(I don’t even remember who Laurie was talking about, and as you’ll see it’s irrelevant.) Laurie: I gather from looking at his web site that he’s an eccentric Englishman. Matthew: Oh yeah? On my web site, I’m Scottish. Iris: On my web site, I’m Sweden.
On the way home from school, I found a bus ticket on the ground. Me: Oh yeah! A free ride. Iris: For two or just you? Me: You’re always free. Where should we go? Iris: I don’t know, where do you want to go? […]
Me: Iris, do you want some greens with dinner? Iris: What kind of greens are they? Me: Kale. Iris: Bleah, I only like bok choy. Laurie: Dada’s making homemade dumplings tomorrow. Iris (picking up the remote): Let’s skip to tomorrow’s dinner.
Iris and I took a trip to Uwajimaya today. We bought a raisin-coconut bun from Yummy House Bakery and a bullet train coloring book from Kinokuniya. I told Iris she could pick out a box of Pocky sticks as usual, but instead her eyes alighted upon Calpico Capu Capu, which are cookies shaped like ice […]
As you may know, I write a monthly taste-test column for Seattle Magazine. For a long time it wasn’t available online, but now they’re posting some of them on the magazine’s web site. For example: Ethan Stowell on Olive Oil Joseba Jiménez de Jiménez on Sherry Vinegar Tamara Murphy on Bacon You get the idea. Iris has long wanted […]