By Judith Yamada Bread is an important staple food source today and was also significant in ancient societies. In 10,200 BC, neolithic people made the first bread using water and grains and…
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KITCHEN MAVEN: Gliding Into the New Year – RECIPES for Cheddar Cheese Puffs, Crab Dip, Sweet Potatoes
OIOpublisher By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven On New Year’s Day, 2022, we’ll have dinner guests, and I will spend a good part of my day focused on cooking a beautiful beef…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Building a Healthy Charcuterie Board
EDITOR’S NOTE: This truly is a holiday season about food, and the one of the hottest food trends is “charcuterie” boards. Easy and fun – you can “customize” the offerings to your…
KITCHEN MAVEN: Make Ahead Holiday Meals
By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven As the family cook in our home for many decades, I’ve hosted many holiday family get togethers, including overnighters with air mattresses, futons and sleeping bags…
Oyster Stew — An old tradition for the holidays
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “Oysters are one of the supreme delights that nature has bestowed on man.” James Beard Oysters are one of the great celebration foods that over the…
GOLIGHTLY GOURMET: A New Twist on Sweet Potatoes
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.” ~Robert Caspar Lintner Here is an historical twist: there were no sweet potatoes at…
Food Roots Virtual Pie Night – Available at On-Line Marketplace starting today, Nov. 9th
Join Food Roots for our 2021 Pie Night Fundraiser – an online pie buying extravaganza (not an auction!) We are blessed on the coast with the an abundance of flavorful local foods…
GOLIGHTLY GOURMET: Doing scary things to your food for Halloween
By Dana Zia “Where there is no imagination there is no Horror.” Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. I just love everything about Halloween! It has a long and scary history; being it is…
LIMITED PRODUCTION PINOT NOIR CUVEE BENEFITS WILDFIRE RELIEF AND PREVENTION
Keep Oregon Green® is collaborating with Union Wine Company and six of Oregon’s top wineries to introduce a limited production Oregon Pinot Noir cuvee with 100% of sales going toward wildfire relief…
Apples: Secretly disguised superheroes
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “An apple a day keeps the doctor away!” who knows? The simple and common apple is actually a superhero. Immortal and extraordinary, the apple has been…