Posted 4:45 PM

july edibles:

* elephant’s deli salmon w/ squash-barley-wild rice
* farmer’s market blueberries
* homemade bread w/ homemade butter
* elephant’s deli day-old pastries
* farmer’s market peas w/ homemade butter & garden mint for dinner
* new seasons flatiron steak
* pesto & butternut squash ravioli
* salad & chinese bun (thanks sven!)
* homemade steel-cut oatmeal w/ homegrown raspberries & toasted cashews
* homemade guacamole and miniwhite corn tortilla chips
* an amy’s indian burrito
* at todd’s birthday party: rose wine, red wine, wine w/ cherries & sparkling water, eggplant, cauliflower, asparagus crepes, ham
* toasted cashews & chile-spiced mango
* pulled pork sandwich from montavilla farmer’s market
* riblets, corn, orzo salad, popovers (thanks sven!)
* homemade steel-cut oatmeal w/ blueberries & toasted cashews
* farmer’s market snap peas w/ leftover soba noodles-sizzle sauce-crushed toasted cashews (really good!)
* farmer’s market “apple boat” (too sweet)
* homemade steel-cut oatmeal w/ blueberries & toasted almonds
* farmer’s market rainier cherries from maryhill
* homemade pho
* new seasons rhubarb cake
* strawberry vinegar from fubonn
* smoked trout & potatoes w/ homemade ginger scallion sauce
* mango ice cream bars from trader joe’s (it got so hot all of a sudden!)
* some new seasons flatiron steak
* sandwich from elephant’s deli
* peaches from the farmer’s market
* big salad w/tiny roasted beets & homemade buttermilk dressing (i was shocked i liked the beets!
* pizza hut super supreme
* elephant’s deli chicken enchilada verde
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sven’s parent’s visit:
* pastrami rueben w/ fries & a bundaberg from kenny & zuke’s
* rum-cola fairy floss from saturday market
* an elephant ear & a pepsi from saturday market
* at toro bravo: fritters, delicious grilled corn w/ cilantro pesto, some amazing spinach i want to eat by the bucket, some morocco tuna, potatoes brava, squid ink pasta (gek), white sangria
* a roasted lamb pita & raspberry-lemon soda from the farmer’s market
* at ten 01: olives, cheese plate, salad, sweet corn soup w/ thyme creme freche, burger & fries, raspberry float w/ popcorn-flavored ice cream and caramel corn, a weird liquer that set fire to my mouth
* part of a strawberry lemonade (though we ordered a shirley temple) and tater tots at st. john’s mcmenamin’s
* a really good bbqueen burger at the tin shed
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* lemon curd crepes
* trader joe’s kettle corn
* chili-dusted dried mangos and toasted cashews
* bananas
* several homemade noodle bowls: rice noodles w/ papa g’s sesame tofu, cilantr, cucumbers and peanuts w/ splash of sizzlesauce, sweet chili sauce, soy sauce and rice vinegar (YUM!)
* homegrown raspberries (but not nearly enough)
* elephant’s deli chicken salad sandwich & willamette valley salad
* elephant’s deli seared ahi tuna (which i doctored because it was so bland)
* farmer’s market feast: homemade roasted beets- squash-onions-garlic-walnuts over quinoa w/ basil & feta
* homemade mint ginger soda
* a voodoo donut from sunday parkways
* large salad w/ trout
* not much of a peanut butter bar from new seasons
* homemade steel-cut oatmeal w/ homegrown raspberries, toasted almonds and turbinado sugar
* homemade bean & rice bowl
* alberta library bakery and cafe w/ kamron: orange juice, biscuits & gravy, pancake
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* leeann’s visit:
* rosemary almonds, dried cherries, chocolate & tea at loyly
* broder: swedish club sandwich, carrot cumin soup
* olympic provisions: bitters, shrimp, orange cake
* scrambled eggs w/ asparagus & homemade bread w/ leeann’s homemade strawberry jam
* spicy crepe & marionberry ice cream at saturday market
* chaco taco at trek in the park
* trout at nedd ludd
* pix high tea
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trip to cannon beach w/ sven’s parent’s
* mo’s clam chowder (pretty good), terrible fried fish, french fries w/ roumelade
* mountain dew
* pringles
* new yorker bagel at the cannon beach cafe (satisfying)
* smoked chicken chowder at waves of grain (delicious)
* at the beach: tomato/pesto/mozzarella, raspberries, coconut haystacks
* newman’s 888: good crab cakes, fantastic lobster ravioli, terrible & late salmon, lemon tart
* cannon beach cafe: good cinnamon roll, english breakfast tea, terrible fruit salad
* cranky sue’s inspired cafe: some warm hummous & chips, some crab cakes, “the best chicken wrap in the world” (which, alas, it wasn’t)
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* homemade noodle bowl w/ edamame
* kettle corn
* pizzicato take & make pizza
* homemade pastry w/ rhubarb from a community garden
* bratwurst
* french toast from bread & ink that mike left with sven