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 [...]
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. [...]
When you hear "Edible Book," what comes to mind? Me, I guess I'm just too literal for my own good. When I got an email a couple months ago about next weekend's Edible Book Festival, I thought it was just a colorful, creative way of referencing a gathering of cookbook [...]
I wrote an article about apple pie a few months back, which appears in this month's issue of Alaska Airlines Magazine. In rereading the article last week (it's always surprising how quickly I forget exactly what I wrote soon as an article is turned in...), I was reminded of having [...]
If anyone on your holiday gift list is a food lover, you can make some progress on your shopping with a little visit to the Palace Ballroom in Seattle on December 1. Tom Douglas is hosting his third annual Ultimate Holiday Cookbook Social from 4:00 to 7:00 that afternoon. I've been [...]
It's so tempting to call Marcella Hazan the "Julia Child of Italy." The temptation made that much easier because I know so much more about Julia Child's life than I do about Marcella's, which I imagine to be true for many other cooks in this country. Reading the New York Times Book Review [...]
If you don't have anything on your calendar for October 16 and you'll be in the Seattle vicinity, I've got a proposition for you. Come join me and many of my Dames pals for this year's fundraiser. It's going to be a fun and tasty evening, held at the wonderful [...]
It's interesting those times in our lives when we realize a pleasant, unexpected outcome from an otherwise unpleasant event. My recent example is the untimely demise of our refrigerator. A week earlier I'd found the ice cream to be surprisingly soft and ready-to-eat, scooped my portion and happily forgot about it thanks to a [...]