bean & corn soup
It has been kind of nice going thru the old website, looking for stuff I want to make sure I reblog over here. I’m discovering some stuff I hadn’t thought of in awhile, and...
Author: Rob Portinga
gear I use: packs
I don’t have photos, but I still remember a couple of my first true backpacks from when I was a kid in scouts. One was this orange, frameless pack that was just one large...
birds into butterflies
Ok, this may be one of my worst play on words for a post title ever. And technically it’s not even butterflying the bird, it’s spatchcocking. But as popular as it seems to have...
meet the neighbors
Just up the block, the corner lot has a fairly large, open yard with a large apple tree. Coming home I saw there were these two relaxing, so I went and grabbed my camera...
gear I use: footwear
For the longest time, my all around favorite, every day wear shoe was the Danner Tachyon boot. They are light, comfy, and great for street or trail. They are similar style to a military...
spreading the (wrong) word
Bariatric Surgery (often referred to as weight loss surgery) tends to get maligned quite a bit, even though it is a time-tested method of maintaining long term weight loss. So it is always kind of nice when a prominent figure is open to discussing the success they have personally had with their surgery experience. But is having these celebs putting themselves out there, putting their message out there a good thing or not so good? How’s the saying go – any publicity is good publicity…?
yeast starters: a no-knead bread supplement
This article is part of a group of posts I have about bread making. I originally published this in early 2020, when at the start of the pandemic when “stay at home” orders were a...
tomatillo salsa
Salsas are a food that lend themselves well to creative cooking. They are not an exact science, so what you put in them can change based on your personal tastes, what you have on...
streaming sunday: roast chicken
It’s Sunday, which means another LIVE cooking stream. Tonight we’re doing roast chicken and vegetables. Despite the image I’m using here, this chicken I’ll be spatchcocking, cooking directly on one of the oven grates...
brewery park at tumwater falls
Today was a loverly fall day. Bit of sun, temps in the low 60s. I had some errands to run, but decided to grab the camera and stop by Brewery Park along the way....
