Iris and I had fresh-baked croissants for breakfast. Seattle is lucky enough to be home to the world-class croissants of Cafe Besalu. This morning’s croissants weren’t in the same league, but they were better than any other croissants I’ve had in town: crisp and flaky, properly leavened, deeply browned, and not stomach-churningly huge. Here’s the […]
While in New York, Iris and I were highly entertained by a muffin shop called Connecticut Muffin. It’s only in NYC and did not, as far as I can tell, originate in Connecticut, which leads me to believe that I should open a muffin shop called Alberta Muffin. Or that this is my porn star […]
This week on Serious Eats: Fine Dining Boot Camp So how do you keep a captive and potentially unruly audience entertained? In a word, snacks.
You’ve heard of semi-homemade cooking? Tonight’s dinner wasn’t it. I made refried beans from some leftover pinto beans I bought in Arizona. I made taco meat. I fried tortillas. I made salsa. And, because that wasn’t enough and they had some cute little cucumbers at Trader Joe’s, I made pickles. Not kosher dills, of course—more like […]
Hey, where have those Amster-Burtons been? New York. We spent the last week there, doing mostly Iris-driven activities (if Iris isn’t having fun, no one is having fun). We strolled through Prospect Park and took Iris to see, as she puts it, “a real dead mummy” and many suits of armor at the Met. On […]