It’s hard to know what words, what perspective to even begin with here. We’re experiencing something so disorienting, so unsettling, so turning-our-world-upside-down, so downright frightening. So truly universal in scope. The emotions, worries, roller-coaster of it all is pretty overwhelming. But there’s food. Food has of course LONG been a [...]
This post comes with a hat-tip to Instagram, which is where I first caught wind of the recipe. For most of my life, I didn’t care for (if not actively avoided) buckwheat. Something shifted 8 or 10 years ago and now I’m an avid fan of its distinctive, nutty [...]
Though it wasn't exactly part of the agenda, I shared a little tip with folks at a cooking class I taught a couple of days ago. On the menu was Herb-Marinated Shrimp from Gourmet Game Night, a simple and flavorful recipe I'll share with you here just for fun. [...]
The book has been on who-knows-how-many different bookshelves of mine over the course of many years. I glance quickly past its spine now and then when scanning for a different title on my current office shelves. But it took a recent potluck to make me take down my copy of [...]
It’s impossible to imagine how many times I’ve walked through Pike Place Market over the years. First as a casual observer, a kid from Edmonds hitting the market with family and friends, especially when folks were visiting from out of town. As a recent college graduate working in an office [...]
One of the best things about where we landed when we bought a home in West Seattle nearly 20 years ago is how close we are to Lincoln Park--a few minutes' drive, or about 15 minutes on foot (all downhill). So when a friend asked recently for some tips for [...]
First couple weeks of the new year of course means that it's time to pull out those crystal balls and have a gaze at anticipated trends for the year. I tend to put about as much credence into food trend prognostication as I do my daily horoscope. That is to [...]
Long gone are the days when--in an average week--we went out to dinner 4 or 5 times. As food editor of Seattle magazine and editor the Seattle Zagat guide, I had to keep up on every new opening, restaurant trends, what all the hot chefs were up to. Now I [...]
Cozy and warm. Peanut butter toast and coffee. Word puzzles and Saturday morning radio. Ingredients laid out for an apple cobbler needing to be baked. There were plenty of things tempting me to stay in a couple days ago, but instead I donned my walking gear and headed outside. It [...]
It took me far too long to get to Marmite for dinner. I, like much of Seattle, was thrilled when news of Bruce Naftaly's rebound from retirement was announced a couple of years ago, having closed his beloved Le Gourmand in 2012. Okay, maybe I was a little more thrilled [...]