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Oh! Garlic! This is the Weekend Cookbook Challenge I was born to post about. I love the garlic. Thank you so much to Carla at Chocolate Moosey for hosting this month and choosing one of my most favorite things in the whole world! This is a crazy, old school recipe from a time, to paraphrase …

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Blue Heron taking off in Yachats, OR We went to the coast last weekend to celebrate jwa's birthday and here are some pictures. That's about it. More food coming soon! Heron before flight. We happened upon him just hanging out in the river bank. As more people started walking by he took off, flying a …

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This was really good. I bought grapes specifically for this recipe. That's a lot of pressure, man. My original thought was also to make my own dough -- that didn't work out. Not because of a kitchen disaster but because it was too easy to just grab a package of pizza dough at Trader Joe's …

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I just saw this on Sara's blog (I Like to Cook) and couldn't resist. This list is the 100 things that Very Good Taste thinks everyone should eat at least once in their life. And you can sing along. 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions. 2) Bold all the …

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I just finished a mosaics workshop at Portland Community College and here it is -- Octopus! Detail -- the big glass things at the top and bottom are not plates -- they were from the Dollar Store! It will hang outside on the back fence as soon as I go to Home Depot and get …

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