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The other day, let's call it "Monday", I had a MAJOR craving for Pad Thai. I waited a day or two to see if it would go away and when it did not, I turned to the google for an easy way to satisfy this craving. I came across the Alton Brown recipe (which I've …

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Here are two accompaniments that I made recently (for different meals), that I really liked but they seemed really short for single posts. So, I bundled them up in one super-unrelated post! The enchilada sauce I made for, uh, tostadas, which you can see in the title image. Does this make it tostada sauce? Anyway, …

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Balch Hotel 40 S. Heimrich Street Dufur, Oregon 97021 Awhile ago, I was looking for a place to stay overnight, not too far from Maryhill Museum (neat art museum, by the way!) In the course of my lodging research, I came across the Balch Hotel and was very interested, but then I couldn't figure out …

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Yeah, Summer is almost over. Normally, I am a fan of the end of Summer, but this year it's a little sad because hardly any of our tomatoes have turned red. Maybe five. Total. I'm going to have to use up SO MANY green tomatoes this year. *sigh* Another reason I know that Summer is …

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This was an experiment because I had too many zucchini (not from the garden, unfortunately), as well as a big hunk of Habernero Jack cheese from Tillamook Cheese. Yes, we finally went to the visitor center in Tillamook! It was very interesting and aside from the Jack cheese, we came home with some Garlic, Chili …

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