Wendy asked: I think you should have a place where we can comment on your future menus. Unless, of course, you don’t want people commenting on your menus. But I often have comments I could make. Why spaghetti and meatballs? What kind of meatballs? What kind of sauce? As you may remember, […]
I try to stay away from the breaking news items, since by the time I get around to posting, the news is very, very broken. But this one is special. A couple of years ago, Sound Transit announced plans to demolish the building at the southwest corner of Broadway and Denny to construct the Capitol Hill […]
Neil, avert your ears, because here comes a full-on cupcake shop podcast. Iris Out Loud #3: Trophy Cupcakes (1.6MB AAC) We didn’t catch this on tape, but while we were there, Trophy Cupcakes owner Jennifer Shea was frosting a party cake consisting of a couple dozen cupcakes in the shape of an octopus. It caused Iris to […]
How to make Iris love you forever: tell her, “I got you a special treat…and it’s cupcakes!” We’d been planning to check out Trophy Cupcakes, the new upstart cupcake shop in Wallingford, but Trophy Cupcakes unexpectedly came to me. I was at Remedy Teas this morning and noticed cupcakes, and they were, indeed, Trophy’s. I brought […]
My latest Culinate column is about homemade pizza. A piece of the pie Thanks to reader Stephanie for suggesting the Julia Child dough recipe, which was a real winner. It’s so good to have bacon-jalapeño back!