Last summer, my best friend and I found ourselves stomping around NYC. We were lucky enough to find a floor to sleep on which was right around the corner from the Sweet Melissa Patisserie. Oh, the scones! Everything that we ate there was delicious (and beautiful.) Luckily, for those of us far away from Brooklyn, [...]
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Plum Clafoutis
Posted in Books, Recipes, tagged bakeries, baking, Books, clafoutis, eggs, food, local eating, plums, recipe on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Small Batch Ketchup
Posted in Books, General, Recipes, Restaurants, tagged catsup, food, french fries, ketchup, recipe, skillet street food, The Original Hot Dog Shop, tomatoes on August 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I have been musing about the idea of gourmet ketchup for too many years now.
It probably started in a college eatery in Pittsburgh, the Original Hot Dog Shop. Students called it the “The O” and a large fry was literally the entire frier basked dumped over an ironically small paper basket. These fries were frequently [...]
Kitchen Scraps
Posted in Books, Community, Rants, Useful Links, tagged Alice Waters, Books, cheese, food, Seattle on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We went to hear Ruth Reichel, of Gourmet fame, talk about her newest book at Elliot Bay last night. While she talked more about women’s issues than food, she was still fascinating. And?? They’re serving Hot Lips Soda in the cafe. Whoa.
The Seattle Cheese Festival is happening at Pike Place Market this weekend. I heard [...]
Breakfast Sausage
Posted in Books, Recipes, tagged recipe, food, sausage, pork, breakfast, breakfast sausage, Joy of Cooking, Porkopolis on April 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Despite all of the sausage I made earlier in the year, I neglected to make breakfast sausage. There is something warming about well-browned breakfast sausage popping in the skillet, the smell wafting through the air. It lends an air of comfort, even confidence to the morning. Of course, I did grow up near a city [...]
Local Magazine Promotes Local Eating
Posted in Books, Rants, tagged be green, environment, local eating, magazine, Yes! magazine on April 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our island-grown Yes! Magazine received a nod from Ethicurean last week. Their latest issue, Food for Everyone, features stories about local eating and tips for reconnecting with your local food system. I particularly like their clever and to the point “8 Ways to Join the Local Food Movement.” Number eight is my favorite. Come on [...]
Cookbooks to Get You Ready for the Farmer’s Market
Posted in Books, Recipes, tagged cookbooks, farmer's market, food, local eating, recipe on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like a gardener in winter pouring over seed catalogs, I begin to read more and more cookbooks as spring nears. With the opening of our farmer’s market fast approaching (4 more days to go!), I’ve been leafing through recipes and dreaming of abundance. I brought home a stack of books from the library and started [...]
