Food

Simple Guacamole!

My car died coming back from vacation leaving us stranded at ten o’clock at night at the Woodburn Ford Dealer. Well, I live on a great street with great neighbors! […]

Without a doubt, Pesto is one of the greatest sauces out there!

Food snobs of the world will insist that the only pesto is Pesto Genovese – made from the basil and oil produced in the hills around Genoa, Italy.  I’ve had […]

Tomatoes already?

I kind of went crazy at the farmer’s market the other day and bought too many tomatoes. I was anxious to try first really good ones of the year that […]

Always room for herbs

Couple of issues back, Bon Appétit had their cover photo of pasta with a parsley pesto. I was reminded of how tasty  a simple pasta dish is with just one […]

Murder and Gourmet Food?

When I was a kid growing up in Wyoming, long winters encouraged outdoor sports: skiing, ice-skating and snow-camping, but at night, sometimes eschewing homework, I’d read voraciously. One of my favorite […]

Strawberries! Raspberries! Blackberries! Oh My!

OK, so it’s the time of year for the obligatory fresh fruit blog post. And you’d have to be totally gastronomically clueless not to know we live in Berry Heaven. […]

My trip home to the other Vancouver (B.C.)

I went home to Vancouver a few weekends ago. Yes, the other Vancouver, where I was born and raised. There are a few differences between the two, but both are […]

The Conqueror’s Diet

One of the best books on food I've read doesn't have a single recipe.   It’s Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel.  You've probably already read it; it was first published […]

Paper Tiger Coffee Roasters

  This week, I had the honor of meeting Kenny and Sue Fletcher, owners of Paper Tiger Coffee Roasters, and let me tell you what a treat that was! I sat […]

Margarita + Guacamole time

As the weather gets warmer, and the days get longer, there is nothing that quite says summer to me more than barbeques, chips with guacamole and margaritas. So even though […]

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