Hello out there. I have been VERY busy with work and summer activities. To cap it all off Chris and I just returned from a fabulous Alaskan Cruise with our friends and family. I know, it's our first summer in Portland and where do we choose to go? But it was a week to remember. Such beauty, nature and of course good food and drink!
Here's a little taste of our week, and I promise that
recipes are coming soon. I really have missed blogging. Enough slacking, it's time to get back in the apron. But first I give you Alaska!
By The Glass
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| Alaskan Brewery Tasting |
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| "At Sea" Day Activities: Mojito Making and Tasting |
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| Grasshopper... dangerous. Think Girl Scouts' Thin Mints. |
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| The winner of the margarita tasting: Fuzzy Navel |
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| Definition vacation |
Main Dish Memories
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| The salmon were plentiful. The hatchery made me hungry. Is that bad? |
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| The seafood was abundant: Cioppino with Sourdough Crostini |
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| Offerings of various cuts of steak each night. Chris was in heaven |
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| Tasty veggie risotto |
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| Creative Salads: Nicoise with Tuna and Potato |
Unlimited Desserts
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| Coconut Souffle with warm Mango sauce (and mother's model hand) |
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| Peach Tartlet |
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| Classic Tiramisu |
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| Coconut Cake with Blackberry sauce |
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| Thoughtful brother-in-law never wanting us to go hungry |
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| Random stop in Prince Rupert, Canada. Not much to do there but get a sour cream donut with maple glaze at Tim Horton's |
Family Vacation Dining Snapshots
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| Contemplative Caesar Salad |
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| Enjoying her every bite |
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| Studying the waiter's table tricks |
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| Always too much fun with these two. |
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| SUGAR RUSH! |
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| Delightful mother/daughter time. |
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| My kind of slurpee |
Too bad our computers aren't scratch and sniff. This week of food and wine was inspiring and I really missed cooking. Fabulous summer recipes coming this week! Bon
What a wonderful time that must have been, with your loved ones on a cruise ship! Wow, has Grant ever grown up to be a young man! That's the same teenager who made copies for me at the high school?! An Alaskan Cruise is on our radar, sometime in the near future. One has to pack stretch pants to survive a week of so much food. It'll be fun to see what recipes you post. Welcome back.
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