After a beautiful sunny day yesterday, well, most of the day, Mother Nature is back to the same ol', same ol' in the Pacific Northwest. While other people are persevering and standing at their grills in their rain slickers, I gave in and made a stew. I started out thinking about making a daube, or…
Years ago at Hop Kiln Winery we had a crockpot posole rojo with chicken that was a revelation with Marty's Big Red - a meritage that's now just called "Big Red." I later discovered posole is really meant to have pork, and should be made with dried chiles and dried hominy. So the whole thing…
When it's this stormy, nothing sounds as good as soup. Chicken Matzo Ball was Thursday's soup du jour. I'm no expert when it comes to matzo balls -- I've tried doing it by grinding up my own matzo, but the box mix just works better. The secret is to shape them gingerly (that's how you…
