On The Table
Always room for herbs
Couple of issues back, Bon Appétit had their cover photo of pasta with a parsley pesto. I was reminded of how tasty a simple pasta dish is with just one […]
Murder and Gourmet Food?
When I was a kid growing up in Wyoming, long winters encouraged outdoor sports: skiing, ice-skating and snow-camping, but at night, sometimes eschewing homework, I’d read voraciously. One of my favorite […]
Strawberries! Raspberries! Blackberries! Oh My!
OK, so it’s the time of year for the obligatory fresh fruit blog post. And you’d have to be totally gastronomically clueless not to know we live in Berry Heaven. […]
My trip home to the other Vancouver (B.C.)
I went home to Vancouver a few weekends ago. Yes, the other Vancouver, where I was born and raised. There are a few differences between the two, but both are […]
The Conqueror’s Diet
One of the best books on food I've read doesn't have a single recipe. It’s Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel. You've probably already read it; it was first published […]
Paper Tiger Coffee Roasters
This week, I had the honor of meeting Kenny and Sue Fletcher, owners of Paper Tiger Coffee Roasters, and let me tell you what a treat that was! I sat […]
Margarita + Guacamole time
As the weather gets warmer, and the days get longer, there is nothing that quite says summer to me more than barbeques, chips with guacamole and margaritas. So even though […]
Something Old . . .
The recent cool weather gave me the perfect excuse to make one of our favorite comfort foods: lentil soup. I’ve made it so many times over the years that it […]
Pac NW bests: Salmon!
Saturday, fishing for spring salmon reopened, and I caught a nice 21 lb. hen Chinook. I went with one of my fishing buddies, Custus, to our secret spot on the […]
Cooking life begins…..
OK, full disclosure. My mother was a terrible cook. She married young, lived with her mother during WWII, and was busy giving birth to two children. So after the war, […]