Omnivores Delight

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:58:00 +0000

This was dinner last night. This is one of those meals that takes me back to my childhood. Steak and potatoes. I spent years rejecting this meal after leaving home. I'd eaten so much steak and so...

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What's up with those Burgerking commercials?

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:34:00 +0000

I don't usually have much control of the remote in our house, so I miss a lot of commercials. I do see enough to wonder "what the hey! what is up with the Viagra and Enzyte commercials right at...

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Easy homemade mac and cheese

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:15:00 +0000

A few days ago my girls were begging for mac and cheese. Not the super rich yummy homemade kind, but that processed stuff in the blue box. Well, I didn't have any blue box mac and cheese. I was...

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Quick Beef Noodle Soup

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:33:00 +0000

My husband made this great soup last night. It cured my soar throat and was delicious! Here's his recipe: Quick Beef Noodle Soup 2 cans beef consomme 6 cans water 2 star anise 1 cinnamon...

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Chinese Kale - Early havest meal

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000

Back in August of 2008 I posted about our trip to Oakland's Chinatown. While we were there I picked up a few seed packets in one of the many awesome grocery stores there. One of those packets was...

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A Hundred and One Uses For Salt

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:58:00 +0000

A good friend of mine from work gave me this awesome little book. It was published in 1914 by the Diamond Crystal Salt Co. of St. Clair Michigan. It has a nice little forward by a woman named...

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Stuck on Spatulas Food + Cooking: Gourmet.com

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:36:00 +0000

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Do You Use Specialty Salts in the Kitchen?

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:17:00 +0000

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Fortuna Rodeo Chili Cookoff

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:08:00 +0000

Yesterday was the kick off of Fortuna's Rodeo Week, starting with the Chili Cook Off. This is a fun event that's growing in popularity. I sampled some excellent chili, and have to say, "where did...

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Texas Chili Cook Off

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:55:00 +0000

This internet joke always seems to float around right about the time Fortuna has their chili cook off. It's absolutely hilarious. I see it every year, but I still laugh until I'm crying every time...

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Gourmet cooking in camp

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:06:00 +0000

Last weekend we took a break from the world and had a little camp trip on the South Fork of the Trinity River. There's nothing better then a meal cooked and eaten outside, and we went gourmet most...

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Peasant Soup

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:43:00 +0000

Minestrone soup was sounding good to me the other day. I started to explore the many different versions of this soup there are out there and also ran onto some Portuguese soups that were similar,...

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noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:37:00 +0000

Cordelia is showing her first sheep at the fair. Be there at 1 pm for the auction to cheer her on or put in your bid.

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Humboldt County Fair Livestock Auction

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:59:00 +0000

Love Your Farmers Market

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:25:00 +0000

I just voted in the "Love Your Farmers Market" contest sponsored by Care2.com and LocalHarvest.org to help my favorite market, Ferndale Farmers' Market, win a grand prize of $5,000. I care about...

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noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:15:00 +0000

I haven't posted in a while, and here's why. I've been searching for full time work, then the fair hit. Normally that wouldn't affect my time so much except that this year my daughter was in 4-H...

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Loleta Bakery

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:39:00 +0000

I woke up this morning to my husband "gone fishin' " and not a single drop or speck of coffee in the house. Ugh! I was mortified! But then! My foggy mind woke up just enough to remember we have a...

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The new food fighters - Health

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:20:00 +0000

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Manic Batching Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:52:00 +0000

I don't know if you can see just how much rain is coming down in this picture, but it's our first good rain in months. It's unusual to go so long without here behind the Redwood Curtain. It's been...

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Frozen Peanut Butter Pie with Candied Bacon

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:41:00 +0000

Interesting recipe! I may have to give it a try just for the sheer novelty of it. 2000s Recipes + Menus: Gourmet.com Shared via AddThis

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Kimberly's Syrah 2006

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:23:00 +0000

This is the wine we had with dinner last night for our anniversary. I decided if its got the name Kimberly, it must be good, and I was right. It was delicious wine. I found it strong and complex...

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Just Ducky

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:16:00 +0000

A nice article in the North Coast Journal about raising ducks. I particularly like his comment on foie gras. http://www.northcoastjournal.com/issues/2009/10/08/just-ducky/

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Your MFK Fisher Quote For The Day

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:56:00 +0000

From the compilation of her works The Art Of Eating, Her first book Serve It Forth, written in 1937, chapter, "Sing of Dinner in a Dish": " 'Always have a Chinese cook,' said the woman who had...

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Roasted Veggies, Homemade Marshmallows, & Apple Pie Experiments

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Yesterday I went on a bit of a cooking frenzy. I was inspired by my kids to batch up some breakfast items. Every morning I get "what is there to eat?" thing and there is never anything...

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My daughters Twilight Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Kim/Cordie) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:11:00 +0000

I've spent the last day and a half on this cake. By no means is it perfect, but I'm proud of how it came out. I know the next time I try this it will be even better. I focused on a...

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