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Two Weeks, Behind the Scone: Recent Cooking, Bagels, Scones, Reading & Curries
bagels / cheese / cider / curry / dinner / FarMar / Get Sconed! / grits / Heartichoke / Isa Entertains / isa's new book / lasagna / local / mac & cheese / mushrooms / People's Co-op / photo essay / portland / Portland vegan / Portlandia / Portlanding / Portlanding on Get Sconed! / scones / Serious Eats / test kitchen / thai / Thai cuisine / tofu / vegan / vegan food

Two Weeks, Behind the Scone: Recent Cooking, Bagels, Scones, Reading & Curries

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I’ve been perusing Serious Eats (and wishing they’d read my mind and hand over my own vegan column already, jeez) quite a bit lately, and had to borrow one of their regular features as a title here, and hand it over to the past two weeks in my culinary life.  As I’m a bit nutty … Continue reading »

100 Days Homemade, Part VI: Days 54-65
FarMar / Isa Does It / italian / Lents International Farmers Market / local / portland / soup / stir fry / tempeh / test kitchen / tofu / vegan food / veganomicon

100 Days Homemade, Part VI: Days 54-65

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Oh my, I have entered into the big 3-0 birthday week, and what doesn’t that have one thinking about? I did get a stunning set of fancy French skillets from my younger sister as an early gift, which of course, gets me thinking that my little sister is older than I am, but I digress … Continue reading »

breakfast / brunch / dinner / Isa Does It / pie / Pie in the Sky / portland / salad / stir fry / test kitchen / The Inspired Vegan Cookbook / tofallo / tofu / tofu scramble / vegan food / Veggie Grill

Culinary Dwelling

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Much to my delight, life  has calmed and evolved in the past few weeks. These are some photos and dishes I created while life was not so calm. With this oh so welcome change, expect more updates in my internet-verse. Time is mine once more, and every damn day belongs to farmers markets and projects. – - … Continue reading »

burgers / Chloe's Kitchen / dinner / FarMar / farmer's market / Isa Does It / May Kaidee's Vegetarian and Vegan Cookbook / scones / test kitchen / Thai cuisine / The Sexy Vegan / VCIYCJ / vegan cookies

catch up: weekending with chloe’s kitchen, nacho scramble & thai

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The weekends have been treating me well: the dawn of the Spring farmers markets and seemingly endless varieties of raab and rapini, the ever-more frequent dry days, a growing trend of old fashioned cocktail bars in Portland, new cookbooks and creative supper dates with a special someone. I’ve been making relaxed, but focused meals from … Continue reading »

booze / Bryant Terry / chinese / dinner / seasonal / spicy / test kitchen / The Inspired Vegan Cookbook / tofu

Inspired Vegan Dining

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It takes a lot for a cookbook to truly hold my attention, and the stories and recipes, in addition to the soundtrack, of Bryant Terry’s Vegan Soul Kitchen did just that. This past January, his latest, The Inspired Vegan was released, and I’ve been captivated.  The words, the quotes, the instructions and meal components, were just … Continue reading »

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Long Weekending: Home-Cooking, Test Kitchen, Bay Leaf & BOH

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I had a wonderful long weekend. It marked the first time since November I’ve truly had a free weekend to cook and bake in a relaxed manner, in addition to a couple of swell meals out of the house. There was no special occasion, I wasn’t prepping for a dinner party or the week ahead, … Continue reading »