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saving lives the Jamie Oliver way

Hard for me to believe that some people do not know how to cook, like from scratch. By scratch, I mean with a raw onion, carrot, or whatever. I guess I am lucky and did not even know it. My mother knows how to cook, both of my grandmothers cooked, I am now lead to [...]

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Best Christmas Gifts for Foodies (me)

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Have you already prepared your gifts for your favorite foodie? Do not fret, it is not too late. No, forget that TGI Friday’s gift certificate you saw at Safeway. You can give that to my brother. He would put it to good use, but if you really care for the foodie in your life check [...]

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Bistro San Martín

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The kids and I made an impromptu trip to Western Washington for a couple reasons. First, my Great Uncle Lawrence had recently passed and there was a memorial for him. It was really a nice ceremony and we were glad that we could make it. It was when I was sitting there that I realized [...]

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Is your chicken contaminated?

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Sunday was a lot of things, St. Nikolaus Day, My grandmother’s 95th birthday, and a day of travel.
Driving across the state of Washington is not my favorite thing to do. The boring 370 mile trek through the cities, the mountain pass then forever along the straight, mostly flat, roads of the Columbia Plateau on the [...]

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Starbucks VIA Ready Brew

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Recently Starbucks contacted me to see if I was interested in trying their new VIA Ready Brew. I do not claim to be a coffee connoisseur so I was reluctant. I drink coffee, occasionally, and I think I know what I like, but I am not in the slightest qualified to even give my opinion [...]

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an Award and a Winner

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What? An Award!
Jennifer over at Mud Pies for Mommy has given me this lovely award. She has the cutest blog about her SAHM (stay-at-home mom) life. My kids are much older than hers now, but it is fun to read her stories and reminisce of the days when my boys were doing those things to [...]

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A New Hello and A Giveaway

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once bright green wheat fields, now ugly stubble that we will see until the spring thaw brings new life

It’s probably my fault, no really. I feel responsible. I just posted about how cousin Autumn hadn’t reared his ugly head yet and we still have beautiful tomatoes. That maybe this year we [...]

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summer pests

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I don’t know about you but those pesky fruit flies are all over my kitchen. Don’t get me wrong I am not underestimating their keen sense to tell you when that cantaloupe on the counter has just passed its prime. Having my kitchen over run by these obnoxious pests is maddening.
You can go [...]

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eating my way through one crazy summer

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A PLACE

Back to school, with bitter-sweet feelings, we set our alarm for 6am. Could summer break really be over? It seems like just a couple weeks ago when school let out. In reality something like 12 weeks have passed. Really?

I love the fresh farm markets on the side of the road all over Skagit County, [...]

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this week’s veggie adventures & treasures

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young onions, so many uses, these babies will be gone fast

Fava Beans, this is the first time this year and the first time ever receiving them from the CSA, I am so excited. I cannot decide if I want to blanch slightly then saute with a little garlic or onion from above or grill on [...]

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