There are times when a lousy memory comes in handy. When watching a movie I've seen before, for instance, it can be like watching it for the first time again! I'm still moved-surprised-delighted-shocked by the action on the screen and twists in the plot because I've forgotten many of those details [...]
I don't know exactly what spurred the urge, but sometime early December I got a serious case of waffles-on-the-brain. And it suddenly became clear that waffles aren't on nearly as many menus as you might hope when suffering such an affliction. Not that I go out for breakfast all that [...]
This morning's breakfast was a particularly good eye-opener, a nice change of pace from my standard fare (english muffin with peanut butter, yogurt with Grape Nuts, bowl of cereal). Today, I slipped a piece of cornbread from the pan in which I'd baked it yesterday. I cut the piece in [...]
A few months ago a walking buddy mentioned that she'd just checked out my blog for the first time and enjoyed poking around it a bit. "You sure make cooking sound fun," she said. Thoroughly unconvinced. After a few minutes of chatting with her about cooking at home, it became [...]
Which would translate to "god jul" in Swedish, with a "gott nytt år" tossed in to wish you a happy new year as well! There are a couple of reasons that our Christmas day menu--usually a hearty but simple brunch, then a casual nosh later in the day--became a vaguely smörgåsbord-influenced [...]
As usual, I walked into the grocery store last night not sure what we'd end up having for dinner. I was thinking "pork tenderloin" but when I got to the meat & seafood department, those big, plump Dungeness crab really caught my attention. At under $5 per pound, they were [...]
I imagine more than a few Champagne corks will be popping over the course of this month as Seattle's beloved Dahlia Lounge restaurant celebrates its 20th anniversary. Beyond Champagne toasts, they're celebrating too with lots of fun and prizes throughout the month. Any restaurant that survives and thrives to hit [...]
'Tis the season. For a lot of things, actually. I hear talk of comfort food and big cozy sweaters, fires in the fire place and hunkering down to watch old movies and read a good book. And with all this rain, cooling temperatures, it's also the season of wild mushrooms. [...]
Ok, so where was I? Ah yes, lounging in my Victoria hotel room on a lazy Saturday. This was the view at one point in the morning, typically Victoria: incoming float plane and a Black Ball ferry heading in from Port Angeles. Outgoing whale-watching trip (that bright orange boat center) and [...]
Welcome back, Mr. Smith! I was wondering what had come of you..... About this time last year I was working on a feature article for Horizon Airlines Magazine recounting the lives and times of Northwest tea companies. It's a story impossible to tell without the name of Steven Smith coming up. [...]