It’s a drink, it’s an appetizer, a first course, a meal, or all of the above. Definitely cool and summer stunning in chilled, heavy on-the-rocks glasses with a crostini side-car, this Spiked Gazpacho with Crab would eat happily out of small bowls, coffee cups, wine glasses, or … …
Crab
Friday Fish: Crab Chili
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Chili has to be among the most favorite and iconic American meals. Yet when I check that out, I find regular old, B-flat chili — the kind many of our mothers made and we still make year-round — doesn’t come up on the list. Green chile is there and so are flat enchiladas and fajitas. But I truly don’t know anyone, from nearly non-cooks to chefs–who doesn’t have some sort of a pot of chili in their regular repertoire. There are simply now many, many sorts of chili because it soothes the soul and makes us feel rich, full, and as if there’s just plenty eat around here. A good way to feel.
Friday Fish: Crab Quesadillas with Avocado Salad
When I think of Friday Fish, I usually just think of fish. You know: FISH.
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Catch-up
Leaving Seattle. Obviously on vacation…..
Seems like I’ve had no time at all since we got home from Alaska… We’ve had house guests twice and Dave has traveled a lot. I’ve played big catch-up in the yard…and have a new herb garden in on the north side. I’ve been busy with physical therapy (regaining some upper-body strength) and added hearing aids to my wardrobe.
Summer in the hood is hot this year. It’s our second week of mostly 90’s and I don’t remember that ever. I’ve spent a really lot of time watering… and watering. Some pots have needed watering twice a day. Who could have figured?
Meantime, I thought I’d use this blogpost for some pics so you can see what’s been up around the 2-dog kitchen and other places:
Right: My French class came to dinner…
I’ve been trying to get a good loaf of rye bread. Still working on it.
Another try at a leftover fish salad. This one was with cold grilled tuna and a mustard vinaigrette. Yum.
Here are a few from the trip:
With the fish at Pike Place Market in Seattle—Veggies, too.
Going to dinner…
Someone else was cookin’
Me and the glacier….
Fishing for crab…
And eating it.Leftovers..
This spruce pic taken during a macro-photography class in the rain forest.
Edible spruce tips…I ate some. Guide said she makes sorbet from them. Hmmm.
Taken during a photography class in a small boat on the ocean… ah, whales.
We clean up well.More later… 2-Dog Kitchen under signature….
Be patient; I’ve got some great summer recipes.
Tonight I grilled some wahoo on lemon slices and topped it with homemade “pickles”…
Sing a new song,
Alyce
