Food, Stories, Life
This summer I went to Canada, to the cabin on the small island. It’s a beautiful place, filled with green woods, freshwater lakes, and ocean water so clear you can see down to the bottom from the side of your boat. In late summer, it’s also filled with salal berries…. Read More
I have a soft spot for pickles. Obsession is more like it. Some people crave sweet—and sometimes I do too—but most of the time, give me salty and give me sour and I am a happy camper. My family comes from Eastern Europe. I suspect I might have vinegar running… Read More
Despite the chill and grey that seems to have descended on Seattle this week, we are indeed in picnic season. By all rights we should all be sitting at a picnic table, perhaps drinking a cold beer or glass of wine. And if we were in Austria, we would be… Read More
I’m going to share a recent addiction with you: Salty Seeds from Nettletown. Nettletown is the year-old Seattle restaurant opened by Christina Choi, whose food showcases her combined Swiss-Chinese heritage and love of wild and foraged edibles. I’ve written about Nettletown before (raved is more like it). It is the… Read More
When you cook a lot, you sometimes forget there are people—millions of them—who never got the kitchen basics. Though the basics differ from culture to culture, I’m generally talking about those stocks, sauces, and dressings that form the backbone of a cuisine. Today I’m talking about salad dressing. There was… Read More
Travel into the mountains and back in time with this memoir of life and tradition in rural Japan. Includes ten homestyle Japanese recipes
Read more about it here.
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