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What we’ve been cooking in our Pacific Northwest adventurese: my recipes and inspirations to share! A good recipe will help to use the food that needs to be eaten so nothing goes to waste. Even the “waste” is …

Many years back, after meeting my husband’s uncle, Gilbert, I realized we both had good taste (hey, I can dream, can’t I?!) because while the entire family ordered plat du jours from our menu at the restaurant at …

I really love food (can you tell?!) and the way it brings people together to conversate and appreciate, but nothing ups the ante more than having those folks who join you around the table join you in pulling …

After a delicious dinner cooked with one of my sous chefs, my first son, of crispy skinned salmon, creme fraiche mashed potatoes and a ratatouille of fennel, yellow squash, walla walla sweet onions, mushrooms, capers and a dash …

So about that chicken fried steak, or CFS… Lunch turned into a gourmet affair yesterday, so my dinner plans went to the wayside. No worries, I just kept my little cube steaks refrigerated until I was ready to …

I had all the best of intentions to make a great dinner of our family fave, chicken fried steak. I wrote out ideas for my creation and everything! Only problem was, it was time to crack open the …

Still recovering from a very long cold, it’s no reason to not celebrate the fact that it’s Friday. TGIF! The weather is gorgeous and no amount of lingering congestion is going to stop the fact that we need …