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Too Hot To Cook?

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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raw beet salad with macerated shallots

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Why does everyone insist that beets need to be cooked or pickled to enjoy them. When I served up this raw beet salad there was fear in the eyes of some as they had never eaten a beet raw. Beets are like carrots only different, I explained. After the first bite they [...]

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Summer Salad Rolls with Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

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This is one of my favorite summer time dishes. It couldn’t be simpler, no cooking involved just requires a few top quality, super fresh ingredients. After the enormous amount of super salad greens (there were many other colors in there too) from my CSA I decided that these had to be on the [...]

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Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live

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sensitivity disclaimer: language, nudity (yep, cooking in the buff, now that could hurt)
This youtube video is just a preview, for the whole program click the link below.

This is a TV program that aired in the UK in January. It is part of a push to get more people to cook at home and [...]

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Vinaigrette

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Once you have a vinaigrette recipe under your belt the number of dishes you can pull together in a flash are immeasurable. This is so easy there is no excuse to use the bottled goo from the supermarket. I have haunting memories about salads dressed with a glob of something gelatinous and [...]

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