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January 2, 2013

Last Dinner of the Year: Castagna in SE Portland

This New Year's Eve was celebrated with an extravagant, beautiful meal at Castagna. Now, we visit the informal, cafe side with a fair amount of frequency, but this is only our fourth visit to the fancy-pants restaurant side -- and our second visit since Justin Woodward took over the kitchen. Castagna 1752 SE Hawthorne Blvd. …

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December 31, 2012

End of 2012 Photos, Part 2: Fargo, ND

What better way to end 2012 than by posting photos from our Thanksgiving trip to Fargo, North Dakota. My mom recently moved back there (where she's from) after 40 some-odd years of living in Chicago. I remember going to Fargo somewhat regularly while growing up, but I had not been back there for probably 20 …

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December 29, 2012

End of 2012 Photos: Seattle

I am taking these last few, precious days of 2012 to post things that I should have posted much, much earlier. This trip to Seattle for instance, happened way back in September but unfortunately, time got away from me. Hopefully, I can do a much better job in 2013. That's the goal anyway. But back …

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December 27, 2012

FFwD: Go-with-everything Celery Root Puree

Okay, so this will be a fairly quick French Fridays with Dorie, as I'm currently traveling and in the wilds of northern California (Ferndale, to be exact). Back home in pdx tomorrow, hooray! Celery Root Puree. So. Yeah. I actually kind of liked this but I wasn't a huge fan. As in, I'm glad I …

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December 21, 2012

FFwD: Cheez-it-ish Crackers

When I think of Cheez-its, I don't immediately think of France, but in the spirit of French Fridays with Dorie, I'm willing to go with it. Perhaps French people just looooove Cheez-its? Kind of like Jerry Lewis? There's also probably an intro to the recipe or something that explains this connection but the book is …

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