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The salad is organic Arugula, grilled baby squash, baby courgette (zucchini), and baby asparagus, dressed with avocado oil, lemon, salt and pepper. The salmon was brushed with the Avocado oil and seasoned with kosher salt, seared on high heat. Nothing could have been simpler.

dinner is about to begin.

the levon stream kept dropping the sound on me.

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is that sco with mmw?.... fack yeah!

Ottawa Bluesfest 2008 Primer by: Todd Snelgrove As the rumours flew around prior to the upcoming Ottawa Bluesfest it was clear that our little festival is unquestionably world class. Online speculation into this year’s potential lineup showed that anything was possible – if they were on tour, the Bluesfest could put in a realistic bid. When the official announcement was made we saw that while some of the big name money acts had eluded the Ottawa bids we are left with a consistent series of top-notch entertainers stretched over what will prove to be a mighty eleven days. The big opener this year will be The Tragically Hip. Some may be quick to bemoan the semi-regular inclusion of this quintessential Canrock beer band, but it should be pointed out that they are touring their strongest album in over a decade, and they have brought their live show back to the high standards they once held. This should prove to be the best Hip performance the Ottawa Bluesfest will see. For those with more sober tastes, the first night holds other options such as Taj Mahal, Keb Mo, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Cassandra Wilson, and TV On The Radio just to name a few. Now, with an opening night like that, you know you’re in for a good time. The opening weekend of the Bluesfest features a myriad of must-see headliners. Feist is back for what will likely be her best-attended set in Bluesfest history. Also on slate for the weekend are 70’s FM darlings Steely Dan and jamband giants Widespread Panic, both of whom you won’t see in Ottawa again for a long time. Songwriting genius Lucinda Williams plays on Saturday while The Wailers, Johnny Winter, and Primus will be there on Sunday. Of course that’s just a smattering of the sounds available on the opening weekend of Bluesfest. Meander around the six stages and you’ll have the opportunity to catch a whirlwind of talent like Dweezil’s homage to his father Zappa Plays Zappa, Adrian Belew, and Swiss bluegrass monsters The Kruger Brothers back to back on the newly reintroduced Roots Stage. The Blacksheep Stage is another triumph this year, counting Luke Doucet, Elliot Brood, James Blood Ulmer, The Weakerthans and The Dave Bidini Band among their offerings this opening weekend. The beautiful River Stage will be back again, and that’s where you’ll find acts like Richard Thompson, Sonny Landreth, and Wintersleep on your wander-about. An easily overlooked portion of the Ottawa Bluesfest is the indoor shows at Barney Danson Theatre. If you see something you like get in line early, the seating is very limited. Over the weekend you can catch intimate sets by Jack de Keyser, Chuck Prophet, Samuel James, or even see Dave Bidini doing a book reading. The Barney Danson Theatre will be hosting shows throughout the festival and is well worth hitting up. During the week the festival scales back a bit with shows beginning at 6pm. The talent is still there though! While many might deem Fergie skippable, James Taylor, Dr. John, Black Crowes, Matthew Good and his Band, Brian Wilson, and Boz Skaggs will make for a fun week of headliners. Avoid the masses and hit up smaller stages for Harry Manx with Kevin Breit, CALEXICO, The John Henrys, Stars, Tokyo Police Club, That 1 Guy, and The Plain White T’s (dare you to get Hey There Delilah out of your head after their set). With the festival settled in to their great location on LeBreton Flats it should prove to be a great week of music under the summer sky. The final weekend could be a festival in itself. Three more days of eclectic bookings, from The Kinks’ Ray Davies and Canned Heat to Grammy winners Wyclef Jean and Joan Armatrading. Great Big Sea and Metric go head-to-head on Friday night while disco diva Donna Summer’s Bad Girls will battle for the nostalgia crowd with Don McLean’s American Pie. The Sam Roberts Band and pedal steel wizard Robert Randolph both make welcome returns to the festival for the final weekend. There will be Grammy winning gospel with Shirley Caesar and blues with Red Volkaert and L’il Ed And The Blues Imperials. Mofro is back and so is Hamell On Trial, both acts that have garnered many a fan at past Bluesfests. All in all well over 200 bands await your listening pleasure, nestled into one of the prettiest spots in the downtown core of our nation’s capitol. Eleven days of world class entertainment beginning July 3rd, and all for under $200. I’m already excited about next year.

I'm a reborn fan of pizza. This was fucking incredible. Salad dressing made with Avocado Oil. This crust is about the same consistency as Ace Bakery baguettes. It is fuckin' incredible for Pizza.

I spoke with one of the founders and board member a few years ago, before it got this nuts, and he told me that they are stuck with the Bluesfest brand. Everyone involved is aware that it isn't a bluesfest, but rather a music festival. Bluesfest is nationally recognized and world renowned. Hence Snoop

Did you see Bass Laser in one of them photos?

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Radiohead airs their frustations with Prince's decision to block not only his intellectual property, but Radioheads when videos of his cover of Creep was posted on Youtube. The shit was only on there for part of a day before P's legal team took matters into their own hands.

i understand, but I you made an observation that deserves some explanation. Google ads aren't paying what they used to these days so I need to experiment with other non-invasive yet possibly useful methods of advertising. Affiliate linking is a possibility, but if you need to load up a site with affiliates to make it worthwhile, it is probably too much.

i love the band, but no going out for me this weekend.

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I think we'll use the stone tonight. We went with easy and grabbed a big ball of dough from the italian grocery. Also grabbed a hot italian sausage, about 220g of bocconcini, some basic sauce, mushrooms, and we have a green pepper. That should make for a nice pizza.

My tastebuds and appetite for inspiring ingredients got hijacked today down at the Byward Fruit (and vegetable) Market. There was an italian dude giving samples of a goat cheese spread made with this imported avocado oil which he infused with garlic. He also had pieces of baguette to sample the oil ala carte. It was really quite extraordinary. Anyway, he talked my taste and smell centre into buying a small 750 ml bottle for $14.99 and gave me some recipes. He promised me 16 more recipes if I sent him an email letting him know how I made out. I really love that kind of sale experience. True to the heart. The proprietor of the market over heard me contemplating the recipes with sharon, and he pointed out that he's been using the stuff and prepared the salmon recipe. He ended up pointing us to his best and freshest produce to create the recipe with. Great sale. Tomorrow's dinner is ripped off from Jamie Oliver but subs in the avocado oil for the olive oil and is composed of the following fresh ingredients and method. Seared Salmon with Courgettes, Asparagus, and Rocket 4 (6 ounce/170g) salmon fillets, skinned Extra-virgin olive oil 4 baby courgettes (zucchini), sliced lengthways 4 yellow courgettes (summer squash), roughly chopped (if not available, use green courgettes) Pinch Maldon sea salt 2 good handfuls thin asparagus 200g (about 7 ounces) rocket (arugula) 2 lemons, halved For the dressing: Large handful of fresh thyme, leaves picked Maldon sea salt 4 tablespoons extra virgin AVOCADO OIL 1 lemon, juiced Season the salmon fillets and lightly drizzle them in olive oil. Season the courgettes and asparagus with salt. Heat a griddle pan (or, ideally, use a barbecue) and, when very hot, sear the salmon and vegetables until nicely char-grilled. This should only take a few minutes on each side. Meanwhile, make your dressing. In a pestle and mortar, bash the thyme with a pinch of salt until nicely bruised (or you can finely chop the thyme if you don’t own a pestle). Pour in the olive oil and lemon juice and stir. Remove the salmon and vegetables from the heat. Toss the vegetables with the rocket, drizzle with the dressing and serve with the salmon. Finish off with a bit more dressing drizzled over the salmon. Serve with half a lemon. Lovely. Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Difficulty: Easy

We're going to the market to get some fresh ingredients to make a pizza. There is no doubt that we'll be using fresh mozzarella. The purebred italian from Luciano's told me to only use fresh mozzarella for the ultimate pizza. He said to put a weight on it and lay it out on paper towels to drain the moisture or else you will get a soggy pizza. he was SO right. the last attempt was killer and there is no turning back. so my question is, what are your favourite toppings, methods, oven temps, pizza stone or directly on rack, sauces and most importantly, CRUST? I might even get the charcoal bbq really hot and bake it off that way tonight.

most cookies are best at home, and I'm sure a homemade marshmallow cookie would rock, but the level of effort is pretty high. Alton Brown tackled the homemade marshmallow and he DID say that nothing beats it. It would be quite easy to turn your homemade marshmallow into a dark chocolate covered cookie, but it would leave a sticky messy trail behind.

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don't be surprised if kid rock and lynard skynard show up. they're doing shows together now. holy shit....that is fucked up!

who said anything about boiling miso? ms zimmy, you be making shit up.

what...no picture? i put a picture AND a "how it is made" video. gosh.

Tool put out a tune that fits the Fibonacci sequence (aka golden ratio/sequence)