Archive for the ‘Food & Cooking’ Category
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Over the last few weeks, I've taken roughly 1,200 photos of the harvest at Argyle Winery. Some shots are for a DVD, some may wind up in magazines and others will be for personal archives. Here's a nice shot of some Chardonnay grapes about an hour before they were ...
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
With my wife on an out-of-town trip for a little while, I've been doing lots of fix-it projects around the house, paint touchups, changing light bulbs, etc. I have also taken advantage of being able to go to some of the more redneck eating establishments in town. First stop was, ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
What a treat! Fresh Oregon lamb, right off the farm - grazing Monday, on the grill Wednesday! I made this 4 pound leg of lamb in a very simple way - rubbed with plenty of olive oil, salt, hand-crushed pepper, fresh picked rosemary and a large handful of ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Our friend Jerry has a huge farm where all kinds of goodies are grown. Codi and I were given a big assortment of fresh-picked, organic Oregon strawberries. We had a big block of Swiss chocolate in our pantry, so Codi got the bright idea to whip up a ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
I had a hankering for BBQ the other day, so I stopped by a rather popular BBQ restaurant. It was highly recommended. As soon as I arrived, I noticed some things that I should have paid better attention to. 1. Hand written sign on door: "Jiggle door ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
"Necessity is the mother of invention." I was jonesing for a hamburger. Alas, we had hamburger buns but no hamburger - only hotdogs. While some would have given up, I was inspired. I made a hotdog hamburger, a.k.a. the HotDamBurger. With homemade mustard, a little relish ...
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Surely a sign that hell has begun freezing over, I voluntarily drank (and didn't dislike) an entire glass of vanilla soy milk. Not even a week ago, I would have preferred to eat a pound of sala (Russian salt-cured pork fat) rather than take even the slightest sip of ...
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Sunday, June 10th, 2007
I was making some BBQ shrimp last night (in the rain) on our deck and I noticed that the light was hitting an evergreen in a particular way that made it sparkle. I got up close and noticed that the sparkling was due to tiny water droplets that had been ...
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Most people think that vodka was invented by the Russians. From what I know, it originated around Poland some time in the 13th or 14th century. It was referred to as 'hot wine' or 'burning wine' (gorilka). It wasn't until nearly 100 years later that the word 'vodka' was ...
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Codi and I were in downtown Portland for a little while. I had a tasty lunch at the Pearl Bakery. A few blocks away, I caught a great view of clouds passing by UV-coated windows on a new building. The purple hues are great.
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