Drove up the Columbia Gorge to the View Point Inn with mom and had lunch. Increadible property... loved it. Then hopped over the river to Camas, WA to see my brother and his kids.
Went to a wine party in honor of my dad who is retiring from the board of directors for the local Habbitat for Humanity chapter (he served 6 years).
Discovered at the event a blue cheese called "Caveman" that rocked my sock... great stuff and chatted with a high school classmate, Eric Wolf. Eric has turned into a really nice guy. He runs a roofing company that donates to Habbitat. File under cool... And he's got a wife and several kids. Always fun to see what people make of themselves.... boy's done well.
Monday, June 8th 2009
Got several call backs on very good jobs....
Cooked balsamic and pepper spiced pecans and topped a sudo waldorf with them. Waldorf had a mint and yogurt dressing with honey, grapes, purple cabbage, apple and celery. took the salad to a BBQ (even on a Monday these people BBQ! its over the top). -- overheard an older lady there say the salad was "nothing to write home about.... she brough baked beans that were pretty much straight out of the can... Whatever!
Guy there smoked a brilliant soy and ginger marinated pork loing (and some tofu for a few vegetarians in the group - no one drinking.... ?????? except me, I brought beer... a BBQ with no libations? Not possible in my book - tofu on the BBQ and no alcohol to numb the obsurdity of it???? No way). Kidding aside the group was a lot of fun. A bit uncomfortable for me as they talked about stuff I've not heard people talk about in a very long time. My crowd in HK and Shanghai weren't very adept at subjects like tree pruning and the delicate art of the perfectly roasted marshmallow..... Fun for me but left me feeling very much the outsider.
Hooked up with long time buddy Robbi Lazano (or Roberto as he calls himself now that he's all grown up..... he'll aways be Robbi to me..). Chatted like teen girlfriends who haven't seen each other all summer long. So wonderful to have people you know so well you can just pick up where you last left off after not seeing them for so long!
Went to see Star Trek again with Robbi..... damn busy day.
Sunday, June 7th 2009
Made left over curry rice into a brilliant soup and folded the remaining smoked tomatoes into a nice pesto bow tie pasta. Mom is complaining that she's 5# heavier due to my presence..... I'm feeling it as well, but that didn't stop us from finishing off the rest of Kaila's pies.
Watched the Tony Awards.... Very fun actually. More interesting than the Oscars.
Saturday, June 6 2009
Cooked my version of Char Siu Pork for Ross, Katlin, mom, dad and a couple of Ross's friends. The marinade and smoke was the best I've done yet. Brown sugar, Dark soy, Garlic, Chinese 5 spice, sichuan pepper, kosher salt, powdered cardimon, powdered ginger and beat juice (rather thank red dye).Thursday, June 4th 2009. Marrinated the pork loins for several hours then slow cooked them in the bbq with wood chips.
Rest of the meal.: Fresh beets cooked in cranberry vinegar, raw sugar and salt with served and steamed beet greens. Oven roasted potatoes with parsnips and carrots. Spinach salad with warm bacon dressing.
Katlin made a chocolate pudding pie and a strawberry rubarb pie that were out standing.
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