For years I’ve wanted to just step back and live as close to the land as possible. People always just laughed it off as, “must be that hippy in you, being raised in Oregon.” Well, yes I guess to those who I told on the east coast it may have sounded like a crazy idea. [...]
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July 21, 2008
Blogs – Narrowing Down to One
I have three blogs out there. Each of them talking about things that are very closely related food, farming and travel. Over the next few months I will be bringing posts from my other blog over to Cooking School At Home. Just in case some of the posts seem a bit random…
July 21, 2008
Carlton Winemakers Studio – July 2
Yes, a little bit behind schedule here I know. Better late then never though, right? At the last dinner on June 11 with Bryce Vineyard I was asked to come and cook the dinner on July 2 with Eric Hamacher.
Prior to the dinner however, on the 16th of June Eric and Tom asked if [...]
July 2, 2008
Now Will You Eat Local Food?
If the latest report doesn’t scare everyone into eating strictly local food I’m not quite sure what would. They are now saying they STILL don’t know where the salmonella outbreak came from. Could be onions, cilantro, jalapeños, or maybe they still just don’t really know… Yeah, that’s comforting.
So, buy local or grow your own! [...]
June 14, 2008
Taste, Taste, Taste!
The only way to learn about the food that you’re cooking is to taste. Great cooks never send food out to you at a restaurant without first tasting it…over and over and over. You can learn to be a better cook just by tasting your food throughout the whole cooking process. Taste when you first [...]
June 10, 2008
Bringing Back The Blog
Cooking School at Home has been dormant for sometime now due mostly to … alright basically it’s procrastination. I have been saying for some time now that I was going to start this blog back up and I’m saying it again now. So here we go.
February 4, 2006
Pictures from Dordrecht
Well we are in the Netherlands staying in Rotterdam, just outside of Amsterdam. Today we went over to a small town out of Rotterdam called Dordrecht. They had a market with lots of fresh produce and fish. It was really interesting to see it all in action, the people and the purveyours. Since we don’t [...]
June 5, 2005
Papa’s Breakfast
I’m going home to Oregon this week and I will be cooking breakfast for Papa and about 50 of his friends. This is what I will be serving:
Papa’s Breakfast Wednesday June 8th VFW Hall Creswell, OR
French Toast [...]
March 30, 2005
Roasted Pork Loin with Asparagus, Mushrooms, and Mashed Potatoes
Gather all of your ingredients necessary to create this dish. This includes: Pork Loin, Onions, Idaho Potatoes, Butter, Milk, Salt, Pepper, Asparagus, Mushrooms, and Olive Oil.
