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September 16, 2008

The Halibut Sandwich That Ate Portland (or At Least Tried To…)

But we ate them instead. Damn, these were huge. But so very good. Instead of baguette, which I thought would be too hard for the fish, we used 2 sandwich rolls. They worked quite well. Basically, look for bread that is of like size and shape to your fish and you will be fine. The …

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September 12, 2008

Zucchini Carbonara for Two

I recently watched an episode of the Jamie Oliver* show on Food Network and he made this. I was transfixed. And even though jwa is not crazy about zucchini, I knew we would be having this soon. Wow. This was good. I used some diced pancetta from Trader Joe's and zucchini I got from the …

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September 11, 2008

September Visit to the Coast

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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September 4, 2008

Foccacia with Rosemary and Grapes

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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September 2, 2008

Plum Tart with Marzipan Crumble

I made this a few weeks ago and both jwa and I really loved it! My friend Vanessa got me some marzipan (no, not this marzipan), while she and her husband were in Norway and now I am looking for marzipany things to do. I saw this recipe and literally made it the next day. …

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