Archive for May, 2010

Catering a bridal shower

Recently I admonished the Twitters to fear my salmon log. While perhaps laden with entendre, this does capture a bit of the prep-work I did over the last day and a half catering a friend’s bridal shower. I knocked off of work early to go shopping. I spent the rest of the afternoon preparing food [...]

Sous-vide in a thermos

I’ve wanted to try out sous-vide cooking methods for a while now. Once the technique was written up in the New York Times a few years ago, it has become the next big thing among home chefs. There are now home sous-vide ‘water ovens‘ which are within the price range of your average yuppie, but [...]

Rails under NW 23rd

The city of Portland has been slowly, steadily repaving NW 23rd. There are big banners unfurled across the streets to ensure shoppers that, yes, no stores have been paved over and still accept all major credit cards. It’s been fun to watch the construction. They close down a few blocks at a time and excavate [...]