A bad night out reminds our columnist that's she's got a great recipe of her own.
Just finding Peyrassol, wedged beneath the Bristol apartments along an inlet road, seems like a secret, unexpected port near the shores of Lake Washington.
With New Year’s Eve on the horizon, I thought it would be fun to invite over a pro to learn how to cook a tasty New Year’s Eve finger food and an inspired cocktail with flare.
When I had the opportunity to learn how to make Helga’s homemade, old-fashioned Apfelstrudel that’s rolled up and filled with tart Granny Smith apples, I was like, “Ja!”
"For me, Halloween ain’t Halloween without that caramel apple, (not the weird looking bright red one, it’s all about the creamy, dreamy camel-brown soft one)."
"I love a good hole-in-the-wall as much as the next person. Burger Addict, sandwiched between a biker bar and an old-school convenience store in a crusty corner off of Maple Valley Highway feels more like the punch line of a bad joke than the new “house” of a classically French- trained executive chef like Marcus Olson."
Diet to me usually means you have to give up eating the foods that made you squishy to begin with. Which is why I prefer to call what I’ve been doing for the past four months my “healthy eating life plan.”
Want to make homemade apple sauce like columnist Carolyn Ossorio? Here ya go.
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For me, there is a deep sense of personal fulfillment in having access to a bountiful local harvest at the peak of its freshness and preserving it for another day.
"It was a hot day and as I looked from my watery-looking iced Americano to Sophie’s beaming face, I realized I was in a bit of a rut when it came to summer drinks."
Sharing a familiar moment with new friends at a new place: A favorite song rendered in a way that was both unique and deliciously sweet. Like the food.
In addition to being the official caterers of the Renton Pavilion Event Center, Rain City has catering jobs all over the Pacific Northwest. But perhaps most famously there is the Mariners. During the season, Chef Jeremy preps the food in Renton and then drives it all down to Safeco Field.
"On a recent morning I was tying one on at The Berliner Gastropub (my Pippimamma apron that is) and continuing a heated conversation with the husband and wife dynamic duo of Dennis and Lydia Mascarinas, proprietors of the Berliner Pub in Downtown Renton."
"The goal of this new column is to meet really cool people around Renton and share a story while sharing a meal."
"To adults, Pippimamma appears ill-mannered because she isn’t conventional and speaks her mind. But the truth is that Pippi Longstocking has a heart of gold on her quest for creative adventure."
So this story, like my notes, turned out to be a collection of people doing good for others in our community.
