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February 12, 2012

Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings (a la pok pok)

Now this was a true kitchen experiment. I really had no idea how it was going to turn out -- spoiler alert: it was awesome! I came across the Pok Pok recipe for Ike's Fish Sauce Wings in Food & Wine magazine a few months ago and thought, "oh, wow. I need to try making …

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December 3, 2011

December is National Pear Month: Pear Lunch at Castagna

I recently had the very good fortune of being invited to a festive Pear Lunch hosted by Pear Bureau Northwest at Castagna Restaurant. This was completely awesome for a number of reasons, including I got to leave work early for a long lunch and Castagna is practically in my neighborhood, so jwa and I could …

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June 26, 2011

Mango, Mango, Mango! Grilled Chile-Lime Arctic Char with Mango Slaw

So this is kind of amusing -- a couple of weeks ago I was contacted by the National Mango Board about being one of three four "celebrity" judges for Mango Taste-Off featuring Bo Kwon of Koi Fusion and Addy Bittner of Addyâ€™s Sandwich Bar. It was June 17 at D-Street Noshery -- conveniently located five …

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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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May 7, 2010

Genoa Restaurant, Portland

Genoa Restaurant 2832 Southeast Belmont St Portland, OR 97214-4024 Okay, enough about California, let's talk about a Portland restaurant! Recently, jwa & I went to Genoa to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary. We hadn't been to the new one yet and were both very excited to give it a try. Wow, what a great meal. …

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