by Brian | Jul 5, 2012 | Cooking Events, News, Recipes
Suzen and I are bouncing between Portland and Seattle and many points in between. We spent today in Westport, Washington, a maritime village located on the southern tip of the entrance to Grays Harbor. Fortunately, the “Harbor” houses only fishing boats and...
by Brian | Jul 4, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Rhubarb is a funny word. “Getting into a rhubarb” is an old-fashioned yet common expression, one I have yet to find the origins of. Rhubarb has been cultivated for over 5,000 years, beginning in China where it began its life as a spice and medicine. Rhubarb, in the...
by Brian | Jul 3, 2012 | Design and Communication
We’re expanding the range of our blog From time to time, there will be interesting things here about design and communications. You don’t think you foodies are affected by those issues? You think that stuff is all the domain of advertising guys whose grandfathers were...
by Brian | Jul 2, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Sangria. Wine purists think of it as a four-letter word. How could one possible contaminate wine, they say. Unless, of course, it’s not “proper” wine. If you want to make sangria with some cheap red from some Mediterranean country on the verge of bankruptcy,...
by Brian | Jul 1, 2012 | News, Shopping
Suzen and I are in Portland, Oregon visiting relatives. We met with an old friend, Delores Custer, author of the fabled Food Styling book. Delores took us on a grand tour of the Saturday farmers market in the South Park Blocks of downtown Portland. Now, I do...
