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Pickling Day!

Before leaving town for the weekend, I needed to put up some of our garden's goods. This year has been pretty fruitful in our backyard, and there were pickles and beans ready to can and more zucchini ready to dry.

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White Sourdough Loaf

It was over 90 degrees in Seattle that week, a fine time for my rhubarb mother to be ready. I figured, what's 90 compared to 100? I might as well get some bread in the oven before it gets any worse. It was a good call. Later that week Seattle hit 102, and without air conditioning, let me tell you - I didn't dare go near the kitchen.

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Trout Baked in a Sea Salt Crust

After our recent success with a salt-crusted pork roast, Todd and I decided to give fish a try. Friends had spoken of the exquisite juiciness of the fish, so we loaded up and headed to fisherman's terminal in Magnolia to pick up something fresh (and whole). When we arrived it was pretty close to closing, but we managed to score a lovely whole trout for under $5, and with all of the extra salt we'd bought for the pork dish, we had everything on hand to make a decent meal.

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Rack of Pork with Ginger Cooked in a Salt Crust

I forgot to take a picture of this beautiful dish when we made it this weekend - and regret it painfully. It was beautiful and bright green, and the salt crust was shiny and hard. No picture is an excuse to make it again for another group!

This recipe also came from Stéphane Reynaud's Pork and Sons, a book we've been referencing a lot recently.

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