Archive for June, 2006

Coq Au Vin

Coq au Vin — Chicken with wine. Preparing the chicken Get your ducks in a row, and your Mis en Place Potatoes, parsley, butter, onions, butter, mushrooms, and butter Dinner for deux Ingredients 1 chicken (frier — about 4 to 5 lbs) cut into pieces 3 cups cheap red wine (almost a whole 750ml bottle, [...]

Mac Pr0n

[cues Best of Barry White] Hey there darlin’ Why don’t you get comfortable? What have you got for me? Ooh, la la.

Comment-tally-vous

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Astoria (and points North)

I finally got up to Astoria last weekend. It’s good to have friends who have family with beach condos. We stayed in Seaview, played in Long Beach, and ate and drank in Astoria If you find yourself in Astoria, OR stop at the Cannery Café for clam chowder and a beer. Sled dog without sea-legs [...]

Salmon River Trail

The other weekend the cousin was in town and we visited Mt Hood and hiked a bit of the Old Salmon River Trail

Small Plates

I’ve got no recipes to speak of…but here are some snapshots. Tonight I broiled a butterflied Cornish Game Hen on both sides for about 10 minutes (they’re small, it doesn’t take long). I pulled the bird from the broiler and covered in my tomato sauce I had leftover from making pizza a week ago. I [...]