CHARCUTERIE | HOW TO MAKE A CHARCUTERIE SPREAD
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by john
2y ago
Our friends and family know that when you come to our house, there will be a charcuterie spread waiting for them. What can we say? We love to eat cheese. In preparation for our guests, we hit up our local markets to find the best ingredients for our spread. We like to change up our selections frequently, after all, variety is the spice of life. There is no limit to the combinations you can try. How To Select & Combine Ingredients When selecting your cheese, you want an assortment. Choose a mixture of cow, goat and sheep cheese as well as a combination of soft and firm cheese. The same goes ..read more
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Unique Mushrooms from Deschutes Gourmet Mushrooms
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by Tara
2y ago
Pink and fleshy with tiers of ruffles spilling out of pint-sized blue produce boxes, nestled between silvery blue and creme oyster mushrooms, this fruiting body of a fungus looks like a beautiful science project rather than a tropical species found in nature. This is what stopped me dead in my tracks at the Wednesday Farmer’s market. I bought the gorgeous mushrooms from Rob of Deschutes Gourmet Mushrooms and brought them home to cook up a mushroom risotto. Slivers of pink, grey, and white mushrooms adorned tiny pearls of rice.   A few weeks later, I couldn’t get those mushrooms off ..read more
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Hood River Fruit Loop, Explore Apple Picking in Oregon
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by Tara
3y ago
What would a Newtown Pippin taste like? Or a Manchurian Crab or Black Gilliflower? Winter Banana? That one is easy, hints of bananas. Every October, my family and I taste our way around a 35-mile loop full of fruit stands, orchards, and vineyards. Come fall, when the morning is crisp with the feeling of winter approaching, we eat as many apples as our stomachs allow, sticking the toothpicks into the firm meat of the belly and plopping the hard chunks into our mouths, waiting for the sweet and tart to tingle our tongues. Is it too mealy or firm? Does the smell reminisce of pineapples or strawbe ..read more
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SCREW MILES, START DRINKING FUCKING MERLOT
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by Tara
3y ago
In his oversize, frumpy, brown corduroy jacket, the pinot noir-loving Miles delivered the famous line that altered an industry; “If anyone orders merlot, I am leaving. I am not drinking fucking merlot!” Ever since the movie Sideways released in October 2004 (nominated for five Academy Awards) winemakers such as Billy Dim, owner of Blendtique Wine Co, blame it for declining merlot sales. “merlot is one of the best grapes on the planet,” says Billy. “And the movie did some damage to its reputation.” Merlot sales were already slowly falling, but after the movie, it got worse, giving it the name ..read more
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Best Secret Beach on Oahu | Waimanalo Beach
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by Tara
4y ago
On the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii, located on the eastern end of the island, the beach is wide, sandy, and makes for excellent swimming, sunbathing, or taking long walks on the beach. Waimanalo Beach Park is a thirty-eight-acre park. For some reason, there are not a lot of tourists at this beach, which makes it the best-kept secret on Oahu. The sand is soft and white, and the blue on a sunny day becomes bright turquoise. From the shoreline, you can see the Koolau Mountains that are not far off in the distance. Farther down the beach, Ironwood trees stand in groves. Waimanalo Beach You can get ..read more
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Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza Recipe
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by Tara
4y ago
Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza Recipe I’m sure all of us have been hunkering down at home, looking for some comfort where we can find it. For myself, I have always liked the idea of cooking but usually not the actual chore of it. In these times, I am finding myself in the kitchen often, looking through cookbooks and pondering what else I should make. In the past, I found I had little time for cooking and found myself irritated that I had to waste my precious minutes preparing food for dinner. Now I see new enjoyment with rolling out the dough, cutting up the garlic into fine slivers, and the con ..read more
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Weekend Along the Oregon Coast: Newport to Depoe Bay
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by Tara
4y ago
Weekend Along the Oregon Coast: Newport to Depoe Bay.   “Do you swallow, or do you chew?” That was the ongoing debate on how to eat an Oyster as we drove towards Yaquina Bay for our weekend of seafood galore. Our plans? To eat as many oysters as we can during our three day trip along the Oregon Coast, from Newport to Depoe Bay. For anyone who lives inland, the Ocean beckons you for a road trip. Springtime along the Oregon Coast offers the promise of migrating whale sightings, fresh, briny oysters, and rugged cliffs framing the vast blue Ocean. When winter is almost over but too rainy to enjoy ..read more
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SCREW MILES, START DRINKING FUCKING MERLOT: THE MERLOT MOVEMENT
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by Tara
4y ago
“If anyone orders Merlot I am leaving. I am not drinking fucking Merlot!” You know that line. It’s famous and didn’t help the decline of the Merlot industry. It even has a name, The Sideways Effect. You can’t rename the Merlot. Merlot is the name of an actual grape varietal. I admit it, occasionally, like real occasionally, once in every three years occasionally, I will still buy a bottle of Merlot . Tucking it down in my shopping cart beneath the leafy kale and three pack paper towels. Hoping I don’t run into anyone I know or that the cashier doesn’t see the label on my bottle. That movie did ..read more
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Top 10 Places to See in Paris, France
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by Tara
4y ago
Top 10 Places to See in Paris, France Imagine a city with a small town feel. That is what Paris feels like.  Everything is revolved around the slow moving Seine river.  Wandering down the cobblestone roads surrounded by history and hearing the most beautiful language you have ever heard. The architecture of the city, such intricate carvings from the churches to the apartments that line the Seine. So many parks to visit with stunning sculptures surrounded by neatly trimmed shrubs and boxwoods. Parisians lounging in the green metal chairs that surround the fountain. Smells of chocolate croissant ..read more
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Photography Art Prints | 30% Off Prints Through 1/18/2020
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by Tara
4y ago
  Fine Art Photography Prints for Sale   Now available, fine art photography prints on our online store. Satisfy your wanderlust by perusing through our galleries of images taken from around the world. Film Photography Shot with film which lends to that soft, ethereal  look. Art prints beautifully on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 paper. The Hahnemuhle has a wonderfully soft feel and lending each photograph with a three-dimensional textural appearance and impressive depth. Custom Orders Available Don’t see the size or frame you want? Just shoot us an email for custom made orders. Not sure which ima ..read more
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