Do you have your plans for Valentine’s Day dinner yet? I honestly believe that going out to eat for Valentine’s Day is highly over-rated. Unfortunately, this seemingly celebratory date of romance is actually a true day of marital celebration for us – not unfortunately, but you know what I mean. Restaurants are crowded, with set…
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Tapeschetta is a combination of tapenade and bruschetta. I borrowed this magnificent idea from my fellow foodie friend, Chef Mimi: One evening when I had short notice that a few girlfriends were coming over, I quickly made this appetizer. It evolved from wanting to make a bruschetta, but running out of tomatoes. So to stretch…
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For many years I was not much of a fan of dill weed. Then very recently, out of the blue, I decided to give it another go – and I fell in love, again. (Yes, I’ve fallen for food before – I’m an easy catch in many ways, I suppose – VERY difficult in others)….
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In my neck of the woods, our tomato harvest comes late…very late in the season. But when the bunches, bundles, and bounty of tomatoes arrives, we are all looking for ways to savor in the sensual, salubrious crop. Now that fall is in the air, adding a touch of fig and rosemary to those tomatoes…
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We like pickles in our house. Pickled cucumbers. Pickled okra. Pickled Brussels sprouts. Pickled seeds… …and we also really love avocado. Let’s marry the two, shall we? Creamy and sweet avocado and tangy hot mustard pickle brine – yum-my!
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I simply love the fresh produce this time of year. Although I’ll always miss the fresh markets and plethora of pleasing produce abounding on the streets of the PNW, I’ll take what I can get here.
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Believe it or not, this recipe has been on my “docket” and list of things to make for almost three years. Yes, three years.
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I grew up with the genius of Fannie Farmer at my fingertips. Both Mom and Dad would reference the aging and ginormous encyclopedia of recipes when cooking for the family. Unfortunately, through the shuffle of life, the ancient and cherished bound pages were lost. While I long for the rustic smell of the aged paper…
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I am a list-maker, believe it or not. Yes, it’s true. (Do you catch the sarcasm). Most of the time I’m able to file away all the details of just about everything in this little brain of mine. But, just to be sure, I make myself lists ~ lots and lots of them. We have…
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Homemade pasta continues to baffle with its beauty. We make it bright and cold, and fill plates cuts and curls of color. And flavor too. I had an interesting time playing with the colors and the light. As gabby girls do, we talked and tangoed amidst the clocks in the kitchen, passing away the time…from…
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