Small Batch Ketchup

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…

Eat food. Mostly at home. Sometimes out.

This blog is about eating close to home, but most Americans eat out – in fact, many rarely cook.  Despite all of our personal efforts at home, modern life sometimes dictates that we eat out too. Fortunately, restaurants are beginning to engage in a dialog with their customers about where the food on their menu…

Review: Spinnaker’s Gastro Brewpub in Victoria, B.C.

We recently spent a beautiful day in Victoria, British Columbia.  A small, but convincingly metropolitan area on the agriculture rich Vancouver Island, Victoria promised to afford an excellent lunch.  The only question was where?  After some searching, I stumbled upon Spinnaker’s Gastro Brewpub.  With a name like that who could resist?  Of course Spinnaker’s brews…

Seattle Chef on Iron Chef Tonight

We discovered Osteria La Spiga on our first visit and exploratory mission to Seattle. The restaurant used to be in a tiny little space on the corner, where you could see the chef making fresh pasta from your table. Watching chef Sabrina Tinsley roll out long sheets of pasta and turning them quickly into ravioli…