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A local chef shares his herb-infused secrets.
No place is better at identifying and really playing up the hedonistic parts of the normally austere Catholic faith's high holidays than New Orleans. And today, Epiphany (when those wise men supposedly bestowed the baby Jesus with gold, frankincense and myrrh, lucky kid), is no exception. New Orlean ... More >>
This little creamy concoction has inspired a local following for Cremant and has any drink you could make behind the bar beat. Why? It starts as rich hot chocolate and doesn't just rely on chocolate liqueur. At least, I think. I have no idea how Cremant makes their version, and while this one tastes ... More >>
Its not that difficult. Its not that spendy. And its really f#$%*&* delicious.
Postholiday style.
What you eat when you're dining with the band.
It's like eating lemon meringue pie at a lazy Sunday picnic.
It's like eating lemon meringue pie at a lazy Sunday picnic.
Idiosyncratic new cookbooks arrive from some of Seattle's finest kitchens.
Idiosyncratic new cookbooks arrive from some of Seattle's finest kitchens.
The year of back to basics.
The year of back to basics.
The year of back to basics.
The en-route jackpot is there for the taking
The en-route jackpot is there for the taking
When Jody Hall opened the original Cupcake Royale/Vérité Cafe in Madrona in December 2003, she says it was the first cupcake bakery to open outside New York. Has it really only been five and a half years? An entire generation of toddlers are being raised by parents who had cupcake weddi ... More >>
Before becoming pastry chef at Poppy, Dana Cree worked for three years at Lampreia (on the savory side), then staged at The Fat Duck in England and WD-50 in New York City, both internationally famous for their culinary experimentation. After returning to Seattle, Cree was pastry chef at Eva a ... More >>
Photo courtesy of Diane Skwiercz, pictured.Street Treats is a mobile confectional set to launch in May. Diane Skwiercz is still putting all the details together, figuring out recipes, getting the truck decked out, and plotting which neighborhoods to invade. I spoke with her about launching he ... More >>
Photo by Lara FerroniThese green tea cookies are a signature treat created by Fresh Flours, in Phinney and Ballard. Etsuko Minematsu is one half of the couple behind the pair of bakeries in Phinney and Ballard; her husband, Keiji Koh, is head baker. This recipe is part three of our time with ... More >>
Bite-size pieces of homemade sugary heaven. As a sort of Julie & Julia-type project for Voracious, I'll be taking on the mighty recipes of the United Methodist Church of Urbana, Ohio. Every Tuesday, I'll whip up one of the Midwestern classics and chronicle the cooking process, while offering ... More >>
Just a small serving of Urbana's 24-Hour Salad. As a sort of Julie & Julia-type project for Voracious, I'll be taking on the mighty recipes of the United Methodist Church of Urbana, Ohio. Every Tuesday, I'll whip up one of the Midwestern classics and chronicle the cooking process, while offer ... More >>
Photo by Leslie KellyShortbread cookies are a big hit at Betty.Brittany Bardeleben's shortbread cookies are just begging to be dipped into the ever-changing flavors of housemade ice cream at Betty and Crow. Read part one and two of our Q&A with Bardeleben to learn more about her old-school/so ... More >>
Photo by Leslie KellyGo ahead and add some booze to your caramel sauce.Justin Cline, owner of Full Tilt in White Center, the U-District, Columbia City and, by early next year, in Ballard, too, doesn't really use recipes. But he wrote down his version of caramel sauce that's such a hit at the ... More >>
This ceremonial Viking hammer was used to crush ice (and enemy skulls) at Mistral Kitchen. Somehow I thought Thor's Hammer would have more lightning bolts shooting out of it.Rene Redzepi is the head chef of Noma. Located in Copenhagen, Denmark, Noma was recently voted BEST RESTAURANT IN THE W ... More >>
The Seattle Food Geek shows you how to become a confident, cut-rate kitchen chemist.
Photo by Leslie KellyMost of Marie Holtz's desserts at Cafe Flora are vegan and gluten-free.Marie Holtz from Cafe Flora promises these cookies don't have any weird bean-y after taste. Go ahead and dunk 'em, warm from the oven, in a tall glass of soy milk. Read part one and part two of this we ... More >>
Image courtesy of The New York TimesThrow away every other recipe you have for chocolate chip cookies. Many of the 1,400-plus recipes in The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser are American classics, yet many recipes reflect how our palates have changed over the last 150 years. ... More >>
Himalayan salt blocks are rad. But pricey.Mark Bitterman's manifesto, Salted is the kind of book I wish I'd never read. I could have gone on buying 79-cent cartons of salt at the supermarket and been none the wiser. Now, I want to stock my pantry with salts from around the world. Read Part I ... More >>
Merrick Morton/Columbia PicturesThe Golden Globe Awards - forever in the shadow of its prettier older sister, the Oscars - will take place on Jan. 16. The event will no doubt be the kick off to award show viewing party season, and for the last-minute planner filled with the burning desire to ... More >>
Chez Gaudy's successor is SUPER BADASS!
In a little less than a month, it'll be Girl Scout cookie season again--that delightful time of year when you shell out $4 for a box of Thin Mints and devour half the pack before arriving home. Maddeningly, Girl Scout cookies are only sold for a three-week period during the end of February an ... More >>
Duck meatballs so good it'll make you stick your dick in here.Many things about Hawaii are beyond remarkable. Hawaii has shaved ice: like pussy, ice is better shaved. Hawaii is also the only state in the U.S. where lava isn't just a soap old people use. In Hawaii you can ACTUALLY SEE REAL LAV ... More >>
© Sees CandyLove it or loathe it: Your basic box of chocolates will either disappoint or provide endless hours of guessing-game fun.Whether you love, like, or hate Valentine's Day and chocolate, you've probably bitten down on a mystery cube a time or two in your life. What is the sick fasci ... More >>
There is a simplicity in cookbooks from 30 or 40 (or more) years ago that is mostly missing in contemporary cookbooks. In the Cooky Book, there are no references to kitchen scales, silicone baking mats, or 70% cacao baking chocolate, and instructions are sometimes as simple as "mix thoroughly ... More >>
Popcorn can be boring. As much as I love butter and salt, and I do love butter and salt, shoveling greasy handfuls of soggy popcorn into my facehole gets old within a few bites. Luckily, we don't have to rely on Orville and Redenbacher for the flavors we crave. Using tapioca ma ... More >>
Now that we've seen the first inklings of spring, I thought it would be nice to make a not-too-heavy, not-too-sweet dessert to pair with some sunshine and [the hope for] warmer weather. Although you might assume that I used a hydrocolloid to make the gel-like panna cotta and a modified soy prote ... More >>
Photo by Leslie KellyGive it up for Lucy's rhubarb cream doughnuts!TASTE's pastry chef Lucy Damkoehler says: "I love making these doughnuts as a celebration of spring! Why wait to use your rhubarb in a pie, when you can make these delicious, creamy delights!" Read part one and part two of thi ... More >>
Joule's founder starts a Fremont frenzy.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/DolceLouMeet Phebe Rossi at a networking event, and she'll be likely to hand you a little package of two chocolate cookies and a business card. "I'm a baker," she says. "I don't know how to talk to people!" She seems convinced when she says it, but her personable natu ... More >>
Bittersweet Decadence Cookies (Image courtesy of http://lettuceeatkale.com).In her latest, award-winning cookbook, Chewy, Gooey, Crispy, Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies, Alice Medrich introduces readers to new cookies and refines recipes for classic cookies, delivering excellent results. ... More >>
Photo courtesy of Dutch Bike Co.You'll usually find Julie Kloss at Ballard's Dutch Bike Company. If she's not chatting with her customers -- "We just have the nicest people come in, so it's so satisfying and it's fun to be a part of peoples' day and I feel I've gotten to know so many people w ... More >>
Photo by Scott PittsBefore co-founding Top Pot Doughnuts with his brother Michael nearly a decade ago, Mark Klebeck worked just about every job imaginable, from Mr. Rags to Palisade: "I think that there's so many jobs out there that I worked and hated. I remember one summer my brother and I ... More >>
The dry white wine in potato salad and vermouth in lamb stew are quick to evaporate, Eugene Walter assured a prospective publisher of the recipe and essay collection that became The Happy Table of Eugene Walter: Southern Spirits in Food and Drink. ("I presume the book will be a favorite Chris ... More >>
Paul Verano is the master of cheesecake in Seattle, having recently opened a second location for his popular shop, The Confectional, on Capitol Hill to supplement the throngs of people who visit his tiny store front in Pike Place Market. Now, with Halloween over, he and his staff can concentr ... More >>
http://finance.varolmak.comFor the past several hours, the page in front of me has been completely blank. I have not even written and erased anything. I got up and made dinner. I had a glass of wine. I came back. But the page remained blank. When I woke up this morning, there were at least th ... More >>
Ah, chicken & waffles. Having grown up in Los Angeles, I've made a few late-night pilgrimages to the famed Roscoe's House of Chicken'n Waffles, and every now and then, I get a craving for crispy fried chicken alongside a lightly toasted waffle. But other times, my desires are a litt ... More >>
Voracious this year asked local food producers to provide their favorite Thanksgiving recipes. We'll run one recipe each day through Nov. 23; if you collect them all, you'll have a complete feast. When Brian Holmquist's great-great grandfather started growing DuChilly hazelnuts in 1928, plen ... More >>
Photo by Kim MaharKim Mahar is known for her modern and beautiful take on nostalgic desserts at RN74. Having a fine arts degree does that to a chef. She's also constantly questioning what she does in the kitchen, staying curious, which in itself inspires her. What's interesting about Mahar's ... More >>
Culture shock? Here's the last meal I reviewed in Dallas.Year-end lists are always agonizing. It's not easy pitting a burger against octopus crudo when bestowing "best of" status, or whittling down the candidate list to five, 10 or some other arbitrary number. But the task is especially hard ... More >>
Emily Luchetti, herself an accomplished pastry chef, has long wondered why so many home cooks have a fear of baking. Even skilled, confident cooks fear the precision and risk of failure that baking can sometimes present. So, she teamed up with Lisa Weiss, a food writer and coauthor of several ... More >>
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