I count this among the small pleasures in life: flipping through the day’s mail, as I did last week, to see that it includes a copy of Seattle magazine’s annual “Best Restaurants” issue. Not only because I’m an adamant fan of our local restaurants and love to see what’s on the radar, which spots I need to [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 25, 2009
Incredible Edible Books
When you hear “Edible Book,” what comes to mind?
Me, I guess I’m just too literal for my own good. When I got an email a couple months ago about next weekend’s Edible Book Festival, I thought it was just a colorful, creative way of referencing a gathering of cookbook writers and buyers.
But others? They hear [...]
March 24, 2009
A New Treat at Theo
Like I needed one more decadent treat to have on my list of favorite vices…. But I found one anyway.
I had an errand to do at Theo Chocolates in Fremont yesterday (honest, I really did). While there, couldn’t help reliving a couple of my favorite bites from a previous trip. I’d picked out my PB&J, gianduja, [...]
March 20, 2009
On the Calendar: Cask Ale Festival
Wow. Ten years already. I was at, if not the first, definitely the second Cask Ale Festival put on by the Washington Brewer’s Guild. In fact, I think this festival was among the earlier ventures the Guild took on after forming in the late 1990s. The first cask festival had a couple dozen breweries participating [...]
March 17, 2009
Dinner at Home: Yogurt-Marinated Chicken
This is one of the easiest, tastiest dinners that has become a reliable favorite on nights when I don’t have inspiration for much more. Like last night. Just three things to buy at the store: chicken thighs, yogurt (and no, you can’t use nonfat yogurt for this, not allowed) and a bunch of cilantro. Maybe [...]
March 12, 2009
A Reverie of Kir
Last weekend, in the midst of our mingling and visiting before sitting down to dinner here, a friend pointed out my bottle of cassis from Clear Creek Distillery in Portland, Oregon, noting what an extraordinary example of the traditional black current liqueur it is. Yes, I agreed wholeheartedly. And despite the fact that it was Open That Bottle [...]
March 7, 2009
Rich and Spicy Hot Cocoa
Yes, we are going to “spring forward” tomorrow. And the vernal equinox is just two weeks away. But the little crocuses blooming in my planter boxes can not drive away the winter chill. Earlier today at my house in West Seattle (very near the highest point in the city) it snowed for a few hours, though [...]
