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We don't normally run many recipes (though I wish I had a recipe writer). However I'll sometimes write posts about cocktails, holiday recipes etc., and we sometimes excerpt recipes from cookbooks here. Author Nancy Rommelmann also contributes to this section.

Memories – Making Mayonnaise From Scratch

By PDX Food Dude Last Update June 21, 2017

Making Mayonnaise from ScratchI’ve written many times about my early summers on a cattle ranch in Texas, here's one more story. I’m taking you back once more for a recipe I use all the time, my grandmother’s mayonnaise.

My first summer in Waxahachie was in 1962. I took the plane trip alone, and that by itself was enough to make the whole summer worthwhile. In those days, the “stewardess” would give a young traveler

How to Make Bacon Apple Pie – Jenn Louis

By PDX Food Dude Last Update April 20, 2018

Bacon apple pie finishedThey say one can't taste a dish through a picture. Conversely, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. This is one picture that left me speechless and drooling. As Nancy Rommelmann said, "It makes you wonder: why in the world haven't we ALWAYS eaten this?" I give you, Bacon Apple Pie by Jenn Louis of Lincoln Restaurant and Culinary Artistry, via Lance

Local Figs: A Love Letter to a Short Sweet Season

By CuisineBonneFemme Last Update August 15, 2014

FigsPortland has been raining figs. There are big brown, black and green blobs on the sidewalks, on top of cars, and backyards have been turned into slippery landmine fields. It won’t last long though, because we are reaching the end of the local fig season. Fresh figs remind me, somewhat sadly, that summer has now peaked and I need to savor every last bite of it, for there are only a couple of the good weather months

Making the Perfect Gin and Tonic

By PDX Food Dude Last Update April 9, 2020

limes - 360pxGin and tonics are pretty easy to make, but there are a few things you can do to make it better.

Updated 4.20. Gin & Tonic is what my father would have called “an honest drink.”… Read the rest

Vodka Cucumber/Mint Lemonade for a Hot Day

By CuisineBonneFemme Last Update July 11, 2014

Cocktail Mint

Reposted from 2006 by Lizzy Caston

Some things are worth repeating!

Here’s a bit of Dude trivia: he’s not only a good cook – his Sunday dinners for friends are well-known, but he’s also an awesome bartender.… Read the rest

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