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November 18, 2010

FFwD6: Pumpkin-Feta Flans

Hey! It's post number six of French Fridays with Dorie. This is actually more than the sixth week, but I missed a couple. For November, there's not a definite schedule, just four recipes to do on the Friday of your choosing. This Friday Thursday PM, I chose to post about Pumpkin-Gorgonzola Flans, but since I …

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November 9, 2010

Saturday Night Dinner: Tapalaya

Tapalaya 28 NE 28th Avenue Portland, OR 97232 Not too long ago, we caught another showing of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World at Laurelhurst Theater. The original plan was to hit Tabla afterward for dinner but, sadly they had no table for us. That's how we ended up at Tapalaya and had a very nice …

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November 6, 2010

Creamy and Delicious Hungarian Mushroom Soup

This is a soup I have known about for sometime, but only just recently made. It's from the Moosewood Cookbook and is, in theory, vegetarian. But, I used some homemade chicken stock so mine was not so much vegetarian as it was just plain delicious! The original recipe called for 1/2 sour cream but I …

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October 29, 2010

FFwD5: Marie-Helene's Apple Cake

Okay, so I am just barely getting this in under the wire for French Fridays with Dorie and only because I live on the West Coast. If I were on Eastern time, I would be kind of screwed. But, hey it is still early Friday evening in Portland, so here we go. Yay! Things I …

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October 26, 2010

Honey-Thyme Ham Steak

I have dreamed of making a ham ever since I saw Alton Brown, on an episode of Good Eats, slather a country ham with mustard and crushed ginger snaps, and then squirt the whole thing down with bourbon. Wow, I thought. I want to do THAT! But, seriously, what do two people do with a …

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