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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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August 5, 2005

Grilled Chicken w/ White Nectarine Salsa & Whole Wheat Couscous

Last week, my friend Christy e-mailed me this really tasty sounding Mango Salsa recipe that she serves with salmon. I was all set to try it with grilled chicken when I realized I forgot to buy a mango at the store. I was really bummed about that and sighed dejectedly, as I had already really …

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August 3, 2005

My Summer of Tarts

Ah, 2004, the Summer of Tarts. Yeah, I know, it's 2005. But, uh, smartie-pants, I didn't have a blog in the summer of 2004, now did I? No. Now, as I was saying, ahhh, 2004, the Summer of Tarts, the summer I got the book, Once Upon a Tart by Frank Mentesana and Jerome Audureau. …

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