All posts tagged: Cook

Love Where You Live

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At the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Yamhill River in the Willamette Valley, sits the historic town of McMinnville, Oregon.  Fresh off of a full day exploring Portland following The Hello Sessions the night before, at least a dozen of my friends and I headed 40 miles southwest for the ‘Love Where You Live’ wine country dinner. Co-hosted by the gracious Chelsey Nichol of Type A Press and my savvy friend, Maggie Battista, of Eat Boutique, guests were served passed hors devours, cocktails, and a 5-course family style meal prepared by Let Um Eat Collective inspired by Maggie’s new cookbook, Food Gift Love. Chelsey’s fourth generation family-owned printing warehouse, which houses her antique letterpress, and the studios of painter, Zach Hixson and sign painter, Mitch Horning, served as the venue. Until you make it up to Oregon for your next weekend getaway, and I strongly suggest you do, here is a taste of McMinnville for you to enjoy at home. “Newby’s Ransom Punch”, named for the founder of McMinnville, William T. Newby, and the locally produced Ransom Spirits, was …

Coffee Table Lunch

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Two days later, I woke up craving fried chicken, but the next best thing I could think of was to dredge the cod fillet in my refrigerator with chana besan and whip up a salad from the fantastic greens grown in our school yard garden that I picked the afternoon before.  I was HUNGRY and it was only 10am.  Luckily my neighbor has a hearty appetite thanks to nursing her little one, so we plopped around the coffee table and dug right in.    Cod sticks & garlic aioli. Avocados & greens. Homemade pesto atop quinoa pasta.  Red peppers & hummus. Before noon. Excuses.  I believe not having my bags sorted out is excusable since they don’t get in the way of the fun of having friends over.  Now the excuse for needing the bags in the first place?  Like I said, some more thought and another post altogether for that one, I suppose! Have a great start to your summer!  Can you believe it?  Clearly I am way behind on spring clearing, not cleaning.  …