Oct 18
One Provençal delicacy we didn’t try in France was socca, a thin flatbread made with chickpea flour. Given that several of our Friday night regulars are intolerant of wheat or gluten, this seemed like a good recipe to try. Attempt #1. I used the recipe in Mireille Johnston’s Cuisine of the Sun. The batter was …
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Oct 16
The Seattle area was supposed to get 65 mph winds from a dying typhoon last night. Fortunately, this did not come to pass. We did get plenty of rain, but we never lost power. This morning I found a couple of puny branches from the big ass Douglas fir on our upper deck and the …
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Oct 15
I had a bunch of Jonagold apples that I originally was going to use to make apple crisp. However, the week got away from me, so I opted to get some more apples and make applesauce. I used my tried-and-true method that I outlined last year. This time I added a couple of knobs of fresh …
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Oct 15
I’m used to getting tutti frutti iced tea in Seattle. Today we went to a sports bar and I asked for hot tea. The waitress asked me what type I’d like. “We have orange tea, peppermint tea…” I asked for black tea. She came back with Earl Grey: “This is the closest we have.” The …
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Oct 14
We’re in the midst of what could be a serious rain/windstorm for the next few days, the remnants of a typhoon. I got some hamburgers out of the freezer for dinner last night. The last thing I wanted to do was to stand on the upper deck in the rain and grill them. So I …
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Oct 13
I went to the hand surgeon yesterday to get the results of the MRI on my poor pinky finger. Good news: I don’t need surgery. I will need physical therapy to get the finger back to normal. Better news: I can go swimming, provided that I put the splint back on afterward. So this morning …
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Oct 08
It was cool and raining this morning. What to do? Make some bread. Next question: What bread to make? I went to my trusty copy of Bernard Clayton Jr.’s New Complete Book of Breads. I found a garlic bread recipe that I’d made years ago. The garlic cloves are peeled, blanched, run through a press, …
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Oct 02
I’m not talking politics. This concerns the state of college and professional sports. Let me count the ways: The University of Washington whupped Stanford on Friday night; Washington State University (winless two years ago) shellacked Oregon yesterday; The University of North Carolina beat Florida State yesterday; Cornell has won two games in a row, including …
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Oct 01
When fresh figs are in season and you can get them for a decent price, buy them. I bought two pints the other day at the fruit stand and puzzled about what to do with them for the usual Friday Night Follies. Luckily, I found a recipe in Deborah Madison’s cookbook, Local Flavors, for a …
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