a corny Thanksgiving
This year's non-traditional Thanksgiving was back to Mexican, because there's no American like Mesoamerican. Last time (2010) was based on Roberto Santabanez's Truly Mexican; this time, we made a menu…
Read MoreArchive: 7 posts on seafood
seafooda mosquito thanksgiving
Yes, yes, I realize I'm posting this a full month after Thanksgiving ... bookmark it and save the ideas for next year, OK? This year's non-traditional Thanksgiving menu was inspired by…
Read Moreone-pan tomato garlic salmon
Believe it or not, one of the things we do when we stay in a small town vacationing is visit the local library. And in exceptionally nice cases -- and…
Read MoreSalmon with blackberry-honey compote
Since we were having Rosh Hashana on the road, I wanted to cook a themed dinner in our rental cottage. And since we were on Orcas Island, it was gonna…
Read Morea Scandinavian Thanksgiving, part 1
We never do traditional American Thanksgiving at our place, but this year particularly called for something a little different. With only the four of us, we really didn't want to…
Read Morerummy shrimp
This is a Cuban recipe I got out of a memoir of 1940s Cuba I read a while back. It's really nice for the current quarantine because the only fresh…
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