my cheek when the satsumas disappear from the produce aisle as well. To make the most of the end of the season satsuma,…
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I truly love the fact that I have a pretty crazy imagination. In fact, I think that may be an attractive trait that I possess – at times. There are definitely instances that such an attribute proves to elicit an eye-rolling and hackneyed apathy to those close to me, but for the most part, it…
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