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Living in Seattle and obsessing over food.

A Vancouver Birthday

Posted on May 13, 2012

As most people who know us know, in a quirky coincidence we share a birthday: April 28. I often say this means we can never forget one another’s special day (though it also means someone always has to be cooking … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink, Travel, Vancouver | 1 Comment

Soba dinner at Nook

Posted on February 23, 2012

Forgive us if we’ve been a little lax in blogging. We’ve been a bit distracted by a recent addition to our home. We’ve been on a bit of a Japanese kick recently. Maybe it was all those izakaya dinners in … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink, Seattle | 1 Comment

Pork and Pigskins in New Orleans

Posted on October 18, 2011

The Washington football team has one bye week in the 2011 season. Naturally, we decided to spend it at a college football game. We may have a problem. In our defense, this football game happened to be played in Baton Rouge, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink, Travel | 4 Comments

A Wedding on Bainbridge

Posted on August 9, 2011

You want everything to be perfect, but after the flowers are arranged and the chairs are set and the food is ordered and the guests have arrived and the dresses and hair and makeup are all coordinated, there’s really nothing … Continue reading →

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Noma

Posted on June 17, 2011

It was early March. 1 a.m. Seattle time, 10 a.m. Central European time. I was stationed at one computer, with two browser windows open. Jeremy manned the phone, hitting redial repeatedly on a certain number in Copenhagen (our cell phone … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink, Intellectual Gastronomy, Travel | 16 Comments

Dining classy at Safeco Field

Posted on April 6, 2011

A diehard baseball fan might scoff at the idea of going to a ballpark for the food. You should go for the love of the game, right? America’s Pastime! Peanuts and cracker jack and dubious hot dogs! But for long-suffering … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink, Seattle | 3 Comments

Smith’s Brussels sprouts with bacon and dates

Posted on January 11, 2011

If you’re one of those people who still doesn’t like Brussels sprouts, I’m not even going to try and convince you. Go read another blog post about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the crusts cut off. But if you … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitol Hill, Food and Drink, Inspirational Cooking, Seattle | 4 Comments

Rainy Day Lunch

Posted on December 11, 2010

It’s called a Pineapple Express – when a warm, moist, strong blast of air sweeps up from the tropics bringing unseasonably high temperatures and the sort of rain that normally only appears in Hollywood renditions of Seattle. A perfect day … Continue reading →

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A Favorite Dish

Posted on December 2, 2010

I keep meaning to try and make other things from this cookbook. Really, I do. Maybe once or twice I’ve even succeeded. But time and again, I find myself turning to good old page 54 of Penelope Casas’ book, One … Continue reading →

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Shophouse: Pop-up Thai on Capitol Hill

Posted on October 18, 2010

Somewhere on the continuum between restaurant and food truck lies the pop-up restaurant. Open for one day a week, a weekend, or a two-week stint, a pop-up restaurant often takes advantage of an existing restaurant kitchen on a night it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink, Inspirational Cooking, Intellectual Gastronomy, Seattle | 3 Comments