Jonathan Kauffman went to visit Pietown and eat Frito Pie, so I get to (gulp) hold down the food review fort. The topic: the organized and potentially delightful frivolity that is afternoon tea.
A Tea Two-fer: Taking on the tradition of afternoon tea
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly

Today was the Culinary Showcase of IACP. Like any trade show, you have your big ass sponsors whose money subsidizes the whole shebang and get to fete the attendees, thus solidifying their market share, and you get little gems like…
Gourmet Sardinia: These products make my heart race. Imported by chef Elfisio Farris who wrote the […]

I pity the sommelier who choses wine over fresh spring veggies. Stupid sommelier, wine can be drunk anytime, but these veggies? They’re only perfect once a year.
Banishing the Myth of the Wine-Killer
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
tags: south africa, sauvignon blanc, seattle weekly

I am taking 30% more baths lately because I’m feeling partially brined. I wanted to test olives for a piece about finding a better martini olive. I don’t know how it’s going to turn out, but so far it’s not going very well. And I am very, very thirsty. Now, I love olives. I can […]

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Or as my editor at Seattle Weekly subtitled it: Red Wine and Chocolate, arranged marriage. Beer and Chocolate, hot sex. Yeah, that’s about right. I think he’s trying to get me in a fight, too, by the looks of the title they went with….
Red Wine Doesn’t Go With Chocolate. Try Beer Instead.
in […]

It’s not often that we here in the backwater Northwest get to look to New York City, snicker, and roll our eyes. New York Times, I guffaw in your general direction. So what if I read and comment on the newspaper two days late? I’m a busy girl. That’s excusable. This is a blog. But […]

It’s businesses like this that will make South Lake Union a neighborhood, not Paul Allen.
Stix Pizza & Brewing Company:
Reason #1 to ride the S.L.U.T.
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly

This one’s for Seattleites and visitors:
Tap House Grill Hopes to Be More Than Another Mall-Food Option
Megapub is a new sibling for the Eastside original.
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
tags: beer, seattle weekly

I forgot to post a link to my column last week. I did an article about Witbier, the little Belgium gem, and it’s rightful place beside NW oysters.
White Bread in a Glass, in the Seattle Weekly
In this week’s column, I give a few sure thing pairings for wine and cheese. Not to imply that you […]

So, I’ll be a guest on KUOW’s Weekday with Steve Scher this Thursday, along with the Weekly’s Jonathan Kauffman, talking about taco trucks in the 10am to 11 am hour. This is a super happy fun day for me, as I am a complete NPR nerd, and I listen to the program religiously (I loves […]