I'm wildly overdue in sharing news of release of the latest cookbook project I've worked on. Delayed in large part because I was up-to-eyeballs in work on the newer book, Gourmet Game Night, which just went to bed this week. Coming up for air and getting caught up! Memorable Recipes [...]
Just around the corner, on August 23, is one of the best chef-farmer food events in town each year. This will be the 5th annual Incredible Feast, an outstanding chance to visit with farmers you see at the weekly markets around Seattle, in a setting that's not quite as frantic [...]
A quick follow-up to the previous post about my dad's grilled whole salmon recipe. Here's how it turned out for me on Friday night. Such a glorious meal! Before: Despite my notes in the recipe about the benefits of head-on salmon, [...]
Boy, I just experienced something of a flood. And it's not from the Seattle rain that fell this morning after a near-month dry spell. I had determined to honor my dad by sharing with you his family-famous recipe for grilled whole salmon. "I'll need a few photos to accompany this," [...]
I almost forgot that I'd contributed recipes to the June issue of Cooking Light. Some magazines, particularly the larger nationals like CL, have really long lead times for the articles. I'd turned those recipes in well over a year ago and moved on to many other things in the meantime. [...]
A couple of months ago my husband and I were at Etta's enjoying a Saturday dinner, sitting at the windows watching a lovely sunset unfold before us. I looked up from my crispy shrimp spring rolls to see a bald fellow fiddling with a bunch of luggage or equipment at the back [...]
A week from today I'll be in one of my favorite places on the planet. Oh, how I wish it were Paris! But a very close second to Paris in terms of places that make me happy, serene, inspired, and revived is Orcas Island. Right here in my own back [...]
I've had a Blondie comic strip tacked just above my desk for a while now. In it, Dagwood's playing poker with his pals, shuffling the cards only to have them all fly out of his hands with a P-R-R-R-T (one of those clever comic sound effects). The others decide that Dagwood's [...]
Oh, to have been in New York City these past few days, where the culinary world has gathered for the annual James Beard Awards. I was there at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center last year for the glitzy festivities--complete with red carpet interviews and celebrity sightings. But couldn't swing [...]
They say that the proof is in the pudding. And I say it's also in the skillet-roasted chicken, the green gazpacho, the risotto with asparagus and peas, the braised lamb shanks with olives and the hazelnut soufflé. The proof I'm talking about is how well the recipe does its job. [...]