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In Our Kitchen Part Two: Signs of Fall

Posted on 10/02/2016 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Even small spaces can burst with flavor. We’re enjoying autumn crops, fresh seafood and decadent breakfasts. To get a peek inside other bloggers’ kitchens hop on over to Fig Jam and Lime Cordial for her monthly roundup.  

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In Our Kitchen Part One: Downsizing

Posted on 10/01/2016 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine We’ll be back tomorrow with a look at what’s going on in our kitchen, but first we wanted to show you our new digs. We moved to the West Coast and for now we’re renting. We’ve said for … Continue reading →

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In Our Kitchen

Posted on 08/02/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Our kitchen in the summer is a pretty place and a pretty busy one too. Fresh ingredients abound and we tend to splurge at the farmers market. Here’s a look at our kitchen in August. The peaches in the bowl … Continue reading →

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Lazy Sunday, The Jam Edition

Posted on 04/22/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Once again it is time to start making a year’s supply of preserves. With all the citrus on sale and nice and ripe, marmalade is a good place to start. Hopefully this year I will not repeat the mistake of … Continue reading →

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Blueberry Cobbler

Posted on 02/18/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Because everyone needs a little something sweet every now and then. Blueberry cobbler 2 pints blueberries, fresh or frozen 1 tsp cinnamon 2 tbsp brown sugar 1/3 cup port 1 tsp cornstarch, mixed with equal amount water until smooth 1 … Continue reading →

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Lazy Sunday in the Big Easy

Posted on 11/28/2011 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Recently for Katherine’s birthday we headed farther south to a quiet little town called New Orleans. Needless to say we ate a lot of really good food, drank a lot of really good wine and stomached quite a lot of … Continue reading →

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Rufus turns one

Posted on 11/27/2011 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine My husband started this blog a year ago today, with a post on a recent trip we’d made to North Coast Brewing Co. in Fort Bragg, California. Let’s just say he enjoyed himself. Greg, now aka Rufus, is … Continue reading →

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Of fish, fowl and lazy Sundays

Posted on 10/30/2011 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

As the election season creeps up all over the South fundraising fish fries pop up. Normally I try to stay away from them, partially because I had to cover so many while working for the newspapers and I really try … Continue reading →

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Return of the Lazy Sunday

Posted on 08/28/2011 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Like I said earlier, pizza is all about the dough. Of course here are a few ideas for what to top it with. Above is pesto, fresh tomato, basil and mozzarella.

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Seven Links (and then some) Challenge

Posted on 08/13/2011 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Raymund over at Ang Sarap (A Tagalog word for “It’s Delicious”), Sissi over at with a glass, and Yummy Chunklet recently invited us to participate in the seven links challenge. We are not accepting this challenge. OK, we are, but … Continue reading →

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