Autumn – Page 3 – Fennel*Twist

November 18, 2013

Spelt Biscuits with Sage, Orange Zest, and Black Pepper

I have a new favorite baking product - and it is Spelt Flour. I'm not quite sure what it is about it, but everything I've baked with it just has a velvety, rich, full flavor that I am in love with. When using, I'll typically replace one half of the white flour in a recipe …

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November 15, 2013

FFwD: Chestnut and Pear Soup

This week's French Fridays with Dorie was a fairly straightforward soup - Chestnut and Pear. In fact, the hardest part was finding the jar of chestnuts (New Seasons, but I also saw them at Cost Plus). Like I do for a lot of the FFwD recipes, I cut this one in half and we still …

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November 14, 2013

Yam and Quinoa Cakes from Portland's Sunshine Tavern

Sunshine Tavern 3111 SE Division Street Portland Oregon 97202 Seeing that we live just a few blocks away, occasionally we will head out to Sunshine Tavern for pizza and burgers (and of course cocktails and maybe even some candied hazelnuts to start). This is just what happened last Tuesday when we ended up splitting the …

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October 30, 2013

Savory Spice Shop in Sellwood + Ghostly Spiced and Roasted Pumpkin (or Squash) Seeds

Savory Spice Shop 7857 SE 13th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97202 Recently, I was invited to spend a bit of time hanging out at Savory Spice Shop in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland. I can't believe I had never been there before! It was so much fun - especially since you can smell as well as …

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October 26, 2013

Roasted Red Kuri Squash Soup with Coconut + Halloween

This summer, we had a mystery squash growing in a garden. It was a mystery in that neither jwa nor I remembered planting any Red Kuri Squash but here it was - a beautiful red kuri growing in our garden. It was in a bed close to the compost so the theory is we either …

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