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Nov 16
Souper Slam!
Our friend Michael wanted to celebrate his birthday. He chose a potluck with a twist: A soup competition. The crew came ready to rumble with a variety of options. Michael made two varieties of vegetarian hot and sour soup; one spicy, one suitable for chile wimps. Chicken tortilla, Cuban black bean, African peanut, and sunchoke/cauliflower …
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Nov 13
Sourdough Experiments
Julian invited our friend Bruce over to pick his brain on another home improvement project. As a reward, Bruce gave me a bit of sourdough starter he got from Sea Wolf Bakers. The starter has bounced to life quite nicely after a feeding or two. Not wanting to throw away perfectly good starter when I …
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Oct 27
The Not-So-Humble Concord Grape
Concords were the grapes of my childhood. They were grown all over the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York for jelly, juice, and Kosher wine. I outgrew concords and moved on to seedless grapes grown in California. Or so I thought. Lately I’ve been buying organic Washington-grown concord grapes. Concord grapes belong to the …
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Oct 19
Light in the Dark Season
Seattle is in the midst of what the weather geeks call the Dark Season. Rain is forecast for the foreseeable future. My pepper and petunia plants are waterlogged and should be disposed of if it ever stops raining long enough for me to do so without soaking the floors. Still there is light. The leaves are …
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Oct 13
Poor Man’s Pizza
I had a chunk of leftover “French bread”, along with some mozzarella cheese and jarred spaghetti sauce. What to do for lunch? Make a poor man’s pizza. For those of you not of the Cornell persuasion, the poor man’s pizza (or PMP) is the direct antecedent of Stouffer’s French bread pizza. It’s a chunk of …
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Oct 08
A Lighter Eggplant Parmesan
Traditional eggplant parmesan can be as heavy as lead. The eggplant pieces get breaded and fried, then are layered in a casserole with an overload of cheese. We had a lighter version last month at Il Terrazzo Carmine, as described in this post. Julian decided to try and reproduce the recipe at Casa Sammamish. He …
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Sep 22
Very Upscale Italian
My former roommate texted me yesterday to let me know that Joe’s in Ithaca was closing. I’d mentioned this restaurant in a previous post about family-style Italian restaurants. As it happened, Julian made reservations for an Italian restaurant in Pioneer Square prior to our symphony concert. The restaurant was Il Terrazzo Carmine. This is definitely …
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Sep 22
Saturday Mornings in the Library
Saturday is the one day of the week that I can be lazy. Monday through Friday I leave home before 6 for work. Sunday there’s church. So on Saturdays I’ll make an omelet for breakfast with a large pot of tea. I often stay in my bathrobe until after Julian takes his shower. And I …
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Sep 15
Potluck Weekend
We had two potlucks to attend this weekend. The first was a memorial celebration for a friend who died on New Year’s Eve. Julian handled that potluck by making Boston baked beans. He used the time-honored recipe from Durgin Park (of blessed memory). He’s been making this recipe in his ceramic bean pot for longer …
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Sep 09
Gilding the Lily
Long-time readers of this humble little blog know about The One True Cobbler® (accept no substitutes). Last night Julian suggested a variation on the recipe: Using mango as part of the fruit filling. We had a mango that I’d forgotten to incorporate into a curry. The ratio of mango to peach was about 1:1. I …
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