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that's the one. it's good...i like alladin on the ave better though.

what's for dinner!?

But I don't work on the AVE!! :wink:

Dinner is a surprise!!!! shopping for it will start in 1 hour 10 mins. It's a truely Northwest Meal. :biggrin:

how did you and your husband learn about wine?

hmmm, I don't remember saying that we had LEARNED anything about wine, just that we drink a lot of it! haha! :laugh:

Really what we know comes from going and talking to these wineries. I have been visiting wineries since I was about 23. buying cases of wines with friends and trying to remember things about grapes, regions, methods, etc. I know nothing about many wines and just this week learned a bit about this Pouilly Fuisse I've been enjoying. I look up things on the web and read a bit in Food and Wine.

I, like many Americans I assume, have a hard time learning the grape variatels that we call our wines by in the states and the appelations and regions that wine is named for elsewhere. I am constantly trying though!

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figs, shallot, port, thyme!

figs, shallot, port, thyme!

figs, shallot, port, thyme!

figs, shallot, port, thyme!

figs, shallot, port, thyme!

figs, shallot, port, thyme!

Cool! I have a new mantra :rolleyes:

Love the gyros! Saddly I can't have them for lunch ... no garlic breath when you meet with clients :sad:

Great blog LMF ... a trip to Seattle is looming on the horizon.

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Tongue training -- very essential.  :biggrin:

My sentiments exactly! :cool::blink::shock::smile:

I always attempt to have the ratio of my intelligence to weight ratio be greater than one. But, I am from the midwest. I am sure you can now understand my life's conundrum.

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Well, look at you, little ms foodie blogger!

Your blog (a term I only found out about recently) is FANTASTIC!  Can't wait to see what you create for dinner tonight.

When you go shopping do you play it by ear or have an idea or receipe in hand?

Hi Foodie-Girl!!!

I'm kindof a fanatic about menu planning and shopping lists. Otherwise I have a tendancy to just buy, buy, buy!

We normally do all of our shopping on Saturdays. First we go to our local farmer's market and then we go to the WholePaycheck. We create menus from Sat-Fri excluding days we have plans to eat out. Originally I had plans for tonight but I decided to cancel them so we could do a bit more cooking.

We will make our menu items in order of perishability of ingrediants.

BTW folks, I just have to say a big thank you to everyone not only for all the nice comments but for NOT commenting on my spelling!!! eG really needs spellcheck! :blink:

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Let's go shopping for dinner!

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Yes!! Local people really do shop at Pike Place Market :raz: . When I wasn't working I would actually wait until days when it rained so there wouldn't be as many tourists! haha! I have found that going after 3pm is a good time too. We got there about 3:30pm.

There is this great little stand that makes mini donuts that we love. It is so funny! The donuts are hot and in a brown paper bag. We get a half dozen mixed to fuel our shopping!

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Then we head to DeLaurenti's for some canned items. This is an Italian grocery store that has been in the market forever. They have a fantastic meat and cheese counter.

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From here it's time to pick out a crab! I normally don't buy from the guys at the very front of the market because they are the one's throwing fish and are more expensive. Today the guy offered me a taste of the crab, said it just came in this morning so I said ok. He twisted a leg off one of then and just slammed it on the counter against his fist. It cracked perfectly in half and he held the nice 'forearm' part out to me. It was soooo sweet!!

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This is the one we picked, it's about 2 pounds.

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More of the fresh seafood in the market today

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Off to get some herbs and produce

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A stop into Le Panier, a great French bakery for some bread and breakfast goodies.

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Then the market creamery for butter and quail eggs, the eggs aren't for tonight. We are going to play with them this weekend, Susan and Russ along with Mr. Bourdain inspired me!

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Ok, done with the shopping.......

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You know, shopping is hard work!!!

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cocktails for the shoppers!! Gin and tonic for Dayne, Grey Goose martini for me.

sunset for two!!

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How much better would you say our prices are John??

Deborah, they didn't have any chocolate ones with fancy sprinkles. He said the early bird get the chocolate! :angry:

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How much better would you say our prices are John??

It is not just the prices that are good, but the price for the quality of the product.

I can get salmon here for those prices, but not that salmon. The same is true for most of the other seafood, but then I don't live on the coast. If I want really good seafood I get it shipped to me and pay accordingly. On the other hand I get great lamb, pork, beefalo and free-range chicken locally. :biggrin:

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How much better would you say our prices are John??

It is not just the prices that are good, but the price for the quality of the product.

I can get salmon here for those prices, but not that salmon. The same is true for most of the other seafood, but then I don't live on the coast. If I want really good seafood I get it shipped to me and pay accordingly. On the other hand I get great lamb, pork, beefalo and free-range chicken locally. :biggrin:

I totally understand what you are saying. Is it ok if I insert our family mantra here?

FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS EAT FARMED SALMON!

Wild, wild, wild!! ask your restaurants and don't order it otherwise. They add COLOR to those farmed fish to make them pink!! :shock:

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they didn't have any chocolate ones with fancy sprinkles. He said the early bird get the chocolate!  :angry:

I always went in the afternoon and the plain and powdered were all they ever had! The best part about their donuts is they are warm and fresh.

Oh and we do get fabulous salmon here! Copper River Season means salmon at least once a week in our house. Mmmmmmmmm salmon.

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Some groceries from the market

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The menu for dinner tonight is home made clam chowder, dungeness crab with butter and baguette. No very hard to do and soooo good to eat!!!

To start we had some salami from Salumi that I picked up earlier in the week. Bread, mustard and cornichons with kir. Far left is spicy salami, middle is Salumi house (our favorite) and the last is oregeno. Yum!

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Many thanks to my husband for assembling this!!

Once we had a little snack and relaxed a bit we started the chowder. Meez for the soup.

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The chowder doesn't take long. I had the fish market clean the crab so all I have to do is pop it in some simmering water. I like mine hot.

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Once that's going we add some milk to the chowder base and a little flour/milk to thicken a bit

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This is no fancy linen meal! We cover the table with newspaper. Put out crackers, small forks, bread, etc.

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mmm, dinner!!! :wub: we love crab and chowder. You get messy, you eat with your hands, there is lots of butter!!!! how can this NOT be good???

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Our wine for the night, a Burgundy style chardonnay from WA. Quite good, has some herb tastes that I like!

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And candlelight tonight is brought to us by Cal Pep. Oh man this is a great place we had lunch at in Barcelona. No menu, no english, no tapas. We just asked them to bring us what they thought was good. Bottomless glasses of wine wine, fantastic food, great fun! That is a lunch we will never forget!!

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No dessert or cheese tonight, this is a very rich meal! We are going to veg out in front of the tv and finish the bottle of wine! :rolleyes:

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Yum, garlic soup! A woman after my own heart! Too bad you're taken.  :laugh:  :raz:

Hi Pan! Hey my brother in law lives in the E village. Have you eaten at a restaurant called First? I think that's the name, I ate there last year. YUM! it was great. and they had tons of nice little flavored martinis! :wub: Also this last July before taking off to Europe we visited and ate at Via Della Place, we loved that also!! Great neighborhood and restaurants in that area.

Wendy

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How much better would you say our prices are John??

It is not just the prices that are good, but the price for the quality of the product.

I can get salmon here for those prices, but not that salmon. The same is true for most of the other seafood, but then I don't live on the coast. If I want really good seafood I get it shipped to me and pay accordingly. On the other hand I get great lamb, pork, beefalo and free-range chicken locally. :biggrin:

I totally understand what you are saying. Is it ok if I insert our family mantra here?

FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS EAT FARMED SALMON!

Wild, wild, wild!! ask your restaurants and don't order it otherwise. They add COLOR to those farmed fish to make them pink!! :shock:

You're preaching to the choir :laugh: Actually I usually order a whole copper river salmon every spring and have it shipped. We freeze most of it and have it throughout the year.

Nice dinner. I love good crab.

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If you ever need an escort, my escort service is free to eGers! You have such lovely meals every day. I don't know how you do it, but each one is at least as exciting as the last. Beyond that, they're beautiful, too.

Your blog continually reminds me why I love food. Keep it up!

I always attempt to have the ratio of my intelligence to weight ratio be greater than one. But, I am from the midwest. I am sure you can now understand my life's conundrum.

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how did you and your husband learn about wine?

hmmm, I don't remember saying that we had LEARNED anything about wine, just that we drink a lot of it! haha! :laugh:

Really what we know comes from going and talking to these wineries. I have been visiting wineries since I was about 23. buying cases of wines with friends and trying to remember things about grapes, regions, methods, etc. I know nothing about many wines and just this week learned a bit about this Pouilly Fuisse I've been enjoying. I look up things on the web and read a bit in Food and Wine. "

As LMF's best friend I will have to jump in here and say that she has shown me quite a bit about wine. We were "roomies" for a while from 1995 - 1997 ish o0r so....? maybe 1998 and she used to take me to many wine tastings here in Seattle and we would go and buy different wines and try them. She has been interested in wine and determined to learn about it for many years. She has great knowledge and it is a great time to try new and different wines with her.

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If you ever need an escort, my escort service is free to eGers!  You have such lovely meals every day.  I don't know how you do it, but each one is at least as exciting as the last.  Beyond that, they're beautiful, too.

Your blog continually reminds me why I love food.  Keep it up!

Hey! How were those bubbles??? Now you know when I'm in Paris and my friends and I drink champagne it is tres chic to eat Pringles with your sparkling. I'm not kidding!!! :laugh:

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