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September 19, 2012

Pan-Roasted Coho Salmon with Basil Cream

Wow, I can't believe I am almost through all of my Copper River Salmon posts. I only have one left for next week. I'll give you a hint. It involves fire and cedar. Anyway, this week's is a little less exciting, but just as delicious. I found a recipe online for poached salmon, which honestly, …

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September 16, 2012

Grilled Pork Chops with Anise Seed Rub and Peach Mojo

The end of summer, huh...then how come we are still in the 80's? Hopefully, this will be the last week of that and we'll start to see more proper fall weather (cool and sunny). But in the meantime, I guess it's still nice to be able to haul the grill out of the garage and …

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September 14, 2012

FFwD: Spiced-Poached Pears

Has it been a week already? Yep, I guess so. That means it's time for another French Fridays with Dorie and this week it was Spiced-Poached Pears (or Apples). I used apples pears. Duh. Pears. Notes: 1. I thought the syrup was really, really sweet. I added a little dry white wine to it while …

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September 12, 2012

Coho Salmon and Corn Chowder with Herbed Oyster Crackers

Seeing that Summer is now officially over, here is one of my last Copper River Salmon posts. The latest shipment was fall Coho Salmon and I really made it count and used it for 3 (THREE) recipes! This first one was something a bit different for me. It seems like most of my salmon experiments …

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September 11, 2012

Travels and Photos on the Olympic Peninsula

Over Labor Day weekend jwa and I traveled to Port Townsend, WA for a long weekend. We've been going there every so often since we first moved to Portland, way, way back in 2000. The first time we visited, it was for a friend's wedding (she's from Port Townsend) and we both just really fell …

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