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When Life Gives You Crab, Make Crab Cakes

By mlb, on October 2nd, 2011%

Spicy Crab Cakes with Mango Puree

Recently, a coworker (thanks, Kevin!) gave jwa a cooler full of cleaned crab from a crabbing expedition in Tillamook. He then sent me an email during the day warning me of the impending crab that he would be bringing home, which gave me a little bit of notice to come up with something tasty to do with it. This is what I found and yes, it was quite tasty. I really liked the mango sauce. In fact, I have some leftover that I have to figure out what to do with. I don’t think it will be a problem.

After pulling all the crabmeat off, we ended up with a half a pound. I halved the original recipe, which gave us two crabcakes each — perfect. If you want more than 4 crab cakes, double what I have written below and that will . . . → Read More: When Life Gives You Crab, Make Crab Cakes

Leave a comment   Asian, Fish & Seafood, Oregon Coast

Miso Glazed Cod and the Oregon Coast

By mlb, on April 26th, 2011%

Miso Glazed Cod

This is a recipe that is surprisingly good for how simple it is. Really. Make it and you will go, “Wow! I am so surprised. That was so simple.” It makes a great weeknight dinner and reheats well for lunch the next day. I’ll usually either halve the recipe below or if I know for sure I want leftovers for lunch, just go ahead and make a full recipe with all six fillets.

I’m also a big fan of this recipe because I have only recently (within the last couple of years) discovered how wonderful miso is. I have a refrigerator with 3 tubs of miso in it right now: blond miso (which I used for this), red miso and barley miso. Miso, miso, miso!

Miso Glazed Cod
Adapted from a recipe by Ellie Krieger
6 (6-ounce) black cod fillets, or regular cod fillets
1/3 cup low-sodium blond or . . . → Read More: Miso Glazed Cod and the Oregon Coast

Leave a comment   Asian, Cheap Fish Project, Oregon Coast

Nehalem River Inn (and the River)

By mlb, on September 4th, 2009%

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This is the time of year, before the HUGE fall cooking season, when I’m always in a bit of a posting slump. This means it’s a perfect time to post pictures of a meal out!

Nehalam River Inn
34910 Highway 53
Nehalem, OR 97131

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We finally (finally!) went to the Nehalem River Inn for dinner. The occasion? To celebrate jwa’s 38th birthday! We had a very nice meal and, although we didn’t stay there (they had a 2-night minimum, even on a Sunday night), we found a very nice room at the Wheeler on the Bay Lodge & Marina which was about a mile away.

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The Garden Room at the Lodge

But first, back to the food.

We got there a few minutes early for our reservation (we were hungry!) but got seated right away. After perusing the menu for a few minutes, we had a plan. . . . → Read More: Nehalem River Inn (and the River)

4 comments   Oregon Coast, Restaurants

September Visit to the Coast

By mlb, on September 11th, 2008%

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Blue Heron taking off in Yachats, OR

We went to the coast last weekend to celebrate jwa’s birthday and here are some pictures. That’s about it. More food coming soon!

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Heron before flight. We happened upon him just hanging out in the river bank. As more people started walking by he took off, flying a few yards away to a less congested spot.

We stayed in Yachats at the Shamrock Lodgettes (silly name) in one of the spa cottages. It was nice. Dinner was at Yachats River House (tasty) and the next morning we started a leisurely drive home along the coast from Yachats to Cannon Beach, then cutting inland on 26. But not before…Breakfast!

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Egg, sausage and pesto panini sandwich from the Green Salmon Coffee House. But, it gets better…

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Here’s the view! We got the sandwiches and fancy coffee drinks to . . . → Read More: September Visit to the Coast

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This Makes Me So Happy: Bridgewater Bistro

By mlb, on November 4th, 2007%

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Bridgewater Bistro
20 Basin Street
Astoria, Oregon
503-325-6777

So, jwa and I headed out to Astoria this weekend (such a pretty drive along highway 30 with the leaves and the sun and all) to have dinner at Bridgewater Bistro. It’s the new restaurant by Ann and Tony Kischner of the Shoalwater Restaurant in Seaview, WA. Not to put any pressure on the meal or anything, but they are catering our wedding at the Hotel Elliott in May and we wanted to go there and eat as many things on our menu as we could. Oh and we did.

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First off, the space at Bridgewater is Beautiful. It’s a big, red barn-like building right on the waterfront. There’s a downstairs seating room, an upstairs mezzanine, tons of windows and multiple fireplaces. So warm and inviting. And one thing that I really like is that the space is not over-crowded with too . . . → Read More: This Makes Me So Happy: Bridgewater Bistro

4 comments   Astoria, Oregon Coast, Restaurants, Wedding
 
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