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Top Wineries in Walla Walla, WA
Picture taken by Nancy Palmer Walla Walla is in the southeastern region of Washington, approximately four hours by car from Seattle, Washington and thirteen miles from the Oregon border. Walla Walla is famous for not only its sweet onions but in th (read full article)
Sunday Dinner? How About Lamb?
Every once in a while, I say, "Let's not have chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy and peas for Sunday dinner." And Robin will usually say, "OK. What do you want?" So today - actually yesterday I said, "How about a leg of lamb, some Swiss chard, fresh (read full article)
Grow Your Own Roundup #43
Welcome to the roundup for the 43rd Grow Your Own event. Created by Andrea of Andrea’s Recipes, Grow Your Own is now in its fourth year! It was wonderful to host in July, I received submissions from all over the world and met several bloggers n (read full article)
Good Eats with Natural Beef
Anyone who knows quality beef will tell you that the plastic shrink wrapped stuff you find at the local Piggly Wiggly sure ain't it. And the truth is, finding flavorful, tender meat that hasn't been pumped full of hormones, antibiotics and othe (read full article)
Spicy Chicken and Peach Kabobs
I’m kabob-inspired after reading over a week’s worth of ridiculously good-looking kabob creations over at Sippity Sup. That’s right, Greg has been offering up a daily dose of skewered treats. This is not one of Greg’s (read full article)
Value Wine Quest - Pinot Noir for Entertaining
For sipping and sharing with guests, we like Pinot Noir - but often DON'T like the price. We've also stumbled across more than a few bottles that have a great price, but we might as well have been drinking water (expensive water at that!). A (read full article)
I Helped To Set a National Average!
by VirtualErn And not in a good way. I was looking at a list of events planned in my state for the summer and there were a few fitness events but mostly the summer will be filled with food & wine festivals. I live in the south so you already (read full article)
otto
The London eating scene although constantly evolving, seldom brings something truly new into the fold. However when it comes to cornmeal crust pizza, I can safely say I did not know of its existence before Otto sprang up on Chepstow Road, three bus (read full article)
Tyrus Evan 2006 Ciel du Cheval Claret and future vintages
When you hear the name, Ken Wright, what wine do you associate it with? For years when we heard Ken Wright we thought, “Pinot Noir.” Then we came across his Chardonnay from Celilo Vineyard in Washington. The biggest surprise of all came (read full article)
Interview with Mark Bitterman, Leading Expert on Culinary Salts
So many great finishing salts to try! I've been fascinated with the wide variety of salts available for cooking and especially finishing your dishes for years. After I wrote about the importance of salt, I learned of The Meadow, a shop i (read full article)
Healing Our Planetary Waters
I am waterirresistible.No obstacle can stop me,I go overunderaround and through.I change formsto steam or iceor rain.I bring lifewherever I go.I touch everyoneI meet.❧❀❧ It's been a week of wild storms in these parts. Thunder, lightening, high (read full article)
Lapin à la Crème de Moutarde (Rabbit With Mustard Cream Sauce)
You really can not have a good dinner without fresh bread. How about a baguette made from wheat and oat flour?After braising and then baking for 1 1/2 hours, we end up with a delightful rabbit dinner!And here is the dinner plated: Lapin à la Crème (read full article)
Cake Bite Scooper Winner and Morels
Oh, I got so caught up with Birthday Week I forgot to announce the winner of the restaurant grade scooper - just perfect for making Cake Bites, the absolutely delicious, pop-one-in-your-mouth dessert that is sweeping the blogs. Whitney Lee - From Som (read full article)
Osaka Insider will be Outside This Week
I’m heading back to visit my homeland for the first time in two and a half years. Oregon, USA. So this time around, I’ll let some fellow bloggers do the talking for me. Eye on East Asia has some great reading recommendations from around (read full article)
Personal Update
I haven’t managed a new post for awhile so I thought I would share a few notes about what’s happening in my life at the moment. Maybe you’ll accept this as a valid excuse. I hope so. Firstly, my teaching load is heavier. Most weeks (read full article)
Passport Weekend Columbia Gorge AVA
Bean and I attended the passport weekend in the Columbia Gorge AVA on April 8th and 9th and had a spectacular time. There were several things that struck me as exceptional on this trip. First and foremost was the friendliness of the all of the winem (read full article)
Columbia Gorge Passport Weekend – He said
Cascade Cliff Vineyards Bean and I attended the Columbia Gorge Passport Weekend on April 8th and 9th and had a spectacular time enjoying the people, the scenery, the geology and of course, the wines. Several things struck me as exceptional on this t (read full article)
Wine Week: Affordable Wines
We all know that wine drinking can be very expensive! Just ask my husband - he jokes that his entertainment budget tripled when we started dating as I tend to like expensive wines ... not the Bud Light he was accustomed to paying for! However, you do (read full article)
My Tillamook
Bring on more cheese, please! Food memories, and, or nostalgia, are important to me — as my regular readers know. My own personal food memories are as essential to this blog as are the... (read full article)
My Tillamook
Bring on more cheese, please! Food memories, and, or nostalgia, are important to me -- as my regular readers know. My own personal food memories are as essential to this blog as are the concepts of... (read full article)
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