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SAVORING ITALY TOUR in TUSCANY
2013 EVOO TOURS After our first visit years ago we became charmed by Italy. The allure of the scenery, the history, the rich culture, especially the food and wine culture, and the famous Italian...
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WHAT’S GOING ON? There are so many good reasons to come see us in Cannon Beach. First we rarely get out so we need friends to come to us! Second and most importanly, the beach! It has been a fantastic...
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MARCH MENU ROCKS
Pictures may tell the story but let me just describe our first course of the March menu and see if you miss the picture. Lenore says the broth and vegetables are crazy good alone, but there is so much...
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WINE BLENDING
WINE BLENDING CLASS Our town just experienced SAVOR CANNON BEACH WEEKEND 2013. This wine and food festival started three years ago to attract folks to town for wine thinking, drinking and seeking-good...
View ArticlePERFECTING PUDDING
We really don’t eat much pudding. At least not the cornstarch variety that is in the older cookbooks. It isn’t on restaurant menus much any more unless as a mousse or pastry cream. Maybe in the South...
View ArticleTRIP ADVISOR
Well, it finally happened. Our five star run on Trip Advisor has ended. We have been holding our breath, much the way we do before we get our first scratch in the paint on a new car. Knowing it is...
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RECIPE OF SUMMER! Summer means……potato salad
SUMMER MEANS POTATO SALAD To begin with, there are things like no others than can take me back to my childhood summers. The slam of the creaky screen door; the smell of beach fires (now, fire pits);...
View ArticleSavoring Italy 2013 first morning…
Each year as lenore and I prepare for Italy, it seems that the reality doesn’t kick in until we are in hour 18 or so of getting there. By that time its been long enough that our twisted muscles and...
View ArticleOCT 21, Lucca
Rain! The locals reported this as very unusual this early in the season. Our plans for an early morning start to go the two hour drive to Lucca was in vain. Our tour guide half jokingly stated...
View ArticleLUCCA
Well we can finally say Lucca! Paola is very superstitious so up until now we could not say Lucca without poking the cosmic bear and possibly jinxing our trip to the walled city. Our day began as all...
View ArticleNEW ZEALAND SHOUT OUT
We just heard we are mentioned by a NZ travel writer who was in Oregon this summer and came to a farmers market dinner. ` “EVOO Cannon Beach Cooking School With quips like “Garlic is a vegetable”, “Go...
View ArticleOLIVE OIL PRESSING
A beautiful day greeted us on our last full day in Tuscany 2013. We started the day right outside our rooms at our villa, harvesting olives on the villa, both mariaolo and frantoio, two major olives of...
View ArticleWhat’s in season now?
I am often reminded that anyone who was born well after WW2 may have missed out on a natural process of learning what’s in season just by eating what mom fixed from what she found in the grocery store....
View ArticleWE’RE CELEBRATING 10 YEARS! Read about our top ten lessons, tips, strategies...
With our ten year anniversary rapidly approaching in August, we set down our whisks and Bob’s coriander mill and reflected on our top ten lessons learned. Our takeaways might surprise you, hopefully...
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A FISHERMAN’S PERSPECTIVE THAT WE APPLAUD!
Toward the end of summer we had a private class with group called the Fish Camp Company. Seems they all love to fish and had many varieties for us to cook; they came here looking for new recipes and...
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OUR TOURS TO ITALY OCTOBER 2015
Cooking lesson in Tuscany Italy 2013 with Bob and Lenore Dear Friends: Below please find the links to the two tours we have planned for Italy 2015. They are PDF documents that can be printed. Note...
View ArticleA New Year–A new Schedule on our website
Dear EVOO Friends: Happy New Year! We have just completed EVOO’s 2015 Show & Class schedule and it’s already posted to our website–www.evoo.biz But wait, before you go there read below about some...
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Valentine’s Day?
Lenore here. How can it be Valentine’s Day already? The weather here at the beach has been warm–high 60′s. We haven’t even experienced a freeze for a long time, and seems I am not the only thing...
View ArticleSUMMER HELP AND QUALITY OF LIFE
We recently changed our work week; Wednesday through Sunday, five days a week, for the whole year. In the summer we have always been open Tuesdays through Sundays, or six days a week. We have done it...
View ArticleTHE GARDEN IS CALLING US!
Typically we do not plant our garden until after Mothers Day. This year we are experiencing so much sunshine that it is hard to believe it is still April. Longing to put in some lettuces and herbs like...
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