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Perfect Iced Coffee

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Thursday, May 27, 2010, In : Cooking

Morning Coffee Fine Art Photograph by Kristybee

Warm summer days are just around the corner (though maybe a little further away in the Pacific NW than for the rest of you) and with them return my craving for icy cold iced coffee. Running to the nearest Starbucks every time the craving hits gets spendy, but luckily this delicious, refreshing beverage is cheap and easy to make at home.

The best way to make iced coffee is to start out with cold coffee. Not the left over coffee from the ...

Where've I Been?

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Friday, April 2, 2010, In : Cooking

Italian Oven Roasted Veggie Panini
Recipe available at PDX Wine Snob

For the past few weeks, I've been posting installments of my Advertising on the Cheap series, but today I'm going to do something different. As you may or may not have noticed, my blog posts have been rather infrequent. Never fear! Its not that I haven't been blogging, its just that I've been focusing on my other website, PDX Wine Snob.

PDX Wine Snob chronicles my exploration into the world of wine (my favorite topic after cr...
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Overnight Stuffed French Toast

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Monday, February 8, 2010, In : Cooking

I'm a very accident prone person, so I wasn't at all surprised that I've been in considerable pain for the past 3 days from pulling a muscle in my shoulder from simply reaching for my coffee cup on the coffee table. I haven't really been able to work the whole time, which has been driving me nuts (even typing this out now is a bit strenuous). Luckily, I had put together this simple, overnight stuffed french toast prior to my injuries. When morning came and I could barely move, all I had to do...
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Wild Mushroom Stuffed Chicken with White Wine Cream Sauce

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Thursday, February 4, 2010, In : Cooking

This is one of my favorite French recipes, perfect for a romantic dinner for two. The recipe can easily be doubled of tripled for a nice dinner party as well. This dish looks much more complicated on paper than it actually is to cook and will impress whoever you're serving it to.

Ingredients

1 oz dried wild mushrooms (morel or chanterelle work best, but you can also use more affordable oyster or porchini mushrooms, or a mixture of various mushrooms)
3/4 cup of low sodium chicken stock
2 tbsps uns...

Mexican Chocolate Truffles

Posted by Lisa Rezendez on Monday, January 18, 2010, In : Cooking

I love making truffles, so much so in fact that a few years back I seriously contemplated running away to France to study under a world renowned chocolatier. Even though I never took that leap, I still enjoy creating my own chocolate creations. I really don't like flavoring my truffles with artificial flavors, extracts, and liquors like you see in most recipes, so I've had to find ways to infuse the truffles using fresh ingredients, resulting in truer flavors. One of the greatest challenges I...
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About Me

Lisa Rezendez

Portland, Or

I am a jewelry artist/crafter living in Portland, OR with my three cats and loving boyfriend.