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Back to the Box
Note: I meant to post this last week, but got sidetracked by Chet’s medical situation. Many, many thanks to all of you who sent best wishes and cat prayers. I hope to give a positive progress report soon! The … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Uncategorized
Tagged CSA, food, nada surf, strawberries, strawberry, Ugly but Delicious, wine
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Knish Just Got Real
Last November, I declared the oncoming season “The Winter of the Knish.” Little did I comprehend at that time how seriously this knish-worthy winter would kick my tuchis: the coldest February on record and ungodly amounts of snow have rendered … Continue reading
Posted in Elvis Costello, Food, Music
Tagged book club, Dr. Who, Elvis Costello, food, Funny Girl, furmint, knish, Nick Hornby, wine, winter
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Putting By
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity. –Aesop Do you know the fable of the ant and the grasshopper? Aesop told it as a cautionary tale against frivolity and laziness. In Aesop’s rendering, the grasshopper spends all … Continue reading
Sonoma! (Or: The Drinking Portion of My Vacation)
Having left our hearts (or, in my case, half a heart) in San Francisco, Steve, Jay, and I drove north on the 101 to Healdsburg, an adorable town in the northern portion of Sonoma County, which would serve as our … Continue reading
Je Ne Regrette Rien: Revisiting Portland, Part 2
Having already sipped my way through the Willamette Valley (more about that here), I turned my focus to clean water issues for (most of) my remaining time in Portland. I insert (most of) because I could not, you understand, pass … Continue reading
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Tagged Edith Piaf, lamb, Le Pigeon, Olympic Provisions, pork, Portland, wine
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A Good Year for the Roses: Revisiting Portland, Part 1
Apologies in advance for the length of this one. If you want to skip to the present, the history lesson ends about halfway through, right about the time we hit Echo and the Bunnymen. In 1992, new Brown PhD in hand, Jay received … Continue reading
Posted in Drivel, Food
Tagged Elvis Costello, Portland, Willamette Valley, wine
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Eating Out of the Box, with Added Beauty
When this week’s CSA box arrived, I faced the challenge of emptying it without spousal help (Jay was out of town), so I enlisted three of the most delightful dinner companions I know to lend me a hand (or a belly, … Continue reading