{"id":5666,"date":"2010-09-02T08:14:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T15:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=5666"},"modified":"2010-09-02T08:14:30","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T15:14:30","slug":"christmas-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=5666","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Christmas I gave Michael a cooking class at <a href=\"http:\/\/portland.hipcooks.com\/\">Hip Cooks<\/a>. Michael is very hard to shop for and I was at a loss for gifts&#8230;then I realized that something relating to cooking would be perfect. Cooking together is something we love to do. I don&#8217;t like cooking all that much but for some reason, I love to do it with him.<\/p>\n<p>I searched around for the right kind of place and found Hip Cooks. The different <a href=\"http:\/\/portland.hipcooks.com\/class\/description\/\">menu options<\/a> were great and everything sounded good! After months of being too busy, training for things, or having house guests, we finally took the cooking class.<\/p>\n<p>It was hard to narrow down the choices. Finally, we decided on:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Una Noche en Espa\u00f1a- a Tapas Class<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Description: Ol\u00e9! Let Hipcooks transport you to Sevilla as we prepare all kinds of  gorgeous Spanish nibbles.  A perfect class to take so that you can  invite 30 of your friends and throw a tapas party yourself.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Menu:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Marinated olives<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Spicy candied nuts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Pure de garbanzo w\/ pita toasts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Manchego con Membrillo (Spanish cheese with quince paste)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tortilla Espa\u00f1ola &amp; spicy salad<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Camarones Bravas &#8211; garlicky saffron shrimp<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Empanadillas Argentinas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Flan with caramel designs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We got to the location a little early so we stopped at a restaurant to grab a drink while we waited.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/menu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5670\" title=\"menu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/menu-e1283358266285-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/menu-e1283358266285-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/menu-e1283358266285.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;d never heard of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lincolnpdx.com\/\"> Lincoln Restaurant <\/a>before but it was a really trendy, cool looking place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/happyhour1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5671\" title=\"happyhour1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/happyhour1-e1283358463718-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/happyhour1-e1283358463718-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/happyhour1-e1283358463718.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I got a glass of the house red&#8211;which was really strong and full-bodied.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/drink1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5672\" title=\"drink1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/drink1-e1283358514731-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/drink1-e1283358514731-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/drink1-e1283358514731.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Michael got some fancy whiskey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/drink2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5673\" title=\"drink2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/drink2-e1283358583609-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/drink2-e1283358583609-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/drink2-e1283358583609.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;d definitely go back to try their dinners. The menu looked unique.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/happyhour2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5674\" title=\"happyhour2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/happyhour2-e1283358738691-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/happyhour2-e1283358738691-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/happyhour2-e1283358738691.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Michael convinced me we needed to try their onion rings. Since we didn&#8217;t know how long it would be before we&#8217;d eat the food made in the class, I agreed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/onionrings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5676\" title=\"onionrings\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/onionrings-e1283358871699-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/onionrings-e1283358871699-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/onionrings-e1283358871699.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The onion rings were small and very different than normal onion rings. They were pretty good!<\/p>\n<p>After munching on the onion rings, we headed over to the class!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3293.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5724\" title=\"IMG_3293\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3293-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3293-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3293-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Look at me trying to be a cook! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3303.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5725\" title=\"IMG_3303\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3303-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3303-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3303-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Christmas I gave Michael a cooking class at Hip Cooks. Michael is very hard to shop for and I was at a loss for gifts&#8230;then I realized that something relating to cooking would be perfect. Cooking together is something we love to do. I don&#8217;t like cooking all that much but for some reason, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[314,315,104,124,195,196],"tags":[1451,8770,8641,1450,8691],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5666"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5756,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5666\/revisions\/5756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}