Fennel*Twist – Page 171 – cooking, pdx, travel, and sometimes cats

May 5, 2006

Potato, Cream Cheese and Spinach Enchiladas for Cinco de Mayo!

Sure, the time for enchiladas is almost passed. Baked, gooey dishes seem to be more for Autumn and Winter but hey -- this is Oregon. It's sunny today but it cold be cold and rainy tomorrow! I made this meal a little while ago (on a cold day), trying to find a use for some …

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May 4, 2006

Grilled Lemon Chicken & Bell Pepper Pasta Salad

I made this recently and it was really good. It's from the Barefoot Contessa Cookbook and will probably end up to be a Spring and Summer favorite at our house -- perhaps yours too! Sadly, I didn't take many pictures of the making of this meal. I must have been hungry! Ina's original salad was …

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May 3, 2006

Vanilla Gelato with Warm Cherry Port Sauce, Olive Oil and Sea Salt

This was a very tasty dessert that I made recently that was based on a dessert that I got while eating at Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park, CA. I'll talk more about that meal last week but as soon as I tried this at that meal, I knew I wanted to make it at …

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May 2, 2006

Farallon Restaurant in San Francisco

Farallon 450 Post St. San Francisco, CA 94102 One very good meal that we did have recently was with jwa's parents at Farallon, in San Francisco. I loved the decor and the whole underwater theme, especially these very funky paintings they had throughout the restaurant. They had lights hanging from the ceilings that looked like …

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May 1, 2006

This Just In: Lean Cuisines Kind of Suck

I bought a few of these a week ago and brought them into work for a quick lunch as needed. Right now, I'm eating the Honey Mustard Chicken one with Wild Rice and dirty tasting spinach. It's watery, weird tasting and not very cuisine-ish. What was I thinking? Leanness aside, it's still probably filled with …

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