THE PHONE RANG around 6 p.m. last Saturday. The guy on the phone was a fisherman and he had a halibut for us. He would… Continue reading
EVERY RECIPE HAS a story and this one begins at a popular Port Angeles pub. I wasn’t in the mood for soup. It was almost… Continue reading
BY THE TIME you read this, snowmaggedon might be a soggy memory, or perhaps a lingering
pile of dirty driveway
snow. That said, it has… Continue reading
IT MAY COME as no surprise that I receive cookbooks for holiday gifts. This year was no exception. From my mother-in-law I received “Jerusalem: A… Continue reading
WITH CHRISTMAS JUST a couple of days away, I find myself thinking ahead. New Year’s Day is coming and I can’t help thinking about culinary… Continue reading
I MET A reader in the bulk section of our local food store last week. These conversations generally start out in a certain way with… Continue reading
LEAVES TURNING, NEW snow on the mountains and the short days of winter on their way. My advice to you: Go outside every chance you… Continue reading
IT’S MUSHROOM SEASON and fervent foragers are finding fungi fruiting in the forests. We are uniquely blessed here on the Olympic Peninsula to have a… Continue reading
FROM A NORTHWEST locavore’s perspective late August is the long-awaited time of year when we can finally access locally grown, vine-ripened tomatoes and peppers. Marinara… Continue reading
THE FIRST TIME I splurged on a locally grazed, 100 percent grass-fed sirloin steak, well … quite honestly, I blew it. I carefully prepared all… Continue reading
TAKING A BREAK from the kitchen this week, I thought I’d share a recipe meant for the laundry room. This recipe came to me from… Continue reading
FORGIVE ME WHILE I geek out a little about nutrition. Remember the old USDA Food Pyramid? With grains comprising the largest bottom layer, then fruits… Continue reading
ANCIENT TRADERS CROSSED continents and fought wars for access to culinary and medicinal spices. These same aromatic seeds, fruits, roots and bark can transform our… Continue reading
A COUPLE OF weeks ago, I received a handwritten letter (a wonderful
and rare occurrence these days) from a reader
who was requesting a recipe… Continue reading
ON FEB. 17, I walked into TAFY (The Answer for Youth) to begin my weekly shift as garden grunt at their Sprouting Hope Greenhouse and… Continue reading
THE SKIES HAVE been mostly gloomy and news reports (real or imagined) leave me feeling either scared or angry. But if you look close there… Continue reading
I HAD THE pleasure of visiting with Kate McDermott last week, our very own local food celebrity. (It’s not too late to get a signed… Continue reading
