Tasting
Pork
(57 Words. June 02, 2009, 06:06 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I am entering my third hour of supervising a 4.5 pound pork shoulder roasting over wood coals. Looks to be coming in on schedule, around an hour from now, whereupon I will put it into a closed dish in a warming oven and set up the sides. Gonna be good. Or a health hazard, but also good….
Diggins
(57 Words. May 30, 2009, 06:04 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I dug up my overwintered broccoli today. Damn that plant was huge, neary four feet tall. My last overwintered produce is a four-foot carrot top with what I estimate to be a five-pound carrot beneath. I am waiting for the flower to blossom before I pull it. My intention is to use it for a main dish….
Cruciform and royally robed
(16 Words. April 27, 2009, 08:44 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
d40_20090426_047.JPG Originally uploaded by mwhybark The overwintered purple broccoli is looking great, verging on the psychedelic….
Mighty Arrow
(59 Words. February 04, 2009, 10:39 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Picked up the new Belgium seasonal this weekend. It’s a nice hoppy pale called Mighty Arrow, memorializing a brewery dog it seems. I LOVE THE BEER. The tiny picture of the dog on the label seems to resemble Rocket, too. It’s the first New Belgium product that immediately led me to desire a tee shirt or some such….
Mom's homemade sushi
(35 Words. January 31, 2009, 10:53 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
How to Make Sushi at Home. Investigated as a potential means toward a transatlantic teleconferencing meal with a self-proclaimed information pope, an autonomous autarch of data organization, an existential code evangelist and good egg….
Kentucky Frog Waller
(183 Words. May 03, 2008, 02:40 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
1 teaspoon molasses 1 tablespoon hot water 2 oz Kentucky bourbon Ice 4 oz club soda a pinch of ground clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg Stir molasses and hot water together to make an ad hoc simple syrup. Add bourbon, swirl. Hold up to light, and experience anxiety at the brown color, turbidity, and lack of transparency. If lucky, note…
Special, 2am!
(9 Words. April 18, 2008, 05:44 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Some fine n tasty Dick’s trivia, courtesy Seattlest….
TASTY
(4 Words. April 16, 2008, 11:10 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Chili feed: SUCCESS!…
STUDY
(36 Words. April 14, 2008, 10:13 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Wikipedia. Skyline. Recent recipe in the P-I. History of Cincy chili. A recipe. To chocolatize, or not to chocolatize? And shall I adulterate by using my customary turkey instead of beef?…
Chili feed advisory
(35 Words. April 13, 2008, 05:34 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I’m looking at Wednesday evening. My thinking is to start the cookery on Tuesday night, except for the noodles and such items as may be best served by a shorter cook time. Complainants, please advise!…
League
(35 Words. March 25, 2008, 09:45 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Dom Polski! Right in Capitol Hill. What else did I never know of back yonder? (Here’s an old Rachel Kessler review. I hear they have longer hours with a $1 teporary membership these days.)…
Dulce
(41 Words. March 06, 2008, 09:17 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Let it be known: dulce de leche + nilla wafers. Unstoppable. In fact, I need some more right now. Anyboody gots some cool iPhone app ideas? We have, like, a week. A Gmaps dulce de leche finder app won’t cut it….
Hidden in the depths
(183 Words. May 28, 2007, 04:34 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Kraken bulletin: I am still working this drink. I have tried three variations thus far: Vodka, vermouth, lemon juice, lemon twist, oyster: drinkable, but the lemon diffused into the vodka and was too sweet. The oyster liquor diffusing into the vodka was, to my surprise, quite divine. Vodka, vermouth, lemon twist, several drops of aged Tabasco sauce: Quite good, but…
Oysters!
(8 Words. February 24, 2007, 06:58 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Erster stew. Mmm, did this come out good….
Mmmmm!
(8 Words. February 13, 2007, 10:18 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Who can resist a tasty bowl of silverfish?…
Eats meets West
(4 Words. February 12, 2007, 07:14 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
steelhead diner. Noted….
Urbanspoon
(20 Words. December 11, 2006, 07:05 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
urbanspoon.com lists 53 restaurants in my ‘new’ neighborhood, more than any other online restaurant review resource. The site bears watching….
eat more meat
(17 Words. August 04, 2006, 09:59 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
It’s clear to me: plants do, clearly, suck less than people. Therefore, I endorse meatatarianism. MMMM. bacon!…
Bean Flower
(165 Words. June 02, 2006, 07:21 PM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
One of the potential benefits of living in the Northern Reaches of Seattle is the opportunity to explore the many bargain-priced eateries that cluster along Aurora. Last night, Viv and I had the pleasure of dining at the Szechuan Bean Flower House, which specializes in tofu, Szechuan style. Overwhelmed by the menu choices, we went with a per-person dinner…
Dinner!
(3 Words. May 26, 2006, 06:13 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
El Chupacabra, Ballard…
Sunday evening
(17 Words. May 20, 2006, 12:51 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Viv and Trish, last Sunday at Don and Trish’s for a tasty meal of halibut and veggies….
Du Vin
(580 Words. May 20, 2006, 11:54 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I spent a long year of my adolescence in Switzerland with my family, living in a city on the northern coast of Lake Geneva, or lac Leman as the locals have it. Lausanne is the capital of the canton of Vaud, with the Valais just to the east one of the two primary centers for Francophone Swiss agriculture, primarily…
Salumi
(26 Words. May 17, 2006, 09:22 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
R. W. Apple in the NYT takes a crack at Salumi, to which i was happy to bring my parents and Viv last week. Yummmm….
Shucks
(22 Words. April 26, 2006, 07:57 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
R. W. Apple holds forth, with some bloviation, on Northwestern oysters in The Oyster Is His World [NYT]. I’ll slurp to that!…
La Rustica
(121 Words. April 14, 2006, 09:17 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
Tonight we braved the wilds of westernmost West Seattle for a tasty sunset meal at La Rustica, a place I’ve often wished to try. We enjoyed a delicious appetizer of broiled oysters with spinach, cheese, and pixie dust. Viv had some chicken deal, and I had a wild boar chop, wrapped in bacon. It was very good. Viv variously…
Bye-Bye Bert's
(95 Words. March 02, 2006, 06:20 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I was bummed to learn of the closure of Bert Grant’s Yakima brewpub from the P-I today. From the time it opened to the last time I was on Yakima, about five years ago, a stop at the old depot was a requirement of the trip, in token of Grant’s role in the craft brewer renaissance and in celebration…
Pears disappear
(209 Words. March 01, 2006, 08:58 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I swung by the liquor store on my way to pick up Viv, in need of gin, and wandered aimlessly for a patch. Rounding a corner I was haply surprised to see Clear Creek Eau-de-Vie, a variety of brandy that has been of interest to my family for years (my grandfather was a pear farmer and my dad has…
Craving
(14 Words. January 28, 2006, 08:01 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Yo quiero el pastrami sandwich! Dammit, they are closed at 5 on weekends….
Have an error
(104 Words. October 14, 2005, 06:07 AM, Comments: 6) MORE >>>
A while ago I concluded that I had accidentally eaten part of a habanero, a conclusion not embraced by all but one which remains in place in my mind. This belief was reinforced when last night I unthinkingly popped a whole roasted pepper into my mouth and then thought to ask, just as my diaphragm went into convulsions, “Was…
Beans
(42 Words. October 13, 2005, 05:19 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Stacey has a delicious sounding bean soup recipe. I imagine I’ll skip the whole pureeing nonsense, as the texture of a toothy bean is a sublime thing. If attacked on the grounds of non-puree, i will simply leap behind my Cuban relations….
I'll drink to that
(7 Words. October 04, 2005, 06:26 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Beerwise, partially from The Cartoonist….
Around the corner from the tree
(113 Words. September 14, 2005, 10:05 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Tonight we had dinner with Chris and Poupou in the Little Saigon area at the intersection of 12th and Jackson. We were aiming to eat at the Tamarind Tree but found ourselves in a long line of people who had obviously been waiting for some time. I scouted for nearby eateries and found the family-style Thanh Vi right around…
Kona
(349 Words. August 11, 2005, 10:11 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
After tearassing around North Seattle before confirming that house #4 is one we want to bid on, Viv and I, starving, skidded to a stop in front of the oft-passed, always curiously eyed Kona Kitchen at 85th. I’d read good things about the place, and as we walked in, I was a bit surprised to hear the somewhat loud,…
Feline, plums
(21 Words. July 20, 2005, 10:41 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
One cat: Several golden plums: The tree has fruited this year more than any since we’ve lived here, over ten years….
Carny
(8 Words. June 21, 2005, 05:10 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Today’s lunch: Pig Iron Bar-B-Q. Mmmm, meat….
Ropa Vieja
(123 Words. June 14, 2005, 09:38 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Stacey has posted on how we spent our Saturday. It involved Stacey, Greg, Viv and I cooking (mostly me and Stacey in the kitchen) a big ol’ mess of ropa vieja. It was yummy, we drank a bunch of mojitos and some Spanish riojas I had brought. I was surprised that neither Greg nor Stacey knew of my Dad’s…
Chirashi Fortune
(85 Words. June 02, 2005, 09:26 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
A solo dinner at Hana tonight with a nice bowl of chirashi and the New Yorker. Fortunes lined the walls upstairs. We had one in our doorbell frame for years but just noticed it was missing the other day. There was a column in the New Yorker about a man who is responsible for a significant chunk of the…
wat
(36 Words. May 21, 2005, 08:00 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
oops - Last night I met Dan after work for a beer and we ended up having dinner - delicious Ethiopian food - with Viv and Vonda. Sleep followed immediately thereafter, at the cost of blogging….
heat
(42 Words. May 13, 2005, 06:08 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
After some research, I have concluded that the 2-inch-long red pepper I inadvisably consumed in a single bite was probably the much-feared Habanero. It did, indeed, feel as though the lid of my skull was lifting away from my brain….
Der tod
(138 Words. March 25, 2005, 10:03 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
A couple of beers at The Comet with the man that married my wife. To me, I mean. Then we had sushi and bento at the wonderfully quiet Oasis Cafe up the block. On the way home walked by the nearly-complete reservoir park, where that van driver plowed into the wall twentyodd days ago. The park looks lovely and…
Baked Alaska
(36 Words. March 24, 2005, 12:06 AM, Comments: 4) MORE >>>
Dinner Wednesday night at The Oceanaire with Greg and Stacey. I hear Greg can’t make it to practice Thursday which is just as well, as I have some seriously overdue copy I need to work on….
Die Bierstube
(26 Words. March 18, 2005, 06:26 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Tonight, I will attend a meeting of the Tipple Congress at Die Bierstube, courtesy of the insistence and instigation of a gentleman of Polish extraction….
Bul Gogi
(115 Words. March 12, 2005, 10:49 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
In my defense for a day of blogslacking, I would like to point out that we went out to eat Korean food with Greg and Stacey last night. I abused my cellphone’s camera privileges all night. The Old Village restaurant featured many tables with hooded charcoal burners in the center of the table, which made the dining experience an amusing…
Pork and pears
(153 Words. October 21, 2004, 07:58 AM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
I finally got around to taking a whack at Manny’s pork and pears or pork and apples recipe. I had expected to do the apple and calvados version, but to my surprise, we only had pears in the house. The recipe calls for whipping cream and lots of buttah. I used the buttah and skipped the cream, using nonfat…
Something's Fishy
(60 Words. October 19, 2004, 07:10 PM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
Tonight I’m serving tasty salmon to Adam, Chris, and Sabrina. Also on the menu are a bunch of Spanish goat and sheep cheeses found, of all places, at Safeway. Not only did Safeway have these improbables, but also a long-adored rarity from the Alps, raclette. Now I must find the cornichons. Thus, webtime is short….
Cafe de Paris
(539 Words. September 26, 2004, 02:57 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
I have a favorite spice mix commonly used in Western Europe to flavor butter, served on steak. The mix is known, in French, as “Café de Paris,” and I’ve seen it called “Dip Frankreich” in German; I also have a jar in front of me that is marked “Gewürtzmischung für Kraüterbutter.” I’m pretty sure that the French name for the…
Vongole
(93 Words. July 29, 2004, 04:35 PM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
Tonight, I’m channeling my inner Italian ma to make a mess of spaghetti alle vongole, something I first had at an Italian restaurant in Boston’s North End in 1972 (although, of course, it was prolly linguini). I don’t ‘member the name of the joint, but it was big and bustling. I’ve been thinking about this dish all day and I…
Chinese
(27 Words. July 25, 2004, 09:28 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Spanish and Russian, however, were the languages I heard while eating my potstickers and moo shoo pork. Broadway bubbles over with activity as the summer sun sets….
Pizza - or Chinese?
(29 Words. July 25, 2004, 05:17 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
The Piecora’s pie was lovely. Today, I will be tapping another fine institution. But which? The Wok on B’Way, or Annapurna, or else? Also, the heat has done broke….
Pi
(87 Words. July 22, 2004, 08:54 AM, Comments: 7) MORE >>>
Viv’s in Kullyfornya until Tuesday and so I intend to uphold the ancient directives of bachelorhood and pursue the disciplines of shirking household chores, eating cold pizza in the morning, and beginning at least one absurd home-improvement (or computing) project that will eat up forty-eight hours with no discernible issue. Said project, of course, must take place while steadily, but…
Thousand Year Old Eggs
(258 Words. May 05, 2004, 06:59 AM, Comments: 5) MORE >>>
RecipeSource: Preserved Duck Eggs (thousand Year Old Eggs) PRESERVED DUCK EGGS (THOUSAND YEAR OLD EGGS) Yield: 12 servings 2 c Tea, very strong black 1/3 c Salt 2 c Ashes of pine wood 2 c Ashes of charcoal 2 c Fireplace ashes 1 c Lime* 12 Duck egg, fresh *Available in garden stores and nurseries. Combine tea, salt, ashes and…
Room-temperature eggs
(185 Words. April 25, 2004, 04:56 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Mrs. C.’s Fact Sheets failed to answer my nearly-posted AskMe query. She does answer a host of other food-safety queries besides. I was wondering, “How long can hard-bioled eggs be left at room temperature and remain edible?” The Safer Easter Egg, however, tells me that the FDA says: When eggs are cooled in water after being cooked, the eggs pull…
Tell No One
(464 Words. April 18, 2004, 01:13 PM, Comments: 5) MORE >>>
Buena Vista Restaurant is a Cuban place that just opened at the the north foot of Lake Union, right next to the former moorages of the Skansonia and the Kalakala (Kalakala link likely to rot in short order). The restaurant is housed in a former rental hall known previously as CaterArts; the facility was built to highlight the spectacular views…
Happy NCD!
(7 Words. March 20, 2004, 02:58 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Don’t forget - it’s National Corndog Day!…
Mmmm... crab
(85 Words. March 12, 2004, 04:42 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
…and I must note that the crab thread cited first thing this morning drove me to the store to obtain some tasty Dungeness crab which I shall prepare as a love offering for the female of my species. No word on my inclination toward performing a mating dance, however. (Warning: link may offer TMI to those about to eat crab.)…
Humpback Chicken Stew
(852 Words. February 08, 2004, 10:28 PM, Comments: 4) MORE >>>
This recipe is called ‘humpback’ because I didn’t know it would be especially memorable before I started cooking it. We watched the quite irresistible fillum Whale Rider on pay-per-view as we ate it, and I’ll always associate the two. Also, the stew is so good you’ll eat enough that you’ll feel an affinity with our cetacean neighbors. Hungry and/or bibulous…
Bottoms Up!
(211 Words. January 15, 2004, 12:49 AM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
The Illuminated Donkey takes a fare-thee-well glance at every power-crazed political criminal’s favorite bevvy, Johnny Walker! I’ll drink to that! (Full disclosure: as part of an endorsement deal with The Illuminated Donkey, the author of this website once received a half-empty bottle of Johnny Walker Red, or some substantial drinks, or something, from noted wanna-be Broadway impresario Ken Goldstein. I…
New years' eats
(162 Words. December 31, 2003, 08:10 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Google Search: what is salt pork reveals that fatback becomes salt pork when salt-cured and that salt pork is similar to American-style bacon, but unsmoked. Imputed is that American-style bacon is a bit more to the meat side than the straight-up salt pork. Why, in the name of God, do I look this up? My parents always make Hoppin’ John…
DC Eats
(786 Words. December 06, 2003, 11:34 AM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
And finally regarding our DC trip, here are the places we ate worthy of note. Gadsby’s Tavern - next door to the Gadsby’s Tavern Museum in Old Town Alexandria. We ate right where the cheesy picture was taken on the restaurant page, in front of the fireplace. No strolling lutists, though. The entertainment was provided by the maitre d’, who…
Eats
(8 Words. November 10, 2003, 06:15 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Lemon-Orange Ginger Garlic Chicken! Like, in a hurry!…
It's Grass Jelly Time!
(61 Words. October 19, 2003, 10:19 PM, Comments: 2) MORE >>>
A visit to Uwajimaya and the ID of course brings with it the wonders of food not commonly found in Safeway. Check it out! Grass jelly, on sale for 75 cents! (I have eaten grass jelly in the past, and can aver, it’s pretty tasty! Slightly sweet, refreshing! Aaahh!) I also particularly like the (Taiwanese) package design. It’s intimidating….
Update
(6 Words. September 14, 2003, 08:24 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
Just before it hits the oven:…
Salmon
(29 Words. September 14, 2003, 06:14 PM, Comments: 2) MORE >>>
The QFC is advertising $3.99/lb for wild Alaskan Copper River salmon. No, that didn’t come out right. The QFC is advertising $3.99/lb for wild Alaskan Copper River salmon!…
Gimme the number three, Louie
(229 Words. August 10, 2003, 12:51 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Simply Red, by Mark Rotella: a long, tasty feature on the joys and fate of what I think of as red checkered tablecloth joints, hands down my favorite endangered restaurant species. From the article: And for someone like me, an Italian-American in his 30’s who grew up with Italian food as the ultimate comfort food, the old-style Italian restaurants offer…
Meat
(106 Words. April 21, 2003, 01:42 PM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
There were no sources of meat protein available for under $2.99 a pound at the grocery store yesterday. Suddenly, the whole vegan thing pops into clarity for me. Seriously, I remember being able to buy 99-cent ground beef here in Seattle ten years ago. It was the 23 percent lean variety, sure, but my unscientific sampling would indicate a ten-year…
scocth ith yummy
(135 Words. March 09, 2003, 03:02 PM, Comments: 4) MORE >>>
Over at Dent’s Glacial Erratics Single Malt Tasting is underway, via a clearly unorthodox method employed by Queer Barney. I’m a longtime Laphroaig man (when I gots the cabbage and some quirk steers me away from the Mark), but Barney’s endorsement of the Balvenie Doublewood will certainly move me in the direction of the liquor store. Barney has access to…
We're in the soup now
(457 Words. February 18, 2003, 07:12 AM, Comments: 8) MORE >>>
Frankenstein invites y’all over for soup, titling it White Lines, referring to the Grandmaster Flash side that was the B to The Message on the Sugar Hill 12-inch, back in the day. Uhm-hunh. some fond memories involvin’ the ladies ensue. unh-huh. Well, one lady anyway. Wha? Oh, sorry. Soouup. Anne brings it. Oh, baby, it has aready been brungen. Let…
Moo Shoo, hold the pork
(333 Words. January 04, 2003, 07:25 AM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
“Safe Treyf”: New York Jews and Chinese Food (via everyone’s favorite superhero, BoingBoing) explains the relationship between two of my favorite things. I’ve taught a Jew how to make bagels, but my wok-slingin’ needs work. Seriously, my parents taught me the wonders of both cuisines: I learned the chopsticks, not without struggle, under the tutelage of them and one Harry…
Xmas candy
(101 Words. January 02, 2003, 07:34 AM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
Did you know if you walk into our Safeway at 6pm on New Year’s Day, they’ll basically pay you to haul their Christmas candy overstock away? We got eight packs of Reese’s “trees” for a quarter each, a big bag of York patties for a quarter, several large chocolate Santas for a quarter each, and so on. Mmmmm. Choc-lit. This…
Belgian Waffles persons, alert
(144 Words. December 30, 2002, 07:43 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Image copyright © 1999 Tin Hat Novelties. I bought this at the same used bookstore in which I picked up a copy of firearm enthusiast William Vollmann’s latest in his “Seven Dreams” epic of squalor, Argall. (Please note, Vollmann’s link is to a fan site.) I bought it because of the Belgian Waffles, with whom I’ve a standing offer…
White Castle Has Right Stuffing for Your Turkey
(345 Words. November 28, 2002, 02:56 AM, Comments: 5) MORE >>>
(I have simply STOLEN this from Ken, who inexplicably ran it as a comment, after it was suggested by Murph. I think of this as another facet in my ongoing effort to appropriate Ken’s identity for my own personal use as an art project. Ken, I had NOTHING to do with the identity theft guys in New York. Really, I’ve…
Cuban eats
(248 Words. November 23, 2002, 02:35 PM, Comments: 2) MORE >>>
Tonight Viv and I are having our buddies Don and Trish over. Once we woulda been heading out to eat at Chez Fancypants, as I am sure we will again. But given my restricted current financial situation, home-cooking will be the order of the day. I have carefully larned the in-laws’ cookery, insofar as beans are concerned, and so tonight…
Stew
(870 Words. November 15, 2002, 12:00 PM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
Dave K requested the Guinness beef stew recipe. Quantities below are approximate. I often find myself with too much, so you may want to doublecheck against a book recipe. 1 to 2 lbs stew meat, cubed (tradtionally beef but chicken, lamb, pork, whatever, will do) 2 to 8 cans or bottles of Guinness some flour salt and pepper a green…
The Fruit Detective
(441 Words. August 19, 2002, 12:05 PM, Comments: 15) MORE >>>
The New Yorker’s double Food Issue for August 19 and 26, 2002 is a standout issue of the magazine, for me, in many ways - every piece in the mag was fascinating, and one, “The Fruit Detective”, was a nearly perfect reading experience. Others apparently feel the same: MeFi poster semmi highlights the short one-page anecdotes that appeared throughout the…
Fremont, July 1996
(850 Words. June 11, 2002, 11:01 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
via groups.google.com, I excavated a long-lost essay about a pleasant summer evening dandled by in the Seattle neighborhood of Fremont, MUCH changed these days. I originally wrote and posted this on or about July 29, 1996: This Sunday, a friend, my sweetie, and I went a-crawlin (for a bit) in the republic of fremont. The short of it is: Eat…
Andy's Diner, Seattle
(768 Words. May 12, 2002, 12:03 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
On May 5th, Viv and I finally pulled into the parking lot of the train-car diner south of the sports stadiums here in Seattle, Andy’s Diner. We, along with the rest of Seattle, have driven by this landmark for years without ever venturing in. The restaurant closed for a period but reopened, I think, in 2001. Diners as a restaurant…
Swiss wines
(494 Words. April 26, 2002, 07:04 AM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
I lived in Switzerland for about a year when I was sixteen. I attended a french-language high school (probably acually a Lyceum, but I’ll have to look it up) called L’École Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande (roughly, “The New School of Romance Switzerland”). La Suisse Romande is a geographical subsection of Switzerland that may be understood, if vaguely, to mean…
A Lovely Trout
(96 Words. April 20, 2002, 07:12 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
After we visited the Burke this weekend I made a trout dinnner from the highly charismatic fish seen here. Ideally, I would have broiled it, but I do not trust my oven manipulation skills enough so I just baked it. It came out ok, but the impact of the lemon-soy-olive oil vinaigrette I basted it with was lost, as we…
A WEE DRAM
(710 Words. April 09, 2002, 07:24 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Several weeks ago, we spent a pleasant evening eating, drinking and bowling with Spencer and Sarah. When we returned, I offered a nightcap, “a wee dram of scotch”, and etymological curiosity awakened. Could the ancient small coin of the near east, the drachma, be in some wise related to the (to me) indeterminate liquid quantity of a dram? The answer…
Pork
(57 Words. June 02, 2009, 06:06 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I am entering my third hour of supervising a 4.5 pound pork shoulder roasting over wood coals. Looks to be coming in on schedule, around an hour from now, whereupon I will put it into a closed dish in a warming oven and set up the sides. Gonna be good. Or a health hazard, but also good….
Diggins
(57 Words. May 30, 2009, 06:04 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I dug up my overwintered broccoli today. Damn that plant was huge, neary four feet tall. My last overwintered produce is a four-foot carrot top with what I estimate to be a five-pound carrot beneath. I am waiting for the flower to blossom before I pull it. My intention is to use it for a main dish….
Cruciform and royally robed
(16 Words. April 27, 2009, 08:44 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
d40_20090426_047.JPG Originally uploaded by mwhybark The overwintered purple broccoli is looking great, verging on the psychedelic….
Mighty Arrow
(59 Words. February 04, 2009, 10:39 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Picked up the new Belgium seasonal this weekend. It’s a nice hoppy pale called Mighty Arrow, memorializing a brewery dog it seems. I LOVE THE BEER. The tiny picture of the dog on the label seems to resemble Rocket, too. It’s the first New Belgium product that immediately led me to desire a tee shirt or some such….
Mom's homemade sushi
(35 Words. January 31, 2009, 10:53 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
How to Make Sushi at Home. Investigated as a potential means toward a transatlantic teleconferencing meal with a self-proclaimed information pope, an autonomous autarch of data organization, an existential code evangelist and good egg….
Kentucky Frog Waller
(183 Words. May 03, 2008, 02:40 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
1 teaspoon molasses 1 tablespoon hot water 2 oz Kentucky bourbon Ice 4 oz club soda a pinch of ground clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg Stir molasses and hot water together to make an ad hoc simple syrup. Add bourbon, swirl. Hold up to light, and experience anxiety at the brown color, turbidity, and lack of transparency. If lucky, note…
Special, 2am!
(9 Words. April 18, 2008, 05:44 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Some fine n tasty Dick’s trivia, courtesy Seattlest….
TASTY
(4 Words. April 16, 2008, 11:10 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Chili feed: SUCCESS!…
STUDY
(36 Words. April 14, 2008, 10:13 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Wikipedia. Skyline. Recent recipe in the P-I. History of Cincy chili. A recipe. To chocolatize, or not to chocolatize? And shall I adulterate by using my customary turkey instead of beef?…
Chili feed advisory
(35 Words. April 13, 2008, 05:34 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I’m looking at Wednesday evening. My thinking is to start the cookery on Tuesday night, except for the noodles and such items as may be best served by a shorter cook time. Complainants, please advise!…
League
(35 Words. March 25, 2008, 09:45 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Dom Polski! Right in Capitol Hill. What else did I never know of back yonder? (Here’s an old Rachel Kessler review. I hear they have longer hours with a $1 teporary membership these days.)…
Dulce
(41 Words. March 06, 2008, 09:17 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Let it be known: dulce de leche + nilla wafers. Unstoppable. In fact, I need some more right now. Anyboody gots some cool iPhone app ideas? We have, like, a week. A Gmaps dulce de leche finder app won’t cut it….
Hidden in the depths
(183 Words. May 28, 2007, 04:34 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Kraken bulletin: I am still working this drink. I have tried three variations thus far: Vodka, vermouth, lemon juice, lemon twist, oyster: drinkable, but the lemon diffused into the vodka and was too sweet. The oyster liquor diffusing into the vodka was, to my surprise, quite divine. Vodka, vermouth, lemon twist, several drops of aged Tabasco sauce: Quite good, but…
Oysters!
(8 Words. February 24, 2007, 06:58 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Erster stew. Mmm, did this come out good….
Mmmmm!
(8 Words. February 13, 2007, 10:18 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Who can resist a tasty bowl of silverfish?…
Eats meets West
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steelhead diner. Noted….
Urbanspoon
(20 Words. December 11, 2006, 07:05 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
urbanspoon.com lists 53 restaurants in my ‘new’ neighborhood, more than any other online restaurant review resource. The site bears watching….
eat more meat
(17 Words. August 04, 2006, 09:59 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
It’s clear to me: plants do, clearly, suck less than people. Therefore, I endorse meatatarianism. MMMM. bacon!…
Bean Flower
(165 Words. June 02, 2006, 07:21 PM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
One of the potential benefits of living in the Northern Reaches of Seattle is the opportunity to explore the many bargain-priced eateries that cluster along Aurora. Last night, Viv and I had the pleasure of dining at the Szechuan Bean Flower House, which specializes in tofu, Szechuan style. Overwhelmed by the menu choices, we went with a per-person dinner…
Dinner!
(3 Words. May 26, 2006, 06:13 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
El Chupacabra, Ballard…
Sunday evening
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Viv and Trish, last Sunday at Don and Trish’s for a tasty meal of halibut and veggies….
Du Vin
(580 Words. May 20, 2006, 11:54 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I spent a long year of my adolescence in Switzerland with my family, living in a city on the northern coast of Lake Geneva, or lac Leman as the locals have it. Lausanne is the capital of the canton of Vaud, with the Valais just to the east one of the two primary centers for Francophone Swiss agriculture, primarily…
Salumi
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R. W. Apple in the NYT takes a crack at Salumi, to which i was happy to bring my parents and Viv last week. Yummmm….
Shucks
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R. W. Apple holds forth, with some bloviation, on Northwestern oysters in The Oyster Is His World [NYT]. I’ll slurp to that!…
La Rustica
(121 Words. April 14, 2006, 09:17 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
Tonight we braved the wilds of westernmost West Seattle for a tasty sunset meal at La Rustica, a place I’ve often wished to try. We enjoyed a delicious appetizer of broiled oysters with spinach, cheese, and pixie dust. Viv had some chicken deal, and I had a wild boar chop, wrapped in bacon. It was very good. Viv variously…
Bye-Bye Bert's
(95 Words. March 02, 2006, 06:20 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I was bummed to learn of the closure of Bert Grant’s Yakima brewpub from the P-I today. From the time it opened to the last time I was on Yakima, about five years ago, a stop at the old depot was a requirement of the trip, in token of Grant’s role in the craft brewer renaissance and in celebration…
Pears disappear
(209 Words. March 01, 2006, 08:58 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
I swung by the liquor store on my way to pick up Viv, in need of gin, and wandered aimlessly for a patch. Rounding a corner I was haply surprised to see Clear Creek Eau-de-Vie, a variety of brandy that has been of interest to my family for years (my grandfather was a pear farmer and my dad has…
Craving
(14 Words. January 28, 2006, 08:01 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Yo quiero el pastrami sandwich! Dammit, they are closed at 5 on weekends….
Have an error
(104 Words. October 14, 2005, 06:07 AM, Comments: 6) MORE >>>
A while ago I concluded that I had accidentally eaten part of a habanero, a conclusion not embraced by all but one which remains in place in my mind. This belief was reinforced when last night I unthinkingly popped a whole roasted pepper into my mouth and then thought to ask, just as my diaphragm went into convulsions, “Was…
Beans
(42 Words. October 13, 2005, 05:19 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Stacey has a delicious sounding bean soup recipe. I imagine I’ll skip the whole pureeing nonsense, as the texture of a toothy bean is a sublime thing. If attacked on the grounds of non-puree, i will simply leap behind my Cuban relations….
I'll drink to that
(7 Words. October 04, 2005, 06:26 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Beerwise, partially from The Cartoonist….
Around the corner from the tree
(113 Words. September 14, 2005, 10:05 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Tonight we had dinner with Chris and Poupou in the Little Saigon area at the intersection of 12th and Jackson. We were aiming to eat at the Tamarind Tree but found ourselves in a long line of people who had obviously been waiting for some time. I scouted for nearby eateries and found the family-style Thanh Vi right around…
Kona
(349 Words. August 11, 2005, 10:11 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
After tearassing around North Seattle before confirming that house #4 is one we want to bid on, Viv and I, starving, skidded to a stop in front of the oft-passed, always curiously eyed Kona Kitchen at 85th. I’d read good things about the place, and as we walked in, I was a bit surprised to hear the somewhat loud,…
Feline, plums
(21 Words. July 20, 2005, 10:41 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
One cat: Several golden plums: The tree has fruited this year more than any since we’ve lived here, over ten years….
Carny
(8 Words. June 21, 2005, 05:10 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Today’s lunch: Pig Iron Bar-B-Q. Mmmm, meat….
Ropa Vieja
(123 Words. June 14, 2005, 09:38 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Stacey has posted on how we spent our Saturday. It involved Stacey, Greg, Viv and I cooking (mostly me and Stacey in the kitchen) a big ol’ mess of ropa vieja. It was yummy, we drank a bunch of mojitos and some Spanish riojas I had brought. I was surprised that neither Greg nor Stacey knew of my Dad’s…
Chirashi Fortune
(85 Words. June 02, 2005, 09:26 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
A solo dinner at Hana tonight with a nice bowl of chirashi and the New Yorker. Fortunes lined the walls upstairs. We had one in our doorbell frame for years but just noticed it was missing the other day. There was a column in the New Yorker about a man who is responsible for a significant chunk of the…
wat
(36 Words. May 21, 2005, 08:00 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
oops - Last night I met Dan after work for a beer and we ended up having dinner - delicious Ethiopian food - with Viv and Vonda. Sleep followed immediately thereafter, at the cost of blogging….
heat
(42 Words. May 13, 2005, 06:08 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
After some research, I have concluded that the 2-inch-long red pepper I inadvisably consumed in a single bite was probably the much-feared Habanero. It did, indeed, feel as though the lid of my skull was lifting away from my brain….
Der tod
(138 Words. March 25, 2005, 10:03 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
A couple of beers at The Comet with the man that married my wife. To me, I mean. Then we had sushi and bento at the wonderfully quiet Oasis Cafe up the block. On the way home walked by the nearly-complete reservoir park, where that van driver plowed into the wall twentyodd days ago. The park looks lovely and…
Baked Alaska
(36 Words. March 24, 2005, 12:06 AM, Comments: 4) MORE >>>
Dinner Wednesday night at The Oceanaire with Greg and Stacey. I hear Greg can’t make it to practice Thursday which is just as well, as I have some seriously overdue copy I need to work on….
Die Bierstube
(26 Words. March 18, 2005, 06:26 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Tonight, I will attend a meeting of the Tipple Congress at Die Bierstube, courtesy of the insistence and instigation of a gentleman of Polish extraction….
Bul Gogi
(115 Words. March 12, 2005, 10:49 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
In my defense for a day of blogslacking, I would like to point out that we went out to eat Korean food with Greg and Stacey last night. I abused my cellphone’s camera privileges all night. The Old Village restaurant featured many tables with hooded charcoal burners in the center of the table, which made the dining experience an amusing…
Pork and pears
(153 Words. October 21, 2004, 07:58 AM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
I finally got around to taking a whack at Manny’s pork and pears or pork and apples recipe. I had expected to do the apple and calvados version, but to my surprise, we only had pears in the house. The recipe calls for whipping cream and lots of buttah. I used the buttah and skipped the cream, using nonfat…
Something's Fishy
(60 Words. October 19, 2004, 07:10 PM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
Tonight I’m serving tasty salmon to Adam, Chris, and Sabrina. Also on the menu are a bunch of Spanish goat and sheep cheeses found, of all places, at Safeway. Not only did Safeway have these improbables, but also a long-adored rarity from the Alps, raclette. Now I must find the cornichons. Thus, webtime is short….
Cafe de Paris
(539 Words. September 26, 2004, 02:57 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
I have a favorite spice mix commonly used in Western Europe to flavor butter, served on steak. The mix is known, in French, as “Café de Paris,” and I’ve seen it called “Dip Frankreich” in German; I also have a jar in front of me that is marked “Gewürtzmischung für Kraüterbutter.” I’m pretty sure that the French name for the…
Vongole
(93 Words. July 29, 2004, 04:35 PM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
Tonight, I’m channeling my inner Italian ma to make a mess of spaghetti alle vongole, something I first had at an Italian restaurant in Boston’s North End in 1972 (although, of course, it was prolly linguini). I don’t ‘member the name of the joint, but it was big and bustling. I’ve been thinking about this dish all day and I…
Chinese
(27 Words. July 25, 2004, 09:28 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Spanish and Russian, however, were the languages I heard while eating my potstickers and moo shoo pork. Broadway bubbles over with activity as the summer sun sets….
Pizza - or Chinese?
(29 Words. July 25, 2004, 05:17 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
The Piecora’s pie was lovely. Today, I will be tapping another fine institution. But which? The Wok on B’Way, or Annapurna, or else? Also, the heat has done broke….
Pi
(87 Words. July 22, 2004, 08:54 AM, Comments: 7) MORE >>>
Viv’s in Kullyfornya until Tuesday and so I intend to uphold the ancient directives of bachelorhood and pursue the disciplines of shirking household chores, eating cold pizza in the morning, and beginning at least one absurd home-improvement (or computing) project that will eat up forty-eight hours with no discernible issue. Said project, of course, must take place while steadily, but…
Thousand Year Old Eggs
(258 Words. May 05, 2004, 06:59 AM, Comments: 5) MORE >>>
RecipeSource: Preserved Duck Eggs (thousand Year Old Eggs) PRESERVED DUCK EGGS (THOUSAND YEAR OLD EGGS) Yield: 12 servings 2 c Tea, very strong black 1/3 c Salt 2 c Ashes of pine wood 2 c Ashes of charcoal 2 c Fireplace ashes 1 c Lime* 12 Duck egg, fresh *Available in garden stores and nurseries. Combine tea, salt, ashes and…
Room-temperature eggs
(185 Words. April 25, 2004, 04:56 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Mrs. C.’s Fact Sheets failed to answer my nearly-posted AskMe query. She does answer a host of other food-safety queries besides. I was wondering, “How long can hard-bioled eggs be left at room temperature and remain edible?” The Safer Easter Egg, however, tells me that the FDA says: When eggs are cooled in water after being cooked, the eggs pull…
Tell No One
(464 Words. April 18, 2004, 01:13 PM, Comments: 5) MORE >>>
Buena Vista Restaurant is a Cuban place that just opened at the the north foot of Lake Union, right next to the former moorages of the Skansonia and the Kalakala (Kalakala link likely to rot in short order). The restaurant is housed in a former rental hall known previously as CaterArts; the facility was built to highlight the spectacular views…
Happy NCD!
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Don’t forget - it’s National Corndog Day!…
Mmmm... crab
(85 Words. March 12, 2004, 04:42 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
…and I must note that the crab thread cited first thing this morning drove me to the store to obtain some tasty Dungeness crab which I shall prepare as a love offering for the female of my species. No word on my inclination toward performing a mating dance, however. (Warning: link may offer TMI to those about to eat crab.)…
Humpback Chicken Stew
(852 Words. February 08, 2004, 10:28 PM, Comments: 4) MORE >>>
This recipe is called ‘humpback’ because I didn’t know it would be especially memorable before I started cooking it. We watched the quite irresistible fillum Whale Rider on pay-per-view as we ate it, and I’ll always associate the two. Also, the stew is so good you’ll eat enough that you’ll feel an affinity with our cetacean neighbors. Hungry and/or bibulous…
Bottoms Up!
(211 Words. January 15, 2004, 12:49 AM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
The Illuminated Donkey takes a fare-thee-well glance at every power-crazed political criminal’s favorite bevvy, Johnny Walker! I’ll drink to that! (Full disclosure: as part of an endorsement deal with The Illuminated Donkey, the author of this website once received a half-empty bottle of Johnny Walker Red, or some substantial drinks, or something, from noted wanna-be Broadway impresario Ken Goldstein. I…
New years' eats
(162 Words. December 31, 2003, 08:10 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Google Search: what is salt pork reveals that fatback becomes salt pork when salt-cured and that salt pork is similar to American-style bacon, but unsmoked. Imputed is that American-style bacon is a bit more to the meat side than the straight-up salt pork. Why, in the name of God, do I look this up? My parents always make Hoppin’ John…
DC Eats
(786 Words. December 06, 2003, 11:34 AM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
And finally regarding our DC trip, here are the places we ate worthy of note. Gadsby’s Tavern - next door to the Gadsby’s Tavern Museum in Old Town Alexandria. We ate right where the cheesy picture was taken on the restaurant page, in front of the fireplace. No strolling lutists, though. The entertainment was provided by the maitre d’, who…
Eats
(8 Words. November 10, 2003, 06:15 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Lemon-Orange Ginger Garlic Chicken! Like, in a hurry!…
It's Grass Jelly Time!
(61 Words. October 19, 2003, 10:19 PM, Comments: 2) MORE >>>
A visit to Uwajimaya and the ID of course brings with it the wonders of food not commonly found in Safeway. Check it out! Grass jelly, on sale for 75 cents! (I have eaten grass jelly in the past, and can aver, it’s pretty tasty! Slightly sweet, refreshing! Aaahh!) I also particularly like the (Taiwanese) package design. It’s intimidating….
Update
(6 Words. September 14, 2003, 08:24 PM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
Just before it hits the oven:…
Salmon
(29 Words. September 14, 2003, 06:14 PM, Comments: 2) MORE >>>
The QFC is advertising $3.99/lb for wild Alaskan Copper River salmon. No, that didn’t come out right. The QFC is advertising $3.99/lb for wild Alaskan Copper River salmon!…
Gimme the number three, Louie
(229 Words. August 10, 2003, 12:51 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Simply Red, by Mark Rotella: a long, tasty feature on the joys and fate of what I think of as red checkered tablecloth joints, hands down my favorite endangered restaurant species. From the article: And for someone like me, an Italian-American in his 30’s who grew up with Italian food as the ultimate comfort food, the old-style Italian restaurants offer…
Meat
(106 Words. April 21, 2003, 01:42 PM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
There were no sources of meat protein available for under $2.99 a pound at the grocery store yesterday. Suddenly, the whole vegan thing pops into clarity for me. Seriously, I remember being able to buy 99-cent ground beef here in Seattle ten years ago. It was the 23 percent lean variety, sure, but my unscientific sampling would indicate a ten-year…
scocth ith yummy
(135 Words. March 09, 2003, 03:02 PM, Comments: 4) MORE >>>
Over at Dent’s Glacial Erratics Single Malt Tasting is underway, via a clearly unorthodox method employed by Queer Barney. I’m a longtime Laphroaig man (when I gots the cabbage and some quirk steers me away from the Mark), but Barney’s endorsement of the Balvenie Doublewood will certainly move me in the direction of the liquor store. Barney has access to…
We're in the soup now
(457 Words. February 18, 2003, 07:12 AM, Comments: 8) MORE >>>
Frankenstein invites y’all over for soup, titling it White Lines, referring to the Grandmaster Flash side that was the B to The Message on the Sugar Hill 12-inch, back in the day. Uhm-hunh. some fond memories involvin’ the ladies ensue. unh-huh. Well, one lady anyway. Wha? Oh, sorry. Soouup. Anne brings it. Oh, baby, it has aready been brungen. Let…
Moo Shoo, hold the pork
(333 Words. January 04, 2003, 07:25 AM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
“Safe Treyf”: New York Jews and Chinese Food (via everyone’s favorite superhero, BoingBoing) explains the relationship between two of my favorite things. I’ve taught a Jew how to make bagels, but my wok-slingin’ needs work. Seriously, my parents taught me the wonders of both cuisines: I learned the chopsticks, not without struggle, under the tutelage of them and one Harry…
Xmas candy
(101 Words. January 02, 2003, 07:34 AM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
Did you know if you walk into our Safeway at 6pm on New Year’s Day, they’ll basically pay you to haul their Christmas candy overstock away? We got eight packs of Reese’s “trees” for a quarter each, a big bag of York patties for a quarter, several large chocolate Santas for a quarter each, and so on. Mmmmm. Choc-lit. This…
Belgian Waffles persons, alert
(144 Words. December 30, 2002, 07:43 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Image copyright © 1999 Tin Hat Novelties. I bought this at the same used bookstore in which I picked up a copy of firearm enthusiast William Vollmann’s latest in his “Seven Dreams” epic of squalor, Argall. (Please note, Vollmann’s link is to a fan site.) I bought it because of the Belgian Waffles, with whom I’ve a standing offer…
White Castle Has Right Stuffing for Your Turkey
(345 Words. November 28, 2002, 02:56 AM, Comments: 5) MORE >>>
(I have simply STOLEN this from Ken, who inexplicably ran it as a comment, after it was suggested by Murph. I think of this as another facet in my ongoing effort to appropriate Ken’s identity for my own personal use as an art project. Ken, I had NOTHING to do with the identity theft guys in New York. Really, I’ve…
Cuban eats
(248 Words. November 23, 2002, 02:35 PM, Comments: 2) MORE >>>
Tonight Viv and I are having our buddies Don and Trish over. Once we woulda been heading out to eat at Chez Fancypants, as I am sure we will again. But given my restricted current financial situation, home-cooking will be the order of the day. I have carefully larned the in-laws’ cookery, insofar as beans are concerned, and so tonight…
Stew
(870 Words. November 15, 2002, 12:00 PM, Comments: 3) MORE >>>
Dave K requested the Guinness beef stew recipe. Quantities below are approximate. I often find myself with too much, so you may want to doublecheck against a book recipe. 1 to 2 lbs stew meat, cubed (tradtionally beef but chicken, lamb, pork, whatever, will do) 2 to 8 cans or bottles of Guinness some flour salt and pepper a green…
The Fruit Detective
(441 Words. August 19, 2002, 12:05 PM, Comments: 15) MORE >>>
The New Yorker’s double Food Issue for August 19 and 26, 2002 is a standout issue of the magazine, for me, in many ways - every piece in the mag was fascinating, and one, “The Fruit Detective”, was a nearly perfect reading experience. Others apparently feel the same: MeFi poster semmi highlights the short one-page anecdotes that appeared throughout the…
Fremont, July 1996
(850 Words. June 11, 2002, 11:01 PM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
via groups.google.com, I excavated a long-lost essay about a pleasant summer evening dandled by in the Seattle neighborhood of Fremont, MUCH changed these days. I originally wrote and posted this on or about July 29, 1996: This Sunday, a friend, my sweetie, and I went a-crawlin (for a bit) in the republic of fremont. The short of it is: Eat…
Andy's Diner, Seattle
(768 Words. May 12, 2002, 12:03 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
On May 5th, Viv and I finally pulled into the parking lot of the train-car diner south of the sports stadiums here in Seattle, Andy’s Diner. We, along with the rest of Seattle, have driven by this landmark for years without ever venturing in. The restaurant closed for a period but reopened, I think, in 2001. Diners as a restaurant…
Swiss wines
(494 Words. April 26, 2002, 07:04 AM, Comments: 1) MORE >>>
I lived in Switzerland for about a year when I was sixteen. I attended a french-language high school (probably acually a Lyceum, but I’ll have to look it up) called L’École Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande (roughly, “The New School of Romance Switzerland”). La Suisse Romande is a geographical subsection of Switzerland that may be understood, if vaguely, to mean…
A Lovely Trout
(96 Words. April 20, 2002, 07:12 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
After we visited the Burke this weekend I made a trout dinnner from the highly charismatic fish seen here. Ideally, I would have broiled it, but I do not trust my oven manipulation skills enough so I just baked it. It came out ok, but the impact of the lemon-soy-olive oil vinaigrette I basted it with was lost, as we…
A WEE DRAM
(710 Words. April 09, 2002, 07:24 AM, Comments: 0) MORE >>>
Several weeks ago, we spent a pleasant evening eating, drinking and bowling with Spencer and Sarah. When we returned, I offered a nightcap, “a wee dram of scotch”, and etymological curiosity awakened. Could the ancient small coin of the near east, the drachma, be in some wise related to the (to me) indeterminate liquid quantity of a dram? The answer…
