This afternoon we went to check out the Woodinville Whiskey Co. for a tour and a tasting with Tiffani and Deke. Cool place, good tour (quick, informative), and we came home with a bottle of bourbon whiskey and a bottle of their Peabody Jones vodka (butterscotch! vanilla! so good!). Still…
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I'm cooking our salmon tonight in parchment bags (en papillote). This is one of my favorite (and one of the easiest) ways to cook fish. You can wrap and tie sheet parchment, but I like to find these little pre-made parchment bags…so easy for Airstream cooking. Here's a view inside…
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This afternoon we hopped on the 1:15pm Coupeville-Port Townsend ferry and headed to Port Townsend for a couple hours. The photo above is of the Fort Casey campground (with the helpful arrow to show you where we are). The ferry to Port Townsend is $3.20 per person one-way walk-on, and…
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Whoa. Those mussels were so fresh and so good. Sweet, buttery (well, the butter probably helped that). Here's what I did: 2 lbs live Penn Cove mussels 3 T unsalted butter 3/4 cup white wine 1 large scallion I got from the farmer's market, chopped fine 4 cloves garlic, chopped…
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Today Tiffani and Deke took us to get lunch at a nearby BBQ place called Carolina Smoke here in Bothell (good stuff) before we headed over to 192 Brewing Co. in Kenmore to check their craft beer on tap. 192 Brewing is right next to the Burke Gilman Trail and has a…
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Yesterday afternoon we headed over to Puget Island to the Two Islands Farm Market at Stockhouse's Farm. (May through October every Friday from 3-6:30pm) We met up with my mom and did a little farm shopping: fresh farm eggs, some grass-fed beef for dinner tonight, sugar peas, arugula, salad greens,…
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I morphed a couple recipes together tonight (along with a little past experience) to prepare this mahi mahi. First, I made a sauce of garlic sauteed in butter and olive oil, then added some oregano, white wine, reduced that, then added diced roma tomatoes and chopped kalamata olives. I bought…
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This tug/barge combo passed by early this morning: Late yesterday afternoon: Ship view during dinner: Dinner turned out great. My mom requested either beef tenderloin with our homemade truffle butter or Shrimp Longhi and so we made both, with some haricots verts and some bubbly. (Not a great shot, but…
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We were in Starbucks the other day and picked up two of these babies: 16oz, double-walled stainless steel, with a straw! (Actually, we saw them in Starbucks, thought about them, but didn't get them. Then the next day after the idea of these was still hanging around in my brain,…
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We had such a great time this weekend at Stub Stewart State Park with Tiffany and Deke, Leigh and Brian, and The Mehallicks (Lisa, George, Lily, and Maya). The weather was really lovely when we first got here on Wednesday. We hiked and biked and it was beautiful. As soon…
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