I actually do have a serious and informative post for later in the week, but I’ve been doing some summer things of late…it began with a seismic upgrade which meant cleaning the basement, this of a house we’ve lived in for 36 years…can you IMAGINE what a momentous photo this is?? …and artist Kathryn Cellerini […]
I LOVE Caesar salad. When Lynne and I were starting the Arbor Cafe back in the early 1990’s we were kind of at the leading edge of the Caesar revival locally, and our first “original” cafe recipe was our own take on Caesar dressing. But that was then and now is now and the NYTimes […]
It was one of those chilly, dreary, windy and rainy winter days today when it seemed hard to even think of one fun thing to do… You know, the day that blows your hat off and then pelts you with cold rain during the retrieval maneuver? This morning before yoga I was reading yesterday’s food […]
Sam Sifton in the NYTimes this week had an article on grilling and really, everything looked good…but I was especially intrigued with the grilled romaine…so we tried it. YUM. Here’s the recipe: Dressing: 1 clove garlic 6 anchovy fillets, rinsed and minced (we had no achovies in the cupboard and so omitted this time, but […]
The David Tanis “City Kitchen” column in the New York Times on Wednesday featured a recipe declaring that fresh ricotta …”Elevates the Simple to the Sublime” and it looked delicious, so we tried it. All true…this was sooooo good, and with summer coming on, you need to give it a try. Quick, easy, simple and […]
Well I was wanting to make that yummy blueberry Chutney I made last year (once again with blueberries from Minto Island Growers) and I could NOT find the recipe…then I noted that somebody had clicked on “Blueberry Chutney” on my blog and…VOILA… there it was from last summer…from the Oregonian Cookbook of 2012, (page 240) […]
Well, I’m beginning to think Italian thoughts, as we get organized for our trip this spring. The other day I felt the “Spring trajectory” cross the “Italian trajectory” in my head and…presto…RISOTTO! Our totally terrific local fish store FITTS SEAFOOD makes wonderful broth…halibut, chicken, fish stock and shrimp broth. They make the broth there at […]
From the sublime to the sublime. We came to the beach on New Year’s day with the car full of projects and books and instruments (well…a ukulele anyway) AND the last few persimmons from Richard and Juli’s big persimmon harvest this late fall. R wanted to make persimmon chutney so we looked up recipes on […]
“Back in the day”…the Arbor Cafe day, that is, R’s favorite birthday cake was one the cafe made that was cranberry-chocolate…no frosting. I took no recipes with me into the studio in 2004, but the last few years, at birthday time, there has been a certain pining for the cranberry chocolate cake, so this is […]
In September I visited my Auntie Pat in Wisconsin and as we parted she gave me her zucchini bread recipe. So, the other day, I had one big zucchini left and thought the moment had arrived…zucchini bread time. When I got out the recipe I noticed she had omitted the flour, so I got a […]
