This post is a salute to my heritage. I am in the midst of taking a food writing class and through explorations of my foodie past, I’ve found such a comfort in the Minnesota Hotdish. I have been working on an article to bring this gem to light. At the same time, I signed up [...]

As a child, I sat next to my mom when she boiled tomatoes for salsa, placed dill in the jars filled with cucumbers, and dunked the glass containers into the water bath canner. Not exactly sure what my mom was doing, I just figured it had to be done. We had a plethora of leftover [...]

It was an OMG, the patio is complete and summer isn’t even over yet kind of day. On a whim we invited Charlie’s dad and Kasandra over for dinner to help us celebrate. We picked up a filet of salmon, yellow corn the cob, and fresh peaches. Charlie soaked a cedar plank and lit the [...]

A few months ago, I received a frantic email from a friend with the message, “Help! Teach me how to cook lamb.” I started this food blog and now I was seen as the “expert.” The only problem – I had never cooked lamb before. Despite the fact that my grandpa raised sheep, I had [...]

Foodportunity (n): An opportunity to eat, drink, mingle, and meet. The subject on everyone’s mind? Food!
A regular attendee of Keren Brown’s Seattle Food Blogger events, it would have been foolish not be present at her inaugural Foodportunity event. I marked the date on the calendar, lightly twisted my husband’s arm to come with me, and [...]

Over the long 4th of July weekend, my husband and I packed our Toyota Celica to the brim with a tent, air mattress, inflatable boat, sun shade, cooler, hatchet, and charcoal grill in search of some Eastern Washington heat and sun. We traveled over breathtaking Chinook Pass and landed just on the other side of [...]

Every other month or so, we gather with a group of friends for wine night. We have explored Washington, Italy, Australia, Spain, and Germany with our taste buds, each of us bringing a bottle of wine and a dish from the country we chose for the evening. Having traveled around the world, we decided to [...]

I’m a dabbler. I have dabbled. Particularly in food writing. I enjoy it. I really enjoy it. You might already know; you are reading my food blog. Two months ago I purchased Will Write for Food. I am a sucker for “how-to” books, especially how-to books with a subject that makes me salivate. I didn’t [...]

Getaway to Lake Chelan, wine tasting with wino friends, and the first official barbecue of the season; the weekend was as close to a ten as it could get. We had the trip planned for quite some time, but accommodations fell through at the last minute. I spent hours trying to find a replacement – [...]

Once a month our mailbox is filled to the brim with bound pages of cooking tips and recipes. I lay each magazine on our kitchen counter, say eenie meeni miney mo, and retreat to a well-lit corner of the house to read one from cover to cover. I dog-ear the pages that inspire me, make [...]