Fennel*Twist

This is a tasty, comforting and healthy soup. We are trying to be good for the next couple of weeks until the foodfest that will be Christmas in California. I vary this soup from time to time, sometimes adding some tofu (about 1/4 of a cup) and sometimes not. Last night, I didn't. Instead, I …

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Every so often jwa and I like to make a tasty Sunday breakfast with some kind of egg dish and breakfast potatoes. This Sunday, we did just that! I used some of the leftover brie from Thursday night, which also had slivered almonds and diced green apples -- but, this would be easy enough to …

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7:00 AM: Clock radio wakes me up -- April Baer is listing school busses that are on snow routes. Get hopeful. Get up and look out the window -- no snow. Lay back down for 30 minutes, then check online and TV. Yep -- no snowstorm in Portland today. Dinner's happening. 8:30: Load car with …

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Ahhhhhhhh!!!! So, tonight was the work dinner for 29 people -- which changed to 34 when I counted myself, another staff member and three servers I had to make food for too. Then it went down to around 28 when we had a couple of no shows. But, damn, it's over. I think it went …

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Oh, these were good. It started innocently enough -- I was at the store for something completely healthy. Perhaps it was broccoli or some wheat pasta. Or olive oil. Anyway, I passed the baking aisle and ... oh. Mmmmm... Those look good. Huh, maybe I should just see if they're any good. Yeah...they were good. …

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