Fast, Easy Chicken Stew
Portland has been unusually dry this summer. For weeks I've been dreading the day the beautiful weather would end. It's been one of those eternal summers that makes me feel like warm, beautiful weather would be my privilege forever. Now I see that tomorrow it's going to rain, and I'm surprisingly happy about it. Endless summer takes its toll: the ground is dry and hard, there have been wild fires all over the state, and the air is thick with smoky haze. It's time for this state and this city to get renewed. The coming week of rain will be like a spa vacation for Oregon. Today was probably my last big harvest day at my garden. I finally had to rip up the last of the sunflowers and the squash plant that kept on giving like it would never die. I picked some carrots, and the ones left behind will be happy about the rain when it comes. I still have lots of tomatoes on the vine, and I picked those that looked full-size. I have...