On this wonderfully hot day in SW Oregon, where 90 degree days are rare indeed (I’m enough of a skeptic to doubt all the forecasts until my own personal temp indicator suggests otherwise – it now, at 3 pm, reads 82 degrees!), I’ll ignore the garden for a bit and do Part 3 of my [...]
Archive for July, 2009
America’s Food Secrets III – Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Posted in America's Food Secrets, Food, tagged cajun migration, cultural food heritage, Foodways, liver dumplings, Recipes of Old Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve Missouri on July 28, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Garden – As Mistress and Master
Posted in Garden, Oregon, tagged beans, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, Garden, growing vegetables, Secret Life of Plants, Steve Solomon, tomatoes, winter squash on July 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been ignoring my blog lately mainly because of the amount of time the garden is demanding – not that it isn’t fun, but it does cut into one’s other activities. And I keep remembering that awhile back, I was badmouthing the garden, well actually, the weather – and now both have made significant [...]
Pork is for Sharing
Posted in Food, Roasting, tagged Asado de Puerco a la Veracruzana, Diana Kennedy, dried chiles, Recipes from the Regional Cooks of Mexico, roast pork, Veracruz Pork Roast on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, we had our good friend, Rich over to reconnect, share some stories, and to show him the progress in the garden – since we usually are making something a little bit special each weekend, it was also an opportunity to share some good food, and talk about it as well over a few beers. [...]
Making the Common Not So Common
Posted in Food, Smoking, tagged ahi tuna, Albacore tuna, BBQ'ed Albacore, canned tuna, smoked tuna, teriyaki marinade, the northwest, tuna belly, tuna loins on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Among the joys of living along the northwest coast of the U.S. in the summer is the return of the tuna – albacore tuna, to be specific. Now, albacore does not get the respect that ahi gets (ahi is a generic term and refers to the dark red, beefy type of tuna, such as [...]
America’s Food Secrets II – Holland, Michigan
Posted in America's Food Secrets, Food, tagged America's Food Secrets, America's food culture, community cookbooks, Cottage Cheese Pancakes, donuts, Dutch, Eet Smakelijk, Holland, Holland Michigan, pancakes, Pannekoeken on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s time to have a little more fun with the 2nd installment of America’s Food Secrets – as you may, or may not, remember, this is where we take a good look at a few selected community cookbooks, in the ultimate quest for America’s developing food culture. My theory is that, perhaps more than [...]
