I don't even remember when the tradition of going to dim sum on Christmas with my pals started, but it just doesn't seem like Christmas without them or it. So to …
A gift of knowing how to cook is that you can follow recipes for food you've heard of, but never actually had the fortune of tasting. The last two days I've …
Fifteen years ago, I spent time doing "production monkey" work at Sur La Table, a Seattle-based kitchenware company. I worked mostly on the catalogs. I got that job, like almost …
About a month ago, a late night email arrived with the idea to head to the Hood Canal for some oysters. Hama Hama, a vendor at the University and Ballard …
With our spate of recent home repairs, I've found myself down in Renton quite a bit to shop at McClendon's. It's a large locally-owned hardware store and in all ways, …
I once fell into a patch of stinging nettles. Something like that stays in your memory and makes you wary of willingly wading into them with the idea that you're …
After our first trip to the Ballard Farmer's Market on a lazy in-city Sunday, you would have found me in the kitchen inspired by ingredients from fine folks at Found …
I can't think of a more old-fashioned jelly than crab apple. It's got a certain foraged allure, never mind that people used to plant crab apples to harvest them. These …
My bike riding pal Larry dropped me a note last week to see if I'd spend the morning with him showing how to make jelly. "I haven't killed anyone yet!", …
