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May 30, 2006

Things to do with Yogurt When You're Bored (or Hungry)

We always have tons of yogurt in the house. Little containers of Tillamook Vanilla, Strawberry and Peach, as well of large containers of vanilla or honey for smoothies and plain yogurt for Indian-ish and Mexican-ish dishes. So, when I saw Alton Brown make Yogurt Cheese on a Good Eats recently, I immediately went rummaging through …

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May 29, 2006

Risotto Weather's Last Stand: Asparagus Risotto

This last week here in Portland has been cold and rainy. A few nights ago, jwa and I even contemplated using the last of the firewood. We considered it briefly, but decided it was cozy enough lazing on the couch watching the Daily Show and the Lost finale with the cats (they make surprisingly good …

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May 24, 2006

Spinach Pasta Salad for the Hot & Hungry Masses

If it were sunny and warm again, I would be wanting a light, cool, pasta salad for dinner. That is, if it wasn't 60 degrees, cold, grey and rainy. But that's okay -- I actually prefer cooler weather. I also don't mind a pasta salad for dinner when it's not Summery out. Besides, a pasta …

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May 23, 2006

A Turkey Burger to be Reckoned With…

Pickled onions. Tillamook Cheddar. Toasted onion bun. Crispy, golden oven fries. Now, this was a meal. I sometimes like to add different combinations of ingredients and make interesting turkey burgers. These puppies had sautÃ©ed onions, spinach and smoked paprika. They were excellent. Yukon gold potato wedges were roasted with some extra-virgin olive oil, kosher salt …

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May 21, 2006

IMBB26 & WBW21: Asparagus Goat Cheese Tart with Argyle Chardonnay

Well, I kind of dropped the ball on this one. See, this month Wine Blogging Wednesday paired up with Is My Blog Burning to create "Fabulous Favorites Festival" -- awesome. Except, I was looking for an announcement for IMBB26 and when I didn't see one, I just assumed it was coming up later in the …

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