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2 Meals in Vegas...
For a quick bit, lunch perhaps, I suggest the pizza parlor at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. It is great pizza.
Is my vanilla vodka ruined?
Drink it. Nothing that can kill you can survive in 80 proof alcohol.
Razor clam ideas
When I was a kid we used to get Pacific razor clams. We would dredge them in well seasoned flour and put them in a very hot pan with a good amount of oil. They only take a minute or two per side to cook.
Layover in Paris
I have only ever transfered through CDG. I spent four hours there and literally could not find anything to eat. I now make a point to plan my itinerary so that I transfer through Amsterdam.
Need help finding place for dinner between Beaverton and Salem!
La Provence Bistro in Lake Oswego is good. Prices are very reasonable and the food is very good. It is not far from Bridgeport Village.
Ground beef for meat broth?
I have seen recipes for a quick chicken broth that calls for ground chicken and whole bones going into a pressure cooker. Just strain it real good and you should be fine.
What's your very most favorite PB&J combination?
Here in the Willamette Valley we get the best blackberries. My wife makes and cans blackberry jam in the summer so we have it year round. Obviously you won't have any of my wife's homemade jam but I' m sure any home made jam would do.
My favorite is creamy Skippy peanut butter with the aforementioned jam served open face on a toasted English muffin.
Sunday Brunch at Beast
I am all good with a righteous and heavy meal first thing in the morning. No issue there.
Is their brunch the two and a half to three hour ordeal that dinner is?
Sunday Brunch at Beast
Anybody ever been to Sunday brunch at Beast? What are your thoughts?
Ruthless from Sierra Nevada
I bought it. I drank it. I enjoyed it. I probably won't go out of my way to buy it again. But if is on sale at a reasonable price I may pick some up.
It is not something that I would serve to a crowd of people.
Pastry Chefs of Portland - Techniques, skill... where?
The original store in Lake Oswego is called La Provence. The other three are called Petite Provence.
Best Mexican Food In Salem
La Perla at the Reed Opera house makes a fantastic burrito. I got mine with pork carnitas. It was about four dollars.
Pastry Chefs of Portland - Techniques, skill... where?
The pastries at La Provence Bistro in Lake OSwego are fantastic. The have smaller shops in The Dalles and PDX on Division and Alberta.
Wine with Beef Stew
Agree. If you used merlot (or insert other varietal) in the stew drink a nicer merlot.
Suggestions for pizza topping combinations, please!
Standard red sauce and mozzarella cheese, bacon, then crack an egg right over the top midway through cooking. Keep the yolk runny.
The payola scandal at the Wine Advocate
I'm sure this sort f thing happens more often than anybody knows.
Brunch dishes off the grill?
Grilled peaches with pound cake toasted on the grill topped with a bit of whipped cream.
British buffet starts charging admission fees for babies
What is great about a free market is that if you find this establishment's practice to be offensive, you don't go. If enough people don't go, they either change their ways or go out of business.
Oxford Companion to Beer
Does anybody have it? Has anybody seen it? What are your thoughts?
The American Christmas Table
Now that Thanksgiving is over we can focus on Christmas. As much as I love the Thanksgiving dinner, it is very predictable. Every table will have turkey, some variation of stuffing, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, etc...
In my view Christmas is where America's cultural and ethnic diversity shines. My mom's family used to always have lutefisk and lefsa on Christmas Eve. Christmas day was a production with prime rib, baked potatoes, salads, rolls, and a ton of desserts. I know some Mexican families that get together nd make a ton of tamales, and some Eastern European families that do a ton of pierogies.
What are your Christmas traditions and where do they come from?
Homebrew for the Seasons
I think I have decided to go with the Columbus IPA extract kit available at morebeer.com. Maybe after this batch I will get away from the kits and start using recipes provided online as guidelines for my own styles!
