Late Summer Feast with Roasted Chicken and Chanterelle Gravy
This may look like a shot straight out of Bon Temps ("True Blood," anyone?) but it's really just this year's garlic crop from my dad's garden up on Whidbey…
August 27, 2013
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Mt. Si Flank Steak Salad and Tough-it-Out Tacos
If you're looking for a challenging hike that really tests your muscles and gives you a much-needed break from the city, there are a bunch of great options…
August 15, 2013
The Best of Both Parmesans: Chicken and Eggplant
I have a charm on my keychain that says "Italian at Heart." Even though I am mostly a Northern European mutt, I pretend to have some degree of Italy in my…
August 6, 2013
The Cherry Bomb
For my birthday this year, my dad gave me a bag full of cherries that he and his wife, Joanne, picked that morning from their orchard up on Whidbey Island.…
July 26, 2013
Tuesday Night Tuna Picatta Pasta
Weeknight dinners are often the last thing you want to think about after working all day. It's hard to find inspiration when all you want to do is kick back…
July 16, 2013
One Night in Bangkok: Thai Steak Salad
Salads can become so monotonous in the summer that when you deviate at all from the standard, it's the veggie version of a revelation. We tend to use…
July 4, 2013
Beat the Heat Gazpacho
We live in a great apartment for most of the year. We have a view of the sound, a roof-top garden, and we're centrally located in the heart of West Seattle. We…
July 4, 2013
Don't Burn Down the Rental: Mimi's Pepper Steak with Garlic Scapes and Rice
As a child, one of my favorite dishes was a pepper steak my mom used to make. Unlike the recipes that use a mixture of stewed bell peppers and tomatoes, this…
June 25, 2013
Family Style Pasta with a Zucchini Marinara
The other night I was feeling a bit under the weather and Elliott made me a pasta I couldn't refuse. It was a simple marinara made with zucchini, white wine,…
June 22, 2013
Homegrown Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie
We got off the island, as we say here in West Seattle, and headed to Kent, WA last Saturday for a early Father’s Day brunch with Elliott’s family. His aunt and…
June 16, 2013
Greekgasm: Lamb Sliders on Pita with an Apricot-Onion Relish
This last Sunday we had the rare treat to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner together. It felt like a vacation - especially with the weather jumping to the 70s -…
June 5, 2013
Weather Getting You Down? Don't Get Mad, Get Stewed: Rib Eye Stew with Butternut Squash
Whenever the sun is on strike, as it so often seems to be in this part of the country, the best way to warm up is to take a hot yoga class or make a big pot of…
May 31, 2013