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September 19, 2010

Two Completely Unrelated Sauce-Type Things

Here are two accompaniments that I made recently (for different meals), that I really liked but they seemed really short for single posts. So, I bundled them up in one super-unrelated post! The enchilada sauce I made for, uh, tostadas, which you can see in the title image. Does this make it tostada sauce? Anyway, …

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September 16, 2010

Balch Hotel Supper Club

Balch Hotel 40 S. Heimrich Street Dufur, Oregon 97021 Awhile ago, I was looking for a place to stay overnight, not too far from Maryhill Museum (neat art museum, by the way!) In the course of my lodging research, I came across the Balch Hotel and was very interested, but then I couldn't figure out …

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September 12, 2010

Summer Pasta with Zucchini & Tomatoes + Other Assorted Things

This was a super tasty Summer pasta meal that was quick and used up some zucchini that needed to be used up (which often happens in the Summer). Sadly, this was not garden zucchini as our zucchini plants decided to not cooperate this year, but store-bought zucchini....which I still had to use up. But, wow, …

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September 6, 2010

Goodbye Summer: Lemon Semifreddo

Yeah, Summer is almost over. Normally, I am a fan of the end of Summer, but this year it's a little sad because hardly any of our tomatoes have turned red. Maybe five. Total. I'm going to have to use up SO MANY green tomatoes this year. *sigh* Another reason I know that Summer is …

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August 31, 2010

Tuesday Night Dinners

Caesar Salad at Cafe Castagna. We have started a tradition of going out to dinner on Tuesday nights. Originally, we were thinking maybe every other Tuesday, but this month went to three places -- of course, I am certainly not complaining. We tried two new places: Bar Avignon and Nostrana and revisited an old-standby: Cafe …

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