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How to Eat (that) the weblog, was created as a follow up to the book How to Eat (that) — a pocket etiquette guide to the cultures and the etiquette at dinner tables around the world. It is yet to be available, but bits of the content can be found on this site under the How to category.

This site is a collaborative effort between myself, Adrianne Dow Young, and Chef Erik Brett Cannella. We both cook professionally in Seattle, Napa Valley and Chelan. You can read about our other adventures here.
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A WARNING ABOUT THE RECIPES


RARE is it that Erik and I measure ingredients for marinades, sauces and rubs. Spices change and bloom differently and mutate with age, heat, humidity and cooking temperature. If you try one of our recipes we suggest that you taste and create based on what's happening in front of you.



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Wednesday, August 20. 2008

Thai Chili explosion

Posted by Adrianne Dow Young in SPICE! at 07:51
We planted two gardens this year - one in Seattle and one where we are relocating.

Both gardens boast a ton of pepper plants and now we have a ton of peppers on the ton of pepper plants.

Last year I made Habanero Sauce which lasted us until now.

This year it's all about Thai Chili Sauce. It is a kicky addition to salad dressing or on top of Green Beans in Black Bean Sauce

How to make Thai Chili Sauce:

Cut as many Thai Chilis as you have
Place in jar
Add fish sauce
Lid Jar
Wait a day

Much easier and less caustic than the Habanero Sauce Debacle from last year.

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Monday, August 18. 2008

Serving food in high heels

Posted by Adrianne Dow Young at 21:56
After a summer of serving people multi-course meals in kicky shoes that have no place in the kitchen, I have learned a few things.

A. Stone patios are uneven and cruel

B. High heels are not an excuse when you knock diner in the head with large plates of food. Go figure.

C. When you slide willy nilly through a tasting room with hot soup, you're either going to earn a tip or scorn.

D. Barbecuing in stilettos is sexy. Barbecue on stilettos is not.

E. 12-hours, four courses, three broken toes = Naturalizers.
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Margarita Cornish Game Hens

Posted by Adrianne Dow Young in Recipe at 21:38
Recipe
The other evening we had dinner with some friends in their apple orchard. We cooked game hen marinated in lime, orange and smoked paprika and served them over the black beans and rice.

We cooked the suckers over a raging apple wood fire made in a weber grill.

Keep the Weber away from the house.

Serious issues arise if you don't.

Marinate the hens for at least a day. Add garlic for that extra something or brown some as a garnish for the rice.


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Peach, Pecan, Smoked Fish salad

Posted by Adrianne Dow Young at 21:27
Slice some peaches
Toast some pecans
Tear up some smoked fish
Top with smoked fish

Dressing:
Juice from one orange and one lime
Add 2 tbs. champagne vinegar
Whisk in olive oil
Add pepper

Have under the apple trees in an orchard.

Next up, cornish game hens cooked over apple wood.


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3 things not to do as a restaurant blogger

Posted by Adrianne Dow Young in E't At at 20:52
E't At
Of late a friend of ours has been ranting about all of the bloggers he serves. To give him a voice, I've summarized his angst.

Top three complaints from your server about you, the restaurant blogger.

Note taking: You are there to eat and enjoy. Notes don't help you eat. They don't help you enjoy. They make you look like a weenie. Stop acting like a weenie, eat something. If you can remember what you ate, write about it.

Mentioning other online reviews: Your server is there to deliver food to you, not hear about what you read online. Eating out is entertainment and a little hobby for you, for your server it's a hectic job.

Taking names so you can skewer people on the web: Not fair. Not cool. Not a service to others.




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