Right after the wedding the BluePlate Misses and I went to lovely Rockaway Beach, Oregon for a short mini-moon (we’ll be flying off to sunny Mexico for the real thing this December).
We rented your classic cheesy beach house, with classic cheesy shell-encrusted furnishings and decor. However this beach house had a little something extra. In [...]
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In Portland, a Golden Age of Dining and Drinking (NY Times online)
Great. Just great. Now every obnoxious New Jersey twit with a platinum card in their wallet is going to come to Portland. Thanks, New York Times. Thanks for ruining it for everybody.
Back when I escaped from the right coast, Portland was this undiscovered [...]
If you payed close attention to snarky comments and references to the “Blue Plate Betrothed” then you would have ascertained that I was getting hitched.
More than one person has remarked to me “so now your going to have to change the name of your website”.
No I don’t.
If Fake Steve Jobs can continue to be both [...]
http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2007/08/so-is-it-fried.html
Ingredients:
1 15 oz can of pureed tomatoes
3 tbs all purpose flour
3 tbs olive oil
1tbs chili powder (or more if you like it spicy)
1 tsp ground cumin
1tsp dried oregano
Salt to taste
1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
1-3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 cups water or chicken stock
Instructions
Heat the olive oil in a skillet or wide sauce pan. Whisk in [...]
This light, quick-ish, and easy dish goes well with a glass of white wine, and a side of red wine.
Today is Julia Child’s birthday.
Butter something.
(seriously)
It’s Christopher Walken, makin’ chicken…