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December 31, 2008

Happy New Year's Eve! Seafood Risotto with Prosecco

Ah, the last post of 2008. See you, 2008! There were a few really good things about this year, a few really annoying things, and a few things things that mostly stayed the same. What will 2009 bring? Well, hopefully more of really good things! Already, I am looking forward to Ashland/California in May and …

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December 27, 2008

Cauliflower Goat Cheese Gratin + Beef Wellington Pastry Bot!

Happy Holidays! I hope everyone had nice meals, presents and what-not. We did. On Christmas we had Beef Wellingtons -- thank you cow, again, you were delicious!, this awesome cauliflower gratin and some braised brussels sprouts. Our snow is almost melted now, which is good as I really need to go to work Monday! Okay, …

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December 20, 2008

Winter! Snow! Portland! Pork Tenderloin!

We're getting the promised snow. Winter-Arctic-Blasta-Pooloza! We ventured out to the closest fancy store (Zupans beat New Seasons by about 5 blocks each way) to get Pork Tenderloin and Brussels sprouts for dinner... I think this is SE 32nd Ave a couple of blocks from our house Snow blowing off a roof by SE Belmont …

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December 19, 2008

Portland Farmer's Market for 12/20 — Cancelled

No market this Saturday because of the STOOPID SNOW!!@!@ More info at Lemon Basil.

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December 18, 2008

Olive Oil Poached Halibut with Broccoli Rabe Pesto

This was such a great meal. Plus, it's fish, olive oil and broccoli rabe so it's even healthy! Honestly, I was a little skeptical about: 1. poaching in olive oil and 2. the broccoli rabe not being bitter. But both issues were non-issues, actually. The fish was flaky and wonderful and the pesto was just …

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