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January 4, 2006

Dinner at Pangaea (Gualala, CA)

Pangaea 39165 S. Highway 1 Gualala, CA 95445 Reservations: 707-884-9669 As promised -- the first of the Northern California restaurant reviews. While staying in Gualala, we went to Pangaea for dinner last Wednesday night. We'd never been there before and I was pretty excited to try it. I had seen a sample menu at our …

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January 2, 2006

Hooray for Portland! (or Escape from Mendocino County)

Finally, three days late, we have returned to Oregon. Stupid mud/land slides and flooding. Tuesday AM we drove from San Francisco to Gualala, CA (on the north Sonoma Coast) and planned on leaving Friday -- which was, essentially, when everything went to hell in Northern California. We got as far as Fort Bragg, (Mendocino County) …

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December 22, 2005

The Last Recipe Post of 2005: Spicy Lemon Garlic Shrimp with Orzo

This was really, really good. I half remembered making something with shrimp and orzo and feta before but I'm pretty sure I baked that in the oven. So, I kind of threw this together based on other recipes I've seen before and what I had on hand. The garlicky, lemony wine sauce is amazing tasty! …

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December 22, 2005

Cinnamon Chocolate Espresso Shortbread!

This is from what is quickly becoming my favorite baking book, Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook. It's the one batch of cookies I'll have time to make before leaving for California on Friday. Oh, they are good! I decided to bring them into work today. I followed the recipe exactly, except (and of course there's an …

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December 20, 2005

Spirited Cooking: Peppery Vodka Chicken

For Slash Food's Spirited Cooking Day! Here's a recipe that I saw on the Food Network on the show, Calling All Cooks (do they even still make that show?) a few years ago. Since I've been making it, I've modified the amount and type of pepper used quite a bit and it's still pretty spicy. …

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