Roots and Grubs

Me: Okay, I’m heading out to Coinstar. Iris: I didn’t know cornstarch was a store. I thought it was only an ingredient.

We had some excellent bibimbap for dinner (from my recently published recipe, without the stone bowl). I’m following mine up with Starbucks Coffee Almond Fudge ice cream, which has finally seen the light and is now sold in pints instead of quarts. After dinner Iris grabbed a plate and the (empty) maple syrup pitcher and announced […]

A new vegetarian Thai place opened near me, and I’m looking forward to trying it—especially after getting their menu in the mail. The menu sections have titles like: Curry Episode Stir Fried Episode Salad Episode But the best is the side dishes: ACCOMPANY BUDDIES ESPISODE. Sic. The place is In the Bowl Vegetarian Noodle Bistro, open every day at 1554 E […]

You can find me today in the Seattle Times food section: Do chefs’ sprouts eat their veggies? Spoiler: No. This was a fun one to write, because I got to skewer conventional wisdom. I expected some of the chefs to tell me their kids were picky eaters, but I didn’t expect (a) that they would be willing to […]

Iris sprinkled some sunflower seeds on her toast strip. Iris: It’s like a little bruschetta. Matthew: Did you just say “bruschetta”? Iris: Dada, you want some bruschetta?