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Simple to Spectacular — Parmesan-crusted Halibut with Sauce Marseillaise and Clams
Simple to Spectacular is the title of one of my well-used cookbooks by Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman. The header on the cover reads, “How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication.” My copy opens naturally to ...
Winter Oregon monsoons mean a trip to the culinary tropics — Dover Sole Steamed in Banana Leaves
In the wintertime most of the U.S. is gripped by snow, freezing weather, or some combination of the two. In Oregon, we have the winter monsoons. It rains almost daily from November until April. Most of the time it’s a civilized, spritzing kind of r...
Holy Bananas!
When we have dinner parties and cook Thai food for company, our guests usually ask the names of the dishes they’re enjoying. Sometimes things just don’t translate well into English! Sometimes you need a censor at our dinner table. Most of the tim...
Chicken Marsala with Oyster Mushrooms and Sage
I have been making Chicken Marsala for ages. I probably first encountered at in the 1970s at The Grape, a Dallas restaurant. It was love at first bite. My first recipe to use as a guide came from The Cooking of Italy published by Time-Life Books in 1...
You Say Tomato and I Say Tomahto, You Say Susie and I Say Sushi — Tomato “Sushi”
Saturday evening was planned in advance to be a gathering of Salem friends, Tina and Steve Martin along with Steve Anchell and wife, Donna Conrad. All are real estate clients of mine morphed into dear family friends. We love it when our friends posse...
Duck Legs Braised in Pinot Noir with Roasted Pears and Cipollini Onions
” Tonight: Pinot Noir Braised Duck Legs with Roasted Pears and Onions” I wrote in my status quote on Facebook. Friends as far away as Texas declared they could be here by dinner time. Jane Owen, oboist with the Fort Worth Symphony and fre...


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