Best Turkey of My Life

I should have known that turkey cooked on a rotisserie would be better than any other method.

entree, Cookbooks, rotisserie cooking, main entreeKaren TripsonDecember 2, 2015Thanksgiving, turkey, rotisserie turkey

Pok Pok Noi: Som Cocktails+

Drinking vinegars are a big trend in craft cocktails and Pok Pok is not content with making them in house or quietly. Look in your local market to purchase and ask if they don't have them in stock yet.

Portland Oregon, Thai restaurant, cocktailsKaren TripsonSeptember 13, 2015drinking vinegar, som, papaya pok pok, papaya salad, Thai hens, thai hens

Cocktail Party Food

Tamagoyaki Ikura (Japanese omelet with salmon roe) is simple and elegant cocktail food.

appetizer, cocktails, CookbooksKaren TripsonJuly 23, 2015david chang, momofuku noodle bar, caviar, japanese omelet, ikura, salmon roe, tamago-yaki, late night food, bar food, lucky peach

Ladies' Lunch: My Paris Kitchen

Cooking for a crowd: Here's an idea that's pretty on the plate, vegetarian or could be, and will suit a wide variety of appetites.

entree, French, Event, party food, main entreeKaren TripsonJune 23, 2015Menu planning, ladies party, bridesmaids party, vegetarian, My Paris Kitchen, Renee Erickson, David Lebovitz, boat street cafe

My Favorite Ottolenghi Jerusalem Cookbook Recipes

For anyone who wants to try Ottolenghi recipes, go ahead and dive in! There is no reason to live without him at your table...

Cookbooks, entree, WritersKaren TripsonJune 16, 2015dinner party, Yotam Ottolenghi, cioppino, Jerusalem, ciopppino

Ottolenghi Potluck Party

When you want to have a party on a budget, invite your friends to an Ottolenghi Potluck.

Karen TripsonJune 1, 2015

Ottolenghi's a Star

Here's a few ideas about why he is so successful.

Haitian Griot

Creating menus is an art and science.

The Magic of Leeks

Thank you, Julia Child, for proving it could be this easy.

Cookbooks, soup, traditional, vegetarian option, FrenchKaren TripsonMarch 11, 2015potatoes, leeks, julia child, vicchyssoise

Happy Anniversary in PDX

We had lots of fun recently and great food in Portland, OR at the Bollywood Theater, Racion, Olympic Provisions and St. Jack's.

Portland Oregon, restaurants, sous vide, CultureKaren TripsonFebruary 2, 2015Bollywood Theatre, Racion, St Jacks, Olympic Provisions, NE Alberta Street, Spanish Cuisine, Bistro, Indian, charcuterie, salumeria, chorizo

Lemon Tart by a Non-Baker

Oh, the challenges of baking when you are not a baker by nature -- or experience.

dessert, Event, ingredientsKaren TripsonNovember 28, 2014David Lebovitz, meyer lemon, easy, dessert, party

Special Menu for New Friends

Entertaining is not always your dear old friends or family. How do you reciprocate when you’ve been wined and dined by people you don't know very well?

Mid-Century Modern Style Party

All about the joy of receiving a special invitation to a party and what it inspires.

Cookbooks, party food, appetizerKaren TripsonOctober 20, 2014the joy of cooking, betty crocker picture cookbook, mid-century modern style menu, aspic

Sous Vide Obsession

When you want it moist and juicy, sous vide is the best method. I am having great results in my beer cooler but of course have ordered the next generation Anova that will take directions from my ipad.

Cookbooks, sous vide, scienceKaren TripsonSeptember 29, 2014Maxime Bilet, Nathan Myhrvold, Modernist Cuisine, sous vide

Hot Weather Entertaining

Sugar and spice and a whole lot of fish sauce make this summer night extravagant.

Cookbooks, seasonal menu, summer menuKaren TripsonAugust 19, 2014summer menu, watermelon salad, pok pok portland, pok pok hens, ike's wings, Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings, Kai Yaang, Thai hens

Pok Pok: The Cookbook Experience

Once you have visited the Pok Pok shrine in Portland, you must have the cookbook and all the accessories.

Cookbooks, good reading, restaurants, rotisserie cooking, WritersKaren TripsonJuly 7, 2014chicken, Pok Pok, Kai Yaang, Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings, Magnolia's Bookstore, Andy Ricker, Mike Vrobel, Laap Pet Issan, minced duck salad

What's Waldo E Sexton Have To Do With It?

Meals that changed my life? All things that Papa gave me to eat: Lady finger banana omelets, tongue and German potato salad, frog legs and lamb chops.

Event, Vero Beach FLKaren TripsonJune 5, 2014facebook.com/mckeegarden, Vero Beach Book Center, Growing Up in Vero

My Paris Kitchen: Lunch with David Lebovitz

I feel like I saw him at his last small club appearance and the next time he comes to town it will be a stadium show.

appetizer, Cookbooks, Event, Seattle WA, WritersKaren TripsonApril 30, 2014David Lebovitz, boat street cafe, Queen Anne Books, Renee Erickson, My Paris Kitchen, Grand Aioli, Duck Terrine, Bay Leaf Pound Cake, Tariquet Cotes du Gascogne Blanc

Karen Tripson to hold lecture, book signing at McKee Botanical Garden

Tripson’s lecture will spotlight her novel "The Cooking Class in Kuala Lumpur," a story about food, friendship and coping with the joy and challenges of being 50-something in today’s economy.

Karen TripsonMarch 19, 2014

Pok Pok: The Restaurant Experience

Thirty people waiting in the rain in front of the small yellow house, not seeming to mind at all, is pretty much how it always is at Pok Pok.

restaurants, rotisserie cooking, Portland OregonKaren TripsonFebruary 25, 2014Pok Pok, Portland, Andy Ricker, Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings, Kai Taang, rotisserie chicken, papaya salad, papaya pok pok