gastronome

12
Jun

Three things.

I live in this great, wonderful, diverse city and I don’t get out nearly often enough. But lately, I’
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12
Jun

Crêpes Voilà.

If you’re ever in downtown Seattle, you HAVE to eat here at La Crêperie Voilà. Their stuff is sooooooooooo
12
Jun

Dulce de Leche.

And more designer Weims in ads. Dulce de Leche (from the New York Times Magazine): 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed
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12
Jun

I need CHOCOLATE!

I didn’t have any chocolate today and I am DYING over here. God, I can’t live without it.
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12
Jun

Salted Butter Caramels.

I made these for our New Year’s party last night and are they ever scrumptious! Vegetable oil 1 1/
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12
Jun
For the love of good farmers.

For the love of good farmers.

Apples, cherries, grapes, and hops. I am fascinated with agriculture. Wonder worked its way down my spine while I looked
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12
Jun
On birthday cake and ramen noodles.

On birthday cake and ramen noodles.

In exactly two weeks, I will be 48. Which means it’s time for birthday cake. Enter my coworker, Safiya,
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12
Jun
On Seattle, hungry musicians, and the culinary arts.

On Seattle, hungry musicians, and the culinary arts.

Coffee, salmon, berries, kale, fennel, lavender, rosemary, hops, beer, wheat, wine, oysters, clams and Dungeness crab. These are foods and
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12
Jun
On Whisky-Centered Design: Designing the Glencairn Whisky Glass

On Whisky-Centered Design: Designing the Glencairn Whisky Glass

TASTING whiskies can be a clinical, prosaic task, nosing and assessing, jotting notes, reconsidering, lips compressed in concentration, brow furrowed.
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12
Jun
On Christmas lights and warehouse smoke.

On Christmas lights and warehouse smoke.

Bring yourself. Take your time. The food will bring the minds together, as foreign as they might be. Friends will
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