Feed Me Portland!

Our third and final Thanksgiving dinner was at the home of the Molloys, just a week after the real T-Day. Darcy outdid herself with a beautiful pancetta-wrapped roast and other guests contributed all kinds of traditional yummy side dishes. I’ve been making the same side dish to bring to all of these dinners and itR

Our second Thanksgiving dinner of the season was at the home of friends of ours. One of them is a doctor and was scheduled to work all day Thanksgiving so they decided to postpone dinner a couple days and invited some friends and family over. And who wouldn’t accept an invitation to an extra holiday [...]

This year we’re lucky enough to have not one but *three* Thanksgiving dinners to attend. The first one, on the day itself, was held at our house. All of Chris’s family was in attendance as well as several friends making a grand total of 18. Everyone contributed to the meal so it was a true [...]

It’s been a long time, I know, but what better way to return to world of blogging than with cake. And not just any cake, but a beautiful, bouncing bundt cake. This past week saw the celebration of National Bundt Day, a whole 24-hour period devoted to the beauty of the bundt. Why bundt cakes? [...]

I’m a lottle* late with my write-up about that hazy, crazy last week of April when it seemed the food universe was spinning around this little burg called Portland. It started off with the convergence of the IACP conference — that’s the International Association of Cooking Professionals. Though I certainly

Do you like pie? Do you like avocados? Do you like avocado pie? You may not know it yet, but, yes, of course you do. Now, when most people think of avocados they think of savory foods: guacamole, turkey sandwiches, cobb salads. And that’s all well and good because I love those things, too. But [...]

The good people of the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission are once again sponsoring a sweet potato recipe contest this year. Last year, I tried my luck with a couple of recipes and this year I am once again throwing my proverbial hat into the ring with two entries. The first, you’ll see below — [...]

Spring sprang, but proved to be a fake-out as often happens here in the fickle northwest. It’s back to being chilly and grey, but no need to let it get you down. Especially not when there’s soup to be had. I felt like a steaming hot bowl of chicken and dumpling soup… but how about [...]

I’ve spent most of my adult life thinking that I had a black thumb. My house plants always died and I managed to off more than a few other people’s plants, too. I was a little fearful when we moved into our current home that had all these living things in the yard. How long [...]

I just can’t resist a good recipe contest and that’s doubly (triply! 3.14-ly!) true when we’re talking about a math-nerd, pie-based recipe contest. So when I found out about Serious Eats Pi Day contest, I knew this was an opportunity I could not let pass. My first instinct, of course, was to go with a math