In September 2001, I was hanging around Vientiane, Laos, with Laurie and three of our friends. Despite abject poverty, an autocratic bandit government, occasional terrorist bombings, and festering wounds from being used as a punching bag by the US during the Vietnam war, Laos is the most relaxing place I’ve ever been. You can sit […]
On Tuesday I got a couple of ears of corn from the supermarket, but it left us wanting more and better corn. So yesterday we all went down to Pike Place Market to hit the Alvarez Farm stand and relieve it of six ears. We had leftover chili and my favorite corn-off-the-cob recipe. It looks like […]
Maybe I should start a coffeehouses-with-mezzanines wiki, because I found another one. On Saturday, when the temperature was in the kajillions, I attempted to spend the whole day in air-conditioned comfort. First I went to the Starbucks on Phinney, then when I needed a change of scenery, I headed to Peet’s in Fremont. I didn’t […]
I think I’ve discovered the worst restaurant slogan ever. Down the street from me there’s one of those greasy neighborhood pizza places, called Bella Pizza & Pasta. The other day I saw one of their delivery drivers get out of the car, and he was wearing a shirt that had the following printed on the back: Bella […]
I finally got to see the Iron Chef America episode where Seattle uberchef Tom Douglas challenges Morimoto. For one of Morimoto’s dishes, he cooks a salmon fillet in the style of Peking duck, by repeatedly ladling hot oil over the fish. And when I say repeatedly, I mean he stood there ladling for what looked […]