Tag: "Hazelnuts"

A Hazelnut-Marionberry Torte with Mocha Buttercream for Two August Birthdays

A Hazelnut-Marionberry Torte with Mocha Buttercream for Two August Birthdays

Our first year was not only bumpy from flying by the seat of our pants, but we experienced some highs that were unexpected. In March, Saveur Magazine honored us by including The Taste of Oregon as one of the five best regional food blogs in their food blog contest. We’ve taken you almost everywhere we go in our enjoyment of living in Oregon: deep-sea salmon fishing, clamming, crabbing, and of course, wine tasting. Here’s to a wonderful first year.

Aug 12, 2010 | 3 comments View Post
Hazelnuts + Dried Figs + Olive Oil + Garlic + Anchovies = Anchoïade Niçoise

Hazelnuts + Dried Figs + Olive Oil + Garlic + Anchovies = Anchoïade Niçoise

The foods from Southeastern France are known for their bold flavors, and what could be more bold than garlic, anchovies and olive oil? No shy wallflowers are they! What’s amazing in this combination is that none of them are able to stand out over the other. Now that’s teamwork!

May 05, 2010 | 1 comment View Post
Filbert Applesauce Cake

Filbert Applesauce Cake

“We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown [he or she] left behind.”

Clementine Paddleford

Clementine Paddleford was a prolific food writer in the mid-20th century. She was best known as the food editor for This Week magazine, a weekly semi-glossy publication that was distributed to newspaper subscribers in the Sunday edition. It was a forerunner to Parade. When she was in her heyday, I was playing with Lionel trains, the clarinet, a camera and still cutting my culinary teeth on cake mixes and brownies from scratch.

Mar 10, 2010 | 2 comments View Post
Oregon Is for Nuts! Hazelnuts

Oregon Is for Nuts! Hazelnuts

Some years ago The Commonwealth of Virginia launched a tourism slogan declaring “Virginia Is for Lovers.” With tongue in cheek and not to be outdone, Maryland promoted “Maryland Is for Crabs.” Since almost all the hazelnuts in the USA are grown in Oregon, one could infer that “Oregon Is for Nuts.” As a matter of fact, the noble hazelnut was declared the state nut in 1989.

Aug 23, 2009 | 5 comments View Post