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 [...]

This past Sunday, I was hawking hummus (Sound Bites Sauce & Spread Co.) at the Lake Forest Park Farmers Market. For most of the afternoon I was stuck within the four corners of the tent, sampling crackers and spreads, chatting with market goers, and looking longingly at the local products within eyesight. When I had [...]

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 [...]

The Queen Anne Farmers Market, located at the corner of West Crockett Street and Queen Anne Ave N, is now open every Thursday from 3:00 to 7:00pm. To celebrate its opening day, Frantic Foodie organized a Seattle food bloggers event and invited us to meet her at the market at 6:00pm.
At 5 o’clock, I scrambled [...]

On a hunt for neutral barrels and glass carboys for our winemaking venture, Charlie and I found ourselves in Woodinville. We purchased the needed supplies from a fellow home winemaker and in a passion on the vine mood; we decided to visit a few warehouses wineries while there.
We specifically sought out Darby Winery in search [...]

This past Thursday I attended my first Seattle Food Bloggers event, organized by Frantic Foodie, Keren Brown. We met up at Beecher’s Cheese for a very quick behind-the-scenes tour then sauntered up the street to Sugar Mountain’s newest venture, Maximus Minimus.

For some reason, road trips always seem to consist of Burger King drive-thrus and pre-packaged gas station garb. I let it happen… fast food is just way too easy when on the road. This past weekend Charlie and I took a whirlwind trip to the Midwest, first flying into Sioux Falls, South Dakota where one [...]

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 [...]

Wedged like a giant mountain between Bruce’s salt water taffy, ice cream from the Picnic Basket, and a growler of Bill’s blackberry beauty was a five-course, thought-provoking vintner dinner at EVOO The Cannon Beach Cooking School. A blend of new and old vacation traditions, this trip was significant. Charlie and I had reached our paper [...]