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Easiest Strawberry “Caprese” Bruschetta
Yes, caprese gets quotation marks. It’s not exactly a caprese, but I just made a little substitution. How was everyone’s weekend? We didn’t have a lot of things on our schedule, so we just had a...
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The Cocktail Diaries: French 75s
I can’t believe the crazy amount of stuff we accomplished today and this weekend. We finished up some homemade orange liqueur. We made cake, scones, fish tacos, corn fritters, and of course, a...
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Beet Purée with Yogurt and Za’atar
I have been planning to make this gorgeous beet paste forever. I have a brand new bag of za’atar and I was really excited to use it… except I left it on my desk at work for almost a week. And I would...
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Roasted Padron Peppers
One of the things that I think I’ll miss most about going into the fall and winter season is the simplicity of summer food. I am sure there are simple winter foods as well. But right now when I can...
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The Cocktail Diraires: Cranberry French 75 with Doug Fir Eau de Vie
I suppose this drink doesn’t really resemble a French 75 that much anymore. But that’s where I started, so I’m keeping the name. Also, hooray! It’s my first cocktail recipe in several weeks, featuring...
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The Cocktail Diaries: Clover Club
A quick post tonight, because I have a lot, lot, lot of other projects going (including beautifying PDXfoodlove.com, thanks to Dave! Keep an eye out for a new look soon). Some days I get home from work...
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The Cocktail Diaries: Rose Collins
The calendar says it’s February, but this weekend in Portland sure felt like spring. Today the high was 63 degrees. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. It was amazing. Dave and I spent hours outside...
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The Cocktail Diaries: The Sidecar
What an awesome weekend. Getting to bed at a reasonable hour means waking up with the sun, which really is the best way to start the day (and I’m a night owl). It’s totally life-changing. But that’s...
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The Cocktail Diaries: Spiked (or not) Agua Frescas
It is so freaking hot in Portland right now. It has been for a couple of weeks – temperatures in the high 90s to low 100s, and only getting down to the mid 60s overnight. Portland proper is full of...
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The Cocktail Diaries: Blackberry Margarita
Yes indeed, another week, another cocktail diaries post. I’m on a roll! And I am really excited about today’s cocktail. This past weekend we went with our friends Bee and Kevin up to Sauvie Island to...
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Two St. Patty’s Day Cocktails For Your Imbibing Pleasure!
Yes indeed, two cocktail posts two days in a row! And this one is a double feature. Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, and I know you’ll be looking to be sipping some fun drinks. But do you really want...
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Chili Cheese Nachos with Avocado Jalapeño Crema
Happy post holiday, everybody. We had quite the eventful weekend! We went to OMSI for the first time (fun!), barbecued with friends and generally had a great time. Oh, and we had nachos for dinner....
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Strawberry Frosé
Last weekend I bought an inexpensive bottle of rosé. I took that rosé and poured it right into an ice cube tray and put it in the freezer. There was one glass left over, so I drank it. I then promptly...
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Passionfruit Chocolate Mini Ice Cream Cakes featuring Sorbabes
Summer keeps getting later and later here in Oregon… and you guys know I have no problem with that It’s inspired me to make a very fun dessert in partnership with my friends at Sorbabes – and you will...
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Chocolate Raspberry Sorbet Cookie Sandwiches
Happiness is an ice cream sandwich. There, I said it. Even as the weather starts to waver between cool fall days and hanging-on-to-summer 80s, I still want an ice cream sandwich. Heck, I’d eat one in...
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Five Ingredient Mini-Quiches
Whew! We’ve been off track around here a little bit because last weekend we were away at a baby shower! <3 Things are moving fast, now – I can’t believe in three months we’ll be holding two sweet...
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