Category Archives: Food and Drink

Montreal-Style Bagels Arrive In Seattle

Posted on December 18, 2010 by

Bagels are one of the creature comforts Lisa and I have missed since we moved to Seattle years ago. Sunday mornings with bagels, cream cheese, tomato and lox from Barney Greengrass are no longer regularities, like they were in our … Continue reading →

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Rainy Day Lunch

Posted on December 11, 2010 by

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 by

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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The Last Frontier

Posted on November 25, 2010 by

Never let it be said my work doesn’t take me to interesting places. This week it was Anchorage, Alaska, a place I had never been and, honestly, never thought I’d go. I’m glad I did. My welcome to Alaska moment … Continue reading →

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Shophouse: Pop-up Thai on Capitol Hill

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

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 →

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Bringing New Orleans flavor to Seattle

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

We first wrote about street food and food trucks just over a year ago, when the trend was just starting to explode in Seattle. Happily, the movement has continued to grow (though we’re still nothing close to the dynamic pods … Continue reading →

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Lamb, Icelandic-style

Posted on September 17, 2010 by

Last May, Lisa and I had the chance to spend five amazing days in Iceland. We cruised our rental car along the Ring Road, soaked up the stunning scenery at Gulfoss and Geyser and soaked our tired bodies in the … Continue reading →

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Island Life

Posted on August 3, 2010 by

Sometimes I forget how spoiled I am to live in Washington. There’s something special in being able to escape Seattle, board a ferry and within a few hours decamp to the quiet San Juan Islands, leaving all of life’s stresses … Continue reading →

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Dining adventures in the “other” Portland

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

It’s been a busy summer of travel for us, including multiple trips to the East Coast for Jeremy. A couple weeks ago we both were able to take some time off for a 5-day trip to Western Massachusetts, to visit … Continue reading →

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Guacamole: the first dish I ever made

Posted on June 14, 2010 by

Do you remember the first dish you ever made on your own? When this question came up on Twitter last week, I knew exactly: guacamole. Not only was guacamole the first dish I ever learned to make by myself, but … Continue reading →

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