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I'd eat either of those, although that BLT really doesn't look that unhealthy!

Each summer we have an annual crab fest and this year my near and dear friend Vicki came. As I am playin hostess to 30 or so, I NEVER get any great food porn from the event, so I begged her to take pictures.

Thanks, V!



There are always some NON-crab people (I can't figure that one out) so ...

Grilled beef before



and after



Grilled chicken



Crab Dip (easiest crab dip ever)



Baked Beans



The spread



Blackberry Cobbler



A Friend's contribution



Iced tea & Peach Schnapps...if you haven't tried this you really should



Preparing to chow...



And the guests of honor

Flip Flop, nice cobbler!!

We hit Honey Pig on Friday with my oldest daughter. It's a Korean barbecue restaurant where you grill your own food at the table.

Galbi Gui, spicy country style pork ribs (thick sliced pork butt), and spicy baby octopus with pork belly (pictured).



I'm still trying to figure out picture taking with the iphone.

Cheers, RickG

Wow, that crab boil spread looks terrific!

I made devilled eggs this weekend too:

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Wow Flip Flop, that looks awesome!!!!!

No pictures but I can agree with the other forumites who made the Ina Garten roasted shrimp and orzo dish. It was excellent but I did take longer than 20 minutes in the food prep. Just to clean and devein the shrimp was at least 20 minutes. Well worth it!

101 simple salad ideas:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/dinin ... ml?_r=1&em

Woody's Pasta Salad (for an army

Farmer's market is finally in full swing. Last night's dinner was just a caprese salad. Everything, including the cheese, is from the market:


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Made a delicious breakfast today using berries from the market (not the strawberries, local strawberry season is over):


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Becky, please elaborate on the berries. What's the shell they are in? Anything else in there I can't see under the berries? It looks so yummy!!

Becky's Caprese salad reminded me of one I had in Venice in May.

Margo, the fruit dish is a Barefoot Contessa recipe. The shell is basically a popover. IIRC, the recipe was 2 eggs, 1/4 cup flour, 1/2 cup milk, 2 tbsp. melted butter and a pinch of salt and a little sugar--mixed together, poured in preheated gratin dishes, and then baked at 375 for 14 minutes. The berries (1/2 cup of each) were macerated in 1 tbsp. sugar while the shells baked, then poured into the shells, drizzled with a little maple syrup and dusted with powdered sugar. That's it.

probably shouldn't be sharing these awful photos but I will anyway still trying to get it right on the new camera. perhaps reading the manual is in order

picked a bunch of basil in the pouring rain yesterday so I made a basil vinagrette to go with tomatoes and mozz


dinner was orecchiette with sausage and zucchini


I am marinating chicken in the left over vinagrette for tonight.

I should have taken a pic but after renovating the bathroom yesterday I was pooped.

We had a pound of 99% fat free ground turkey and some zucchini from the garden.

We mixed the turkey with Penzey's sausage spice and some crushed red pepper and stuffed it in the hollow of a halved zucchini, topped with parm and baked.

It was so good! I just had the leftovers for lunch.

Xislandgirl wrote:I should have taken a pic but after renovating the bathroom yesterday I was pooped.

We had a pound of 99% fat free ground turkey and some zucchini from the garden.

We mixed the turkey with Penzey's sausage spice and some crushed red pepper and stuffed it in the hollow of a halved zucchini, topped with parm and baked.

It was so good! I just had the leftovers for lunch.

I do that a lot with eggplants. We get little white ones here in the summer (roughly softball-sized). I scoop them out and cook the innards with sausage, onions, garlic. Stuff them back in and top with some cheese or a little sauce.

Good stuff...