Guild of Oregon Woodworkers Volume #34, Issue 10 October, 2017

OREGON WORKS

The Editor’s Insight Slate of Officers ~ 2018 Redwoods Vote at the November meeting I’ve written about inspira- tion the last two months. The following people have agreed to Officers: Another opportunity to be serve on the board of directors for 2018. inspired came this month. President – Alexander Anderson As required by our bylaws, this notice is Vice President – Eddee Edson I’ve been wanting to make a provide to all general members one Treasurer – Travis Hays circle trip of Southern Oregon month prior to the special meeting in No- Secretary – Steve Poland and the coast since my motor- vember. cycle trip of 2012. Committee Chairs: We did it. South to Grants Pass to stay at a log A vote by the general membership will Membership – Keith Williams cabin inn called Weasku Inn. occur in a special meeting held just be- Education – Leslie Kantor Fabulous and quaint, includ- fore the November program. Programs – CJ Marquardt ing a great evening layout of Operations (Shop Manager) – open If you are willing to help make the Guild Communications – Bob Oswald hors d'oeuvres. Community Projects – Tim Moore Next day was a tour of the function, consider one of the open posi- tions below. Notify Roger Crooks of Shows - open Redwoods, a mix of state and Sponsors – Hamilton Byerly national park territory. It your desire. Prof Membership at Large – Vince Corbin doesn’t matter what you General Member at Large – Ed Ferguson choose. It is all awesome. Yes, I did find myself trying to estimate how many Next Program — T u e s d a y November 21 2017 7:00PM homes I could build out of Anvil Academy one tree. Or how many tables Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR 97219 if one used redwood. (Continued on page 4) Join us at the Multnomah Arts Center on Tuesday, November 21 for a presentation from Rob Lewis with the Anvil Academy that combines the arts of and blacksmithing. You have a wonderful opportunity to see a presentation on historic methods of woodworking and blacksmithing to create traditional and functional equip- ment (such as Stagecoaches). The Anvil Academy is an organization that focuses on teaching and preserving his- In This Issue toric skills of a craft that was at one time the mainstay of the industry. There are a num- ber of functions that the Academy serves. They are a Historic Trade School for at-risk Thanks to Volunteerd 2 youths that build traditional wooden wagons, a production shop for projects that are A Newsletter 5 sold for commercial and private use, a skills learning center for all ages and last but not least a community of like-minded people. Class Coordinator 6 Sorry, there will not be any live demonstrations of blacksmithing in the auditorium. For that you’ll have to visit the Academy itself. Woodworking School 8

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Swordfish Steak 18 From the west, Allen becomes Garden Home and then becomes Multnomah Blvd. From the East, off I5/Barbur Blvd, head West on Multnomah Blvd. Then: To locate the shop, turn uphill, North, on 35th Avenue. At the stop sign, turn right, go one block, turn left. Go over the crest of the hill and as you start down, the shop is in the little center on the right. Drive downhill to the Multnomah Art Center to park and walk back. Park in both front and back of the Art Center depending on construction. Page 2 Volume #34, Issue 10 A Big Thanks to Volunteers Charlie Meyer We just completed a run of very successful but also very volunteer intensive estate sales. We want to thank We would like your feedback on what’s working and everyone who both offered their help and those who what’s not on our volunteer efforts. participated in making the sales happen. We needed to fill 40 slots for these various events. I think Bill Keay was helping us at Rockler too. While they want no recognition, Joe Nolte and Gig It is important that we know who we have to work Lewis do an unbelievable amount of work to make these for us at these sale events. We know that life intervenes sales successful from organizing the work to advertising but if you agree to serve at one of theses events and to renting a d driving big trucks through mountain pass- then are unable to do so please let us (or the volunteer es. Let them know you appreciate what they do. coordinator) know if you can’t make it and we will make adjustments.

Brown estate sale setup 1933 NE Bell Dr Portland Sep 28, 2017 David Chambers, Don Cline, Dave Hollister, Paul Lemieux, Gig Lewis, Margo Miller, Tim Moore, Scott Stoneci- pher Brown Estate Sale Sep 30, 2017 Rachel Burr, David Chambers, Don Cline, Dave Hollister, Paul Lemieux, Gig Lewis, Margo Miller, Joe Nolte, Pack Phillips, Tom Rich Rockler garage sale Oct 7, 2017 Don Cline, Gig Lewis, Charlie Meyer Bargas Estate sale, pricing and setup at 5223 NE 32nd Place, Portland October 19 Don Cline, Dennis Dolph, Gerry Engle, Ken Hall, Dave Hollister, Paul Lemieux, Gig Lewis, Tim Moore, Joe Nolte, Bob Sokolow Bargas sale, price and load in Tillamook, Oct 20 9:30 David Chambers, Don Cline, Dave Hollister, Mack Johnsen, Bill Keay, Gig Lewis, Charlie Meyer, Margo Miller, Joe Nolte Bargas sale, unload and work sale Oct 21 NE 32 Place, Portland Volodymyr Babin, Rachel Burr, Brian Carroll, Don Cline, Dennis Dolph, Gerry Engle, Ken Hall, Dave Hollister, Bill Keay, Paul Lemieux, Gig Lewis, Sarah Livingstone, Tim Moore, Joe Nolte, Pack Phillips, Joe Beginner SIG Update L a r r y W a d e Beginner SIG Monthly Email dar. There will also be four mentors to assist If you are not on the monthly email for the Begin- along the way. The focus is hand , not power ner SIG programs and activities and want to be tools. added, send an email to [email protected]. OCT 12th - Japanese-inspired Shaped Box NOV 9th - Hands-On Lab 5:00 - 9:00 PM Twenty members attended last month's meeting This monthly program is experimental and will be and demonstrations of the steps involved in limited to the first 15 who register. Only those making Gary Rogowski's famous box. If you are registered can attend. If the registration limit has interested in getting some notes on the process, been reached but you are interested, sign up by send an email to [email protected]. putting yourself on the Waitlist, in case there are cancelations and to be notified of any future labs. The goal is to allow new woodworkers and those involved with the Basics Series to get started working with their hands. This is not a class, but there will be a small number of focused activities as outlined on the web site's education calen- Page 3 Volume #34, Issue 10 Upcoming Classes N o r m B a i r d GUILD UPCOMING CLASSES class will explain the process, demonstrate it, and provide hands-on experience in which participants will mill boards for themselves. with Jeff Harness Nov 4, 9:30-4, $100 Introduction to Carving in the Round with Jeff Multnomah Art Center Harness Class Coordinator: Larry Wade Dec 30, 9:30-5, Waitlist This 6 hour class is to familiarize new carvers to the relief style and to provide hands on experience. Following this Class Coordinator: Larry Wade class you can consider taking Introduction to Carving in the This is a re-listing of the class previously scheduled for Nov 11. If you have taken Round (caricatures). one of Jeff’s Relief Carving classes, or

will be taking Christine’s class at OCAC Think Finishing Before You Start Your Project (see below), and are interested in advanc- with Chip Webster ing to carving in the round, this is your Nov 7, 6-9, $60 opportunity. Class Coordinator: Chip Webster This is an introduction seminar in finishing. Starting with See the Guild website for registration and details. Contact the concept of “Think finish first”, the questions that should the Class Coordinator with questions. All classes are held at be answered before starting a project. Tips for prepping and the Guild shop unless otherwise specified. 7634 SW 34th St, applying various types of finish. And wrapping up with the Portland, OR 97219 concept of “finishing the finish”. Beginners are welcome. AFFILIATE UPCOMING CLASSES Make a Greenwood Stool with Norm Baird 4 Sessions Nov 18-Dec 9, 9-5, $470 Northwest Woodworking Studio Madrone Studio Masterworks: Work Bench Class Coordinator: Rick Alexander Nov 13-17 Learn the sheer pleasure of working wood, both green and Instructor: Gary Rogowski dry, with and , on the traditional shav- ing horse. Learn the things that wood can teach us about its characteristics when connecting with hand tools. And make Oregon College of Art and Craft a useful and attractive bench in the process. Relief Carving Nov 3-5 Sharpen Like a Pro: Bench Sharpening Instructor: Christine Fuqua Clinic with Jeff Zens Nov 25, 9-5, $120 Portland Community College Class Coordinator: Steve Anderly PCC offers a variety of woodworking programs. Now you can participate in the same workshop offered to the Registration for Winter Term 2018, for non-credit students, Guild’s Next Level students without committing to the entire begins Nov 22 NL series. In this day-long, hands-on session, Master furni- specified. 7634 SW 34th St, Portland, OR 97219 ture maker Jeff Zens will guide you through the process of creating a keen edge on your and irons.

Restore a Metal Bench Plane with Ken Hall SawStop Class Events 2 Sessions, Dec 5 & 12, 5-9, $120 G i g L e w i s Class Coordinator: CJ Marquardt Learn how to restore a metal, Bailey style bench plane from #1. On November 1st, at 7:PM, we will be having Saw- a rusty hulk to a finely tuned hand tool. You will be shown Stop coming in to do a presentation to our spouses, reserva- how to finely tune your plane so that it is capable of creating tions only. Patty will be describing how the SawStop is dif- fine, flat surfaces on your wood. ferent and the Safety that is built-in. They will not be selling any machines just sharing info. At the end of the meeting one of our spouses will have the chance to activate the saw. Introduction to Project with Dick Please let Gig know that you will be there. We are limited to Rohrbaugh 15 couples. Dec 13, 5-9, $60 #2. We will have another night with SawStop on No- Class Coordinator: Gary Weeber vember 29th, sharing with us the proper Care and Feeding Milling wood to produce straight, flat and boards is of this amazing machine. Reservations only, let Gig know the essential first step in any woodworking project. This what model saw you have so that our SawStop Rep will have the proper info to share. Roger Crooks, President

Page 4 Volume #34, Issue 10 Inspiration c o n t i n u e d

(Continued from page 1) unique and indigenous only to the Northern California and the Oregon Coast. An interesting lecture by a shop owner On the way to Crescent City a five mile detour off the about the tree makes me want to google it further. It con- highway to another unique place and use of wood. Out ‘n sumes all but one of its multiple trunks over time. About Tree Houses. Spend a night at a very reasonable I enjoy having the wood focus we share. It allows price perched high in the trees, but not if you are prone to and causes you to look at the world in a more artistic and seasickness. And some are a long walk at night on a hang- inspirational way. ing bridge to the bathroom. We’ll try that another time. The weather gods were happy, blessing this trip with Drive up the coast highway of Oregon and what a full week of perfect weather and some of the most beau- would do you see a lot of? Myrtle of course. Pretty, tiful Oregon Sunsets. Page 5 Volume #34, Issue 10 Birth of a Newsletter B o b O s w a l d onto a mostly blank line looks bad. I can rewrite almost any- I spent more time on the newsletter this month than in the thing without changing and information to get rid of that shop No more time than normal, but it’s telling me I need to dangling word. be where the tools are. Create a PDF and start looking at presentation. Run Ever wondered what it takes t put the Guild newsletter extensive spelling and grammar checks. Built in tools help, together every month? Probably not. For some reason I feel but ultimately it takes a slow, careful read of everything. the need to present it. Perhaps to justify why I’m not in the Create new text for articles that I write myself shop right now. Create the table of contents.. More time juggling and And it might be interesting to some of you, perhaps to reviewing. the one who will one day replace me. Finally the on line version is ready. Going to unlimited Process emails during the month. Somewhat random and length has made it fun to include a lot more material, espe- not particularly directed to the newsletter, but ideas and infor- cially the photo gallery. A PDF is created, reviewed one mation come out of some of them. more time and uploaded to the website, two locations. Cre- Watching Facebook postings. I don’t get enough stuff ate the email to send to you. . sent directly to me, but there is information to capture there. Back to editing. Cut the mailed version to tem pages to Put out a reminder to a number of guild officers and vol- fit a first class stamp . It’s already too expensive with print- unteers for their input. On the day of the deadline for most ing and postage to just mail it all. people, process the input. Email it to the printer. Drive to town and pick up the I invented the Gallery section. I love it. When I send a hard copies newsletters, about 5% o our membership. Fold call for photos I get a lot. Of course that creates extra work and seal them Print address labels from an export from the receiving and archiving them to not forget someone. Pull out database . Print the labels and attach them Back through the oldest six. Extract the photos and paste and rearrange them to pile one more time to put on a stamp , being careful not to look good. Extract the text, format and insert it. Juggle eve- miss one and have it show up in my mailbox a few days lat- rything around to try for a nice presentation. er. Drive to the post office and drop them at the counter. The newsletter is like a multi-page Rubik's cube. It’s That’s more or less the story. kind of therapeutic. But then I’m probably sick. It’s been a very educational process for me. Like teach- Log into the website to get the latest new members. ing you have to learn things write about them. Log in to the shop computer to get some shop usage sta- tistics. Capture reports from board members and extract what would be useful. Receive emails rom folks who do share with what’s go- ing on it he shop. Extract, scale, paste and juggle. My mind works every day with a focus on what I do in woodworking and how to share it with others. If there is a project in the works, I will be taking a lot of in process photos and make notes about educational things. These all have to be combined and filtered for the useful stuff for a story. It always involves many trips up and down the stairs to find the camera. I created the Editor Insight column, and in so doing, more work. But I enjoy sitting on the porch with a glass of wine, letting the mind wander down some fern strewn path, dreaming up something hopefully inspirational to write about. It sometimes requires a little research which is another way to learn woodworking. An idea pops up from reading one of the woodworking magazine. How can I use that but turn it into my own article? Sometimes I go build something to get a better photo and an explanation. Norm mails me the Education class list for the coming month. It is well done and formatted, I don’t have to do much formatting to create that piece.. I really look forward to that piece. What to feature on the front page. A year or so ago a member with a publishing background guided me into a bit of a newspaper format. It changed the front page. I was hoping for more changes to up the inside but he disappeared. As the end of the month draws near, it’s time to start jug- gling locations to make it look nice. A single word flowing Roger Crooks, President

Page 6 Volume #34, Issue 10 Education Team Class Coordinator Bob Sokolow The education team is always looking for more peo- class is successful. You work with the instructor to de- ple to help coordinate Guild classes. The tasks are well termine what roles the coordinator needs to perform be- defined although each class may present different tasks fore, during and after the class. In brief these may in- to perform for a successful class. clude: You can do it one time or several. Coordinators do  Monitoring website registrations and keeping in con- get free attendance in the class We are an organization tact with all participants that depends on all members volunteering to help out,  Determining with the instructor what materials including being a class coordinator. (wood, supplies, etc.) are needed for the class The education committee will be presenting a 2-3  Discussing with the instructor if additional helpers hour session in January to review the duties of class are needed in the class coordinators, instructions on how to fill out the small  Promote the class, as needed amount of paperwork, and answer questions.  Sending out instructor handout materials to class For more information please contact Leslie Kantor, members. [email protected], or Doug Drake doug-  Purchasing class supplies and food and drinks [email protected], (Guild Education Co-Chairs)  Helping the instructor with pre-class preparation or Bob Sokolow [email protected] (coordinator (milling wood, building jigs, etc.) of coordinators).  Helping out in class as needed  Following up with after class duties: financial, eval- Why should you become a class coordinator? uation and administrative matters.

Some classes involve very little preparation while  Education is a core value for members and as a others include a significant amount of work before and coordinator you are supporting the core. during the class. Although you do not need to be a Guild  You get to meet and work with really interesting shop attendant (SA) to be a class coordinator, you may people have to perform some of the functions of a SA. These  You get to know instructors in a more personal, may include opening and closing the shop, monitoring meaningful way the safety of everyone using the tools, etc. As a coordi-  You get to feel good by helping a class to be suc- nator you will be able to observe and sometimes partici- cessful pate in the class activities but your main role is to help  You get to learn the material taught in the class the instructor.  You get an insider's look at "how the sausage is

made" Becoming a class coordinator is an excellent oppor-

tunity to work with and to get to know Guild members, What Are the main duties of a class coordina- Guild instructors and to learn new things. Most im- tor? portantly this is an opportunity to give back to the Guild Coordinating a Guild class involves working with the to make it a stronger organization. instructor and the class participants to help ensure the

Welcome New Members

Welcome to our newest members in chronological or- Mark Kuka, Edie Cole, Lauri Llewellyn, Caryn Brooks, der. We’re happy to have you with us and hope you’ll Banks Cargill, Martin Torch-Ishii, Zhenni Wang, Jas- make a regular appearance at the monthly program. Say min Moneymaker, John LaRose, Raymond Robertson, hello at the next meeting so we can get to know you. Tom Westover, Angela Wright, Ian MacDonald, Kyle Get your feet wet. Try your hand volunteering at just Groff, Charles Robinson, Cory Jones, Alison Reyes, one event this month. You don’t learn woodworking Jacob Boone, Owen Spencer, Tim Schneider, Richard by reading magazines. Raeke, Erin Hansen, Mark Ryan, Erin Larisey, Chris

Blevins, Philip Grote, Richard Heath, Eugene Park, Jonathan Todd, Desmond Gelman,

Page 7 Volume #34, Issue 10 Shop Safety Report R a y C u r t i s Safety & Orientation meetings Registered Attended Dis- HOST path Tool Skills path missed Sept. 13 11 1 4 7 Oct. 20 14 4 1 7 YTD 153 121 13 24 81

“Dismissed” – People turned away because they had not completed the paperwork required or showed up late (>30 min.) to the S&O session.

HOSTs conducted Attendees Passed Sept. 2 0 Oct. 2 2 YTD 30 28 Total

Core Tool Skills conducted (alternate path to HOST) Band saw/ / / / To- Press Planer Router Ta- tal ble Sept. 4 2 0 1 7 Oct. 0 4 4 3 11 YTD 39 42 34 37 152

(September numbers only through Oct. 17th) Green Cards issued HOST Tool Skills September 3 2 Oct. 2 2 YTD 35 21 YTD TOTAL Members 56 288 793

We have warmed our hands at the fire of life Page 8 Volume #34, Issue 10

A New Woodworking School in Town Alexander Anderson Madrone Studio Workshop, a School for Joinery and Craft, is opening at the start of 2018 in Portland Ore- gon. The school will bring the experience and teaching skills of Alexander Anderson and Dennis Loveland to- gether in the spacious Madrone Studio Workshop at 8900 B NE Vancouver Way Portland Oregon 97211. Both Dennis and Alexander have decades of experi- ence in the business of woodworking as well as many years teaching the craft. Both have formal training through apprenticeship then many years of journeyman work, and are both Master . They will be teaching with the assistance of apprentices for a personal and small class size style of learning. As a special offer to help introduce the school to Guild members that have not taken classes already from Alexander Anderson at Madrone Studio, we are offering two free classes in the month of November to let people come and get to see the shop and learn more about this new school for woodworking and craft. There will be a free class at Madrone Studio Work- shop on Three Apply Anywhere Finishes on Tuesday Nov. 14th from 6-9 in the evening. This will be a free lecture and hands on class for anyone that is interested in learning more about finishes that can be applied in the workshop or in the home without spray equipment. Stu- dents will make step samples of an Osmo oil finish, a shellac finish and a wipe on poly finish. This is also an opportunity to learn more about the school and tour our facilities and meet the teaching staff. There will also be a free lecture on Monday Nov. 27th from 6-9 in the evening on Invisible Repairs. Learn how to repair the inevitable small damages and mistakes that occur during the process of making a piece. This will also be an opportunity to learn more about the school and the instructors. Students will find a well equipped workshop with good natural light and plenty of bench space. There is a spray booth, where Dennis Loveland will teach how to spray a waterborne finish to perfection in a class on Sat- urday, January 6. On Dec. 15th and 16th, Alexander will be teaching a class on making a Krenov plane in a weekend. This is a great opportunity to learn not only how to make and cus- tomize planes for your own use, but also an opportunity to learn how to use the hand plane better. For more information or to register for classes at Madrone Studio Workshop, please [email protected]. A list of classes is also to be found at www.Madronestudio.com. Page 9 Volume #34, Issue 10 The Guild Organization Roger Crooks

Some Like it Rough Gary Weeber I admit it. I like it rough. I love to take rough Here’s the good news. You and begin milling that lumber until it takes can get the basics of this pro- shape as a work piece. It is then that I get to view cess by signing up for Introduc- the wood’s presentation; its figure; its consistency; tion to Project Milling 17-1. its color; and its potential. Now I have something Expert Dick Rohrbaugh will be to work with and I have completed step one of my the instructor and in four hours exciting project. you will walk away with a Milling can be a daunting task for some. There piece of milled …and are questions about tools and machines; questions more importantly, the about ‘reading’ the wood; questions about setting knowledge to do your own up machines to complete the work; and questions milling either at home or in the Guild Shop. about the use of those machines to best mill the Please join us. There is a piece of rough lum- rough lumber. ber just waiting for you to tame it. Page 10 Volume #34, Issue 10 In the Shop This Month B o b O s w a l d What happened in the shop this month? It was busy, but I didn’t get much feedback to share. It would so nice if some of you who use the shop would drop me a photo and a couple of sen- tences. Don’t wait until you are finished for Show- and-Tell. Share progress with a large audience.

Product Build Group Thanks to Dick Immel for some photos.

Heidi and Alvin working on the "perfect" board layout.

Ed and Ken with a newcomer getting top boards in the best order.

Phil is a little sanding weary while Don powers on.

Flora and Chris? getting the fastener holes just right. Page 11 Volume #34, Issue 10 In the Shop This Month B o b O s w a l d Every week toys get born. We’re coming up on the season of biggest need. Drop by and help out. Fridays at 1 PM in the shop.

Tell me about your adventures using the Guild shop.

[email protected] Page 12 Volume #34, Issue 10 Show and Tell: What Our Members Build Some of the members Here’s the next installment from the recent When you send in multiple photos, I’m remiss submission by twenty-four Guild members. Thank to decide whether to feature just one in large for- you very much, folks. I have enough for the No- mat or all of them in smaller views. vember newsletter, and after that will be looking Help me decide by considering how you want for more. I love your projects. it displayed.

Chuck Rinehart A coffee table, organic style, butternut wood, glass top. Chuck Rinehart, new member from Rochester, NY Page 13 Volume #34, Issue 10 Show and Tell: What Our Members Build Some of the members

Roger Leverette The angles were a lot of fun on the two dining tables. The gazelle ta- ble is legs with Oregon ash top. The other one is Doug legs with paddock top. Page 14 Volume #34, Issue 10 Show and Tell: What Our Members Build Some of the members

Richard Immel a recent keepsake box I just completed Page 15 Volume #34, Issue 10 Show and Tell: What Our Members Build Some of the Members

Richard Harbert

Garden bench for my wife Janet. The material is African (Kahaya), 54 pieces with 57 joints, all milling cutting and mortising was done in the Guild shop, 75 inches long 40 inches high, epoxy glue, seven coats of Epifanes marine (5 clear gloss and 2 matte), time to make - a long time, plan from Fine Woodworking, and designed by Edwin Lutyens, British Architect (1869-1944) Page 16 Volume #34, Issue 10 Show and Tell: What Our Members Build Some of the members

Butch Miller Wedding box. Cherry box, brass hardware, CNC carving of entwined hearts, sentiments and names. Page 17 Volume #34, Issue 10 Show and Tell: What Our Members Build Some of our Members

Michael Molinaro

An amateur turns a first bowl. It can’t be that difficult. Here’s a look at logging and harvesting trees. It can be The seventh graders do it. dne in a residential back yard. Next month

Making your own lumber. A personal look at a Madro- ne tree coming down, finding a sawyer, loading it on his truck, hauling it back home. Stickering and drying. Should be an interesting article.

More shhop activities if you all will send me some- thing. It’s getting discouraging. I’m trying to promote the shop and make it more visible to our 700 plus mem- bers. But I can’t drive to the shop to be there every day and capture it myself. And no one thinks of the news- letter. How about a little help from some folks besides the faithful handful.

I have just enough photos fro Show and Tell in Novem- ber. For December I’d love to get some more looks at your grand projects.

My first workshop

Page 18 Volume #34, Issue 10 Swordfish Steak with Peppered Butter

A recipe in my woodworking newsletter? I’ve had like woodworking. How hard can it be. Very. In aplenty of time in doctor waiting rooms in the past year woodworking and in cooking, I find myself today say- to get familiar with a lo of magazines. Everyone has ing, “Next time ….”. recipes. I love to cook. I almost signed up for a year This recipe was a discovery of Nancy’s. She’s a long program at Oregon Culinary Institute last fall, but great gook. I’m a good cook. We both have fun. So that’s another story. she tried it because I had brought home a swordfish How many men in our Guild like to cook? Enjoy steak for no reason than I had always wanted to try it. the creation process, very much like woodworking.k I was incredible. Very easy to make. You definite- It’s actually how I got started cooking. When I retire ly mush follow the simple instructions, especially the some thirteen years ago, I truly was in the shop build- time in the frying pan and in the oven. ing something. It was early afternoon and this wild and We paired it with a variety of roasted vegetables. random thought appeared. I had come home to a house Very healthy, very flavorful and very much on the list of good cooking smells for over thirty years. I need to to make again. do that for my wife. So I made Chicken Cordon Bleu. So vote on recipes in the newsletter. My plan, if I It is like woodworking. A lumber list, a set of instruc- don’t get shut down, will be one each month of some- tions, a photo of the finished product. How hard can it thing different and fun, but practical to prepare. be? Well, I was not so arrogant as to truly think that. I just knew it could be done. And over the years it is just

Ingredients 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, room temperature 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley 1 garlic clove, minced 1/2 teaspoon ground mixed peppercorns, plus more for sprinkling 1/2 teaspoon (packed) grated lemon peel 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 1-inch-thick swordfish fillets (about 6 ounces each) Preparation Preheat oven to 400°F. Mash butter, parsley, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon ground mixed peppercorns, and lemon peel in small bowl. Season to taste with salt. Heat oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium- high heat. Sprinkle swordfish with salt and ground mixed peppercorns. Add swordfish to skillet. Cook un- til browned, about 3 minutes. Turn swordfish over and transfer to oven. Roast until just cooked through, about 10 minutes longer. Transfer swordfish to plates. Add seasoned butter to same skillet. Cook over medium- high heat, scraping up browned bits, until melted and bubbling. Pour butter sauce over swordfish and serve.

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