Linguine with Doppelbock Wild Mushroom Sauce
Of all the abundant natural resources we enjoy in the Pacific Northwest, wild mushrooms occupy a lofty status due to their rarity. Even if you don’t live in an area where you can forage for wild fungi,...
View ArticlePasta with House Sauce ● Yours or Mine
How generic can you get with a recipe? How about "Pasta with House Sauce"? In truth, how often, especially when time is an issue, do we turn to pasta to help us put a meal on our table? It can be the...
View ArticleSmoked Alaskan Sockeye Salmon and Shrimp Ravioli
Smoked Alaskan Sockeye salmon, shrimp and leeks make a wonderful stuffing for an easy recipe for ravioli using won-ton wrappers. Top it off with steamed mussels and a sauce of white whine, cream, fish...
View ArticleDungeness Crab, Wild Mushroom and Pine Nut Lasagne
Wild mushrooms permeate the forests of the Pacific Northwest like spring bluebonnets cover fields in Texas. Most supermarkets offer ample selections of the ones that are easily cultivated, such as...
View ArticleA Spectacular Okra Orzo — Made from What’s On Hand
Every now and then I open the kitchen cupboard or spare freezer in the garage and have to stifle a scream because both are bulging with so many half-used boxes of pasta, cans of diced tomatoes,...
View ArticlePasta with Shrimps in a Creamy Tomato Sauce
When is the best time to enjoy the bright flavor of tomatoes? Anytime! These native Mexican fruits are at their best sun-ripened and just off the vine. For me, out of season tomatoes are merely...
View ArticleWarm Caprese Pasta Salad with Sopressata
Insalata Caprese, a simple salad in the style of Capri, is so simple that you must use the very best ingredients in season or it will by ordinary at best. The required ingredients are fresh tomatoes,...
View ArticleSpaghetti in Cream Sauce with Shrimp and Bacon Meatballs
I love shrimp! I love bacon! Shrimp loves bacon and bacon loves shrimp. We're such a lovey-dovey group Grinding them both up into some savory meatballs for pasta in a creamy sauce seems like a...
View ArticlePasta Shells with Tuna, Capers, Lemon, Olives and Tomatoes – A No-cook Sauce
In the world of canned tuna, there’s much more than Starkist or Bumble Bee. Water packed tuna was all the rage a few decades ago for those eating on the lean side but oil packed, especially olive oil...
View ArticleCelebrate spring with dandelion greens pesto, lasagna
For most of us, dandelions are obnoxious weeds. They’re something to be pulled, yanked and banished from well-manicured lawns. But consider this: Their leaves are edible and according to the University...
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