Author: Janet Cleaveland
Oregon strawberries star in icebox pie
Oregon strawberries are here. I picked up half a flat Sunday and made Nancie McDermott's spectacular strawberry icebox pie. The pie was a dry run for two I'll be making for a party later […]
Chiles rellenos bring up memories of friendship, Mexican potlucks
For years, our friends Tony and Donna Freeman threw fabulous Mexican potlucks for about 30 people each time. I can't tell you how much we enjoyed the feasts and how much […]
Chicken salad with capers and lemon
When temperatures hit 85 degrees last week, I made a chicken salad out of the half a roasted chicken leftover from "Postscript to Spanish food gets my attention." I served an arugula, red […]
Postscript to ‘Spanish food gets my attention’
Take a look. This time I didn't try to second guess the recipe's creator, chef Brett Emerson, owner of Contigo in San Francisco. (See my post of April 26, "Spanish […]
Beet salad gains a reluctant fan
My Seattle traveling pals are right again. They like to order beet salad at places such as Place Pigalle or Taste restaurants in Seattle. I thought they were nuts, preferring a nice chicken […]
Travelers crossed a line in Spain
My post about Spanish food triggered a memory of an adventure. This is from the travel story I wrote for The Columbian in 1996: Spaniards respect God, the bull and the […]
Spanish food gets my attention
I've been thinking about Spanish dishes a lot lately. One of my former co-workers now lives in Spain, and another friend just took her two sons to the Iberian Peninsula […]
Blimey: A lime crisis in our midst
I always ask for two limes in my gin and tonic. That might have to change. Just as G&T season is getting underway — though for some of us it runs […]
Happy times, you medievalists
A former co-worker, who now lives in Ireland, posted a message that today, March 31, is Hug a Medievalist Day. That makes me happy. I love medieval literature and history, so […]
‘Bon Appetit’ reporter writes about Washington’s oysters
Daniel Duane, a writer for the March issue of "Bon Appetit," calls Seattle "the greatest of oyster cities." I think my friend Kathleen would agree. In reporting the story, Duane drove […]