That’s-A-Some Italian Ristorante, facing Liberty Bay, is the longest continuously running restaurant in downtown Poulsbo. Founded by Tom Pelland and Lee Grant more than 24 years ago, the restaurant thrives on its customer-friendly atmosphere. It’s a place where couples come to celebrate life events and kids are always welcome. Grant died quite a while ago […]
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Get The Dirt — On Home Gardening
Castor canadensis Castor canadensis (beavers) are the largest rodents on our continent. They can be 3 to 4 feet long from head to the tip of their paddle-shaped tails and stand a foot tall at the shoulders. Their front feet (with claws for digging and grasping) and back, webbed feet are perfectly adapted for their […]
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Recipe — Lemon Blueberry Scones
Scones Ingredients: Streusel Topping Ingredients: Lemon Glaze Ingredients: Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sift the dry ingredients of the scone into a food processor (or just mix in bowl). Cut the cold butter into cubes and put into bowl of food processor with the lemon zest. Pulse the mixture until the batter is […]
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Recipe — Lobster Mac & Cheese
Topping Ingredients: Melt butter over medium-high heat, add salt and truffle oil. Add panko and coat thoroughly with butter mixture. Mac & Cheese Ingredients: Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 2. Combine cream, eggs, old bay seasoning, salt, pepper, lobster meat and Tabasco in a bowl and whisk together until ingredients are well-combined and […]
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Local Foodies Dish About Picnics
AMY IGLOI Amy Igloi is a well-known figure in the Port Orchard community. For the past seven years, she’s owned and managed Amy’s on the Bay, just steps from the waterfront in Port Orchard. What are your three favorite places for picnics on the Kitsap Peninsula? Belfair State Park, Scenic Beach State Park and Manchester […]
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An Outdoor Kitchen Paradise: For the King of The Grill
It’s perhaps the most lavish setup ever designed for a smoker banished from the house. Oh sure, Carl likes to barbecue any time of year on his deluxe stainless-steel gas grill and to entertain guests seated on swivel stools at the black-granite countertops flanking the grill. But the genesis for creating the covered patio and […]
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House Party — The Murphy Family’s Forever Home
Some houses are best observed in motion. Take, for instance, the home of Sean and Shelley Murphy in Gig Harbor. Sean, a dentist, and Shelley, a former English and Spanish teacher, have four children ranging in age from 5 to 12, so a certain amount of frenetic activity is expected on a daily basis. Then […]
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Aladdin’s Palace — The Many Earthly Delights of Authentic Lebanese Cuisine
Step inside the door at Aladdin’s Palace Restaurant in Silverdale and you are greeted with a picture of Rachaya, Lebanon, a small mountain town located below Mount Hermon, southeast of Beirut. That is where the Nakkour brothers Fayez and Kamal grew up and learned the secrets of their national cuisine. Fayez, who owns Aladdin’s, came […]
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Garden to Table — Vegetables in Small Spaces
“Eat your vegetables” is not just a dinnertime scolding anymore. It is a new way to look at a vegetable garden and a hot trend in the horticultural world. But is vegetable gardening in suburbia a lost art? Computers and technology are the time keepers. We pay bills, we converse, we rant and we rave… […]