The Magic of Leeks
Thank you, Julia Child, for proving it could be this easy.
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Happy Anniversary in PDX
We had lots of fun recently and great food in Portland, OR at the Bollywood Theater, Racion, Olympic Provisions and St. Jack's.
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Portland Oregon , restaurants , sous vide , Culture Karen Tripson February 2, 2015 Bollywood Theatre , Racion , St Jacks , Olympic Provisions , NE Alberta Street , Spanish Cuisine , Bistro , Indian , charcuterie , salumeria , chorizo
Lemon Tart by a Non-Baker
Oh, the challenges of baking when you are not a baker by nature -- or experience.
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Special Menu for New Friends
Entertaining is not always your dear old friends or family. How do you reciprocate when you’ve been wined and dined by people you don't know very well?
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appetizer , salad , Cookbooks , entree , Event , good reading , main entree , party food , restaurants , Seattle WA , side dish , vegetarian option Karen Tripson November 18, 2014 dessert , David Lebovitz , My Paris Kitchen , Ottolenghi , Plenty , The Perfect Scoop , Living the Sweet Life in Paris , Entertaining , Menu planning , Daniel Boulud , Jerusalem , Woodinville Wineries
Mid-Century Modern Style Party
All about the joy of receiving a special invitation to a party and what it inspires.
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Sous Vide Obsession
When you want it moist and juicy, sous vide is the best method. I am having great results in my beer cooler but of course have ordered the next generation Anova that will take directions from my ipad.
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Hot Weather Entertaining
Sugar and spice and a whole lot of fish sauce make this summer night extravagant.
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Cookbooks , seasonal menu , summer menu Karen Tripson August 19, 2014 summer menu , watermelon salad , pok pok portland , pok pok hens , ike's wings , Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings , Kai Yaang , Thai hens
Pok Pok: The Cookbook Experience
Once you have visited the Pok Pok shrine in Portland, you must have the cookbook and all the accessories.
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Cookbooks , good reading , restaurants , rotisserie cooking , Writers Karen Tripson July 7, 2014 chicken , Pok Pok , Kai Yaang , Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings , Magnolia's Bookstore , Andy Ricker , Mike Vrobel , Laap Pet Issan , minced duck salad
What's Waldo E Sexton Have To Do With It?
Meals that changed my life? All things that Papa gave me to eat: Lady finger banana omelets, tongue and German potato salad, frog legs and lamb chops.
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My Paris Kitchen: Lunch with David Lebovitz
I feel like I saw him at his last small club appearance and the next time he comes to town it will be a stadium show.
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appetizer , Cookbooks , Event , Seattle WA , Writers Karen Tripson April 30, 2014 David Lebovitz , boat street cafe , Queen Anne Books , Renee Erickson , My Paris Kitchen , Grand Aioli , Duck Terrine , Bay Leaf Pound Cake , Tariquet Cotes du Gascogne Blanc
Karen Tripson to hold lecture, book signing at McKee Botanical Garden
Tripson’s lecture will spotlight her novel "The Cooking Class in Kuala Lumpur," a story about food, friendship and coping with the joy and challenges of being 50-something in today’s economy.
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Pok Pok: The Restaurant Experience
Thirty people waiting in the rain in front of the small yellow house, not seeming to mind at all, is pretty much how it always is at Pok Pok.
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restaurants , rotisserie cooking , Portland Oregon Karen Tripson February 25, 2014 Pok Pok , Portland , Andy Ricker , Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings , Kai Taang , rotisserie chicken , papaya salad , papaya pok pok
A Basque Pintxo Party Menu for Frugal Fun
Sharing the cooking makes it so easy and inexpensive for everyone to dine as though in San Sebastian.
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Lark Style Savoy Cocktail Party
The longest running reading, tasting or cooking group I have ever participated in is loosely titled "Savoy". Originally named after Harry Craddock's book of prohibition era cocktail recipes served at the Savoy Hotel in London, we've since moved through that and on to The PDT Cocktail Book or...
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Cookbooks , Distillery , Seattle WA , Writers Karen Tripson December 11, 2013 The Savoy Cocktail Book , The PDT Cocktail Book , Lark cooking against the grain , David Lebovitz , Le Mary Celeste , Paris , Woodinville Distillery , Sun Liquor Co , Rachel's Ginger Beer , Gin Buck , Toronto , geoduck ceviche , guanciale wrapped dates with cheese , pork pave with treviso and cherry garnish , farro with mascarpone and arugula , wild mushroom soup , delicata squash glazed with fresh apple cider , horse drawn farms , Brooklyn Lager , Brooklyn IPA , Brooklyn Brown ale
charley+may co Tasting and Signing Event Photos
It is so much fun to meet new people and introduce them to Malaysian cuisine. I love the look on their face when they first taste, the surprise and then pleasure, which reminds me every time how the experience inspired my novel.
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My All American Pok Pok Rotisserie
David Chang's Lucky Peach magazine is my favorite culinary read and when he featured the Pok Pok chicken recipe I had to immediately get a rotisserie attachment.
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Cookbooks , main entree , rotisserie cooking Karen Tripson November 11, 2013 Pok Pok , Andy Ricker , pok pok chicken , pok pok portland , pok pok ny , david chang , peter meehan , lucky peach , ivanramen tokyo , i love america , horse drawn farms , book larder seattle , pok pok cookbook
Out of the Comfort Zone: Making Chocolate Candy
The power of David Lebovitz is to inspire the non-baker into a candy maker.
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Easy After Dinner Sweets for a Crowd: Kulfi
How to serve 24 home-made, unusual desserts easily without turning on the oven.
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Block Paaarty!!!!
Is the block party an American cultural phenomenon? I don't know. I like my neighbors but I seldom see them. Why is that?
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A Small Tasting Menu for a Book Signing
The Cliff Notes of Malaysian flavors in three bites and a sip: Shrimp with Coconut Curry, Anchovies, Tropical Salad and the Jungle Bird Cocktail.
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