On Fridays, Whole Foods in Santa Barbara has a pizza deal.
Buy 2 pizzas at regular price, and a third pizza of equal or lesser value is free.
We were hungry, and planned a quiet night in watching videos. What better meal to hunker down on the sofa with than some yummy pizza.
The pizzas ordered were ham […]
Check out these awesome blistered almonds, from the Saturday farmers market.
What was nice touch, wrapping them in little wax paper bags and tying them up with brown string.
They come in a variety of flavors, and the Chinese 5 Spice is nice, but I like the plain salted ones the best.
Just $5 for a big scoop.
Fat […]
This is part of the Freezer Clear Out Project. Items from the freezer: butter and almond meal.
There is FIVE POUNDS of almond meal in my freezer. Donna Hay magazines often have recipes that use almond meal to make cakes and baked items moist, but most use a quarter cup here, half a cup there. I […]
This is part of project Freezer Clear Out
Today’s freezer item is peas. I think I first bought them as some veg for roast dinners and for risotto with truffle oil and peas. I made those dishes ages ago and the peas have been languishing in the freezer since.
Traditional peas and lettuce probably has a better […]
Several food interests have recently collided to become breakfast synergy.
It started with sausages. I’ve been making sausages with some friends this past year. It’s mostly experimental recipes using chicken and pork. They’ve been great to store in the freezer and pull out for a fast meal, provided I remember to move them into the fridge […]
Just a casual update, I am taking a week-long vacation in Portland, and going crazy with the great food here.
The first couple days have been blessed with bright sunny weather, and the spring weather has created an explosion of flowers with street trees and herbaceous borders. It is like an English spring at Kew, but […]
Ah, Powell’s. At least four hours were spent here on our first full day in Portland. I stocked up on more Oishinbo books.
In the cafe, a cappuccino revitalized me in time for a round of drinks and snacks for happy hour down the street.
Powell’s
1005 W Burnside St
Portland, OR 97209
Powell’s website
There are some local cafes that do an admirable job of supporting the arts. Muddy Waters is one of them.
The music has been great (Fanfarlo, for a recent example), and they are constantly offering group exhibitions of art work. Like Dios de los Muertos around Halloween, and this past weekend, the Bar Napkin Biennale. […]
I love lemons, it’s such a useful and versatile fruit. For drinking, baking, flavoring, even household cleaning.
Sometimes I go through so many lemons in one go, particularly when I’m juicing, that I have a great abundance of zest. I keep a few tubs of zest in my freezer, too. Not wanting to let that great […]
The coming of spring means Lambrusco season! You can thank Sarita for that, she always seems to bring Lambrusco to all the spring and summer parties, as one of her many gracious talents.
The market is flush with blood oranges as well. I grabbed two pounds of them ($3 total), and picked up the Lambrusco from […]
