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January 24, 2012

The Veggie Grill

Veggie Grill Cedar Hills Crossing 3435 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Beaverton, OR 97005 I was recently invited to attend a pre-opening lunch at the new vegan Veggie Grill restaurant in Beaverton (right by the Beaverton Powells). I brought jwa with me and we ate a lot of food and I took pictures (which is typically …

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January 19, 2012

FFwD: Quartre-Quarts

Oh, hello French Fridays with Dorie! Nice to see you again. This week: it's a cake. Yay! I Like Cake! Anyway, this is sort of like a French Poundcake, called quartre-quarts. Sounds good to me. Let's go have some cake. Notes: 1. My springform pan was a little smaller in diameter (but deeper) than what …

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January 16, 2012

Mediterranean Tuna Melt

While growing up, a tuna melt was one of my go-to, out to eat meals. Through the years, I've been guilty of mixing up some tuna salad, slathering it on an English muffin and melting copious amounts of cheddar cheese on it and calling it dinner. Bonus: A pretty quick dinner at that! Now, while …

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January 12, 2012

FFwD: M. Jacques Armagnac Chicken

Hey, it's the first French Fridays with Dorie of 2012 (for me, anyway)! And this week....M. Jacques Armagnac Chicken. This is a pretty easy and delicious weeknight dinner. I typically prefer roasted-type birds with golden, crackly skin, but to its credit, this was one helluva moist bird. And, with the new year's resolutions and all, …

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January 7, 2012

Black Bean Soup with Cumin and Jalapeño

This marks the return of Thursday soup nights. For awhile last Winter, I was coming home from work on Thursday nights and making a big pot of interesting soup. I decided to start up the tradition again this year and the first experiment was this cumin-y, black bean soup. I thought it had great flavor …

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