Seasonal Cooking – Page 75

August 31, 2005

Decadent & (Pretty) Easy Chocolate Mousse

Well, the week of birthday celebrations was in full swing last night with a Fancy Tuna Dinner and for dessert -- chocolate mousse. I saw Alton Brown make this last week on Good Eats and well, here it is. I am easily impressionable like that. Here is his recipe (my comments in italics). Chocolate Mousse: …

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August 30, 2005

Anatomy of a Pie

I know I've mentioned before that I'm not great at baking (I remember the terrible croissant catastrophe of '99 like it was yesterday). I am trying improve though. I think the main problem is that I just don't bake very often, nor did I grow up in a household where there was a lot of …

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August 26, 2005

Avocado Gazpacho II: Electric Boogaloo

Remember the old Avocado Gazpacho recipe? The one with cucumber? The one here. Well, forget that one. This one is much better (at least in my opinion) and has become a staple in our house on taco night*. It's more Mexican in flavor...kind of like a guacamole soup. Chilled Avocado Soup: 2 ripe avocados 1 …

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August 22, 2005

PastaWorks & The Obligatory Pasta Post

PastaWorks 3735 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland Oregon 97214 503-232-1010 This post is heavy on the visuals because tomatoes and pasta just photograph so pretty! It's somewhat surprising to me that I've had this blog for a little over a month now and I haven't posted about PastaWorks yet. One of my favorite things to do …

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August 17, 2005

Soup is Good Food: Gazpacho Challenge 2005 (Part III): Chilled Corn Soup

First off, does this really qualify as gazpacho? Probably not, but let's all just agree to erroneously use the word "gazpacho" to identify any kind of cold soup, shall we? You know, since I have a theme going and all. Secondly, now that the weather is uh, cold again here in Portland, what better time …

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