Farms and Mines and Salmon

It's been a big week for salmon, at least here in the Seattle area, with two sizeable stories in play. One new, one older but with a new timeliness. The new news was the terrible failure of farmed salmon pens near the San Juan Islands. I'll admit to not having [...]

2021-03-01T19:48:47+00:00August 26th, 2017|Northwest Treasures, Seafood|

Ad-Lib Salad for the Heat

Like my  close-up shot here giving you detail of this salad down to every grain of farro? It's not me trying to be arty or stylish. It was the simple matter of the fact that I'd gotten down to the last few bites left in the bowl before I realized [...]

2020-07-02T00:00:21+00:00August 3rd, 2017|Cooking at Home, Seasonal Eats|

A Most Elegant Burger

A couple weeks ago I had one of those better-than-average work days, which had me hanging out with other food writers at Tom Douglas' cool cooking school Hot Stove Society. Our host was the Washington Beef Commission, and our task to get some hands-on time with various preparation techniques for [...]

2020-02-05T18:07:09+00:00May 18th, 2017|Cookbooks, Cooking at Home, Interesting Ingredients|

Specialty Food Awards

When I saw the information yesterday about this year's awards from the Specialty Food Association, my eyes glanced quickly passed the baking mixes and chocolates, proceeding down the page to my pet subjects (I was going to say "pet foods" but that sounded just not quite right...): salty-crunchy things and [...]

2020-01-23T23:48:39+00:00April 20th, 2017|Food and Drink, Food Products, Salty Snacks|

Palm Springs Get-Away

It's rampant this time of year....Seattleites running away to find a dose of warmth and sunshine wherever they can. Facebook posts of toes in the sand, fruity cocktails on the beach, ocean sunsets, pool-side lounging, and airport check-ins before boarding flights southward are in my feed daily. Hawaii and Mexico [...]

2020-01-24T00:09:08+00:00January 20th, 2017|Food and Drink, Restaurants, Travel|

Drinking Well: The Trident

After so many years working in the culinary business, I cannot say how much I relish the incredibly broad, diverse, fascinating, inspiring group of colleagues I've had the pleasure to interact with over the years. And it is so very satisfying to cheer them in their accomplishments and milestones, tip [...]

2020-01-24T00:22:11+00:00October 7th, 2016|Cocktails, Culinary Community, Spirits|

Salmon and that White Goo

Yeah, it's not the most appetizing adornment. Hard to miss against salmon's rosy-orange flesh, the white gooey stuff that sometimes appears during cooking is certainly a visual distraction. And might leave you feeling like you've messed up somehow. Possibly ruined that glorious piece of salmon even. First off, not ruined. [...]

2020-02-05T18:12:19+00:00August 26th, 2016|Cooking at Home, Seafood|

No-Shuck Oyster Shells

It's no surprise that I've been talking A LOT about oysters in the past few months, since the release of Oysters: Recipe that Bring Home a Taste of the Sea. And no, I haven't gotten tired of the topic, I'm not sick of them yet! In the course of interviews [...]

2020-01-24T00:36:08+00:00May 17th, 2016|Cooking at Home, Food and Drink, Seafood|
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