Notes from a local kitchen
 
Bandon Cheese is about to make a big-time comeback! The brand new Face Rock Creamery has set their grand opening for Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 1:00 pm.The new 6000-square-foot factory, built on the site of the old Bandon Cheese Factory (which Tillamook C
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Phyllis! Congratulations! I will be delivering your set of cards this afternoon.Many thanks to all who entered the drawing.
My project for the past several months has been designing a line of note cards based on photographs and recipes from my blog, as well as setting up a website for online sales. This has been an incredible learning experience! I have
We took a trip to New York City a couple weeks ago
My clever husband made this "beet doll" to send me
I made whole wheat egg noodles to put in my turkey carcass soup today. I followed the
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My friend Janet has been
A quick update..... the OSU Extension Statewide Food Safety and Preservation Hotline (800) 354-7319 has been extended for one more week due to our extra-long harvest season. We're open through this Friday, October 19.I'm off to fill in on the morning shift....
I roasted a pan of hazelnuts yesterday and used them to make a batch of hazelnut butter. It only takes about three minutes in a food processor. Here are the step by step photos:
Raw hazelnuts
Today is the last day that the OSU Extension Statewide Food Safety and Preservation Hotline (800) 354-7319 will be open, but here is a link to a great library of PDF files on food safety and food preservation topics that you c
Hazelnuts are back from the dryer and ready for purchase at Norm Lehne Garden & Orchard. I drove out yesterday with my friend, Gloria, and we bought 25 pounds and took turns running them through the cracker. Quite a good little upper body wor
I'm volunteering on the statewide Food Safety and Preservation Hotline from 12:30 to 4:00 pm today. Call with your canning, freezing, drying questions or if you need sources for local food to preserve and we'll do our best to find the answers.
Harko nectarines from
U-pick season is in full-swing now. Norm Lehne Garden and Orchard in Garden Valley opens this Friday at 8:00 am with beans, beets, and summer squash to pick. They'll also host the OSU Ma