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salad

baby new potato salad with artisan bacon

You cannot get more local than your backyard. There is nothing better than the vegetables that you dig out of your own dirt. The farmer’s market finds are close, but till fall shy of the flavor of something that you’ve grown. It is amazing that there is anything growing in my backyard this year. [...]

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crisp duck breast on a shaved winter salad

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This ain’t no Skagit Valley mud flat duck! My first experience with duck was when some friends of mine from high school went hunting then baked it in a loaf pan. It looked like meat loaf and had ketchup poured over the top. It tasted like yuck, therefore I thought that I hated duck. Come [...]

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Too Hot To Cook?

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The Mercury in Seattle hit 103°F (39°C) this week, breaking all records in recorded history. I am sure that there were many a kitchen stove left abandoned during this heat wave. The interesting part, for me, is that here on the eastern side of the Cascade mountains it is usually that hot during [...]

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brown rice salad with chicken and avos

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This is a really great dish that can be enjoyed warm, room temp, or even cold the next day. Now, I am a huge lover of fresh herbs. They add such a lively flavor to your food then you need much less salt. Lemon juice and zest also work well in most dishes, [...]

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