Music and Cats

When I bought our food primarily at grocery stores, I planned meals before I went shopping. I could find almost any foods I wanted at one of the several groceries within a mile of our house, and I would sometimes shop at more than one to find the raw ingredients for the recipes I’d chosen. […]

The abundance of edible riches available at Seattle’s farmers’ markets this week made eating locally a relatively simple — and quite delightful — proposition. With raw ingredients as fresh as these, we tend to cook simple meals that allow their flavors to really shine.
Last Sunday, the first day of the One Local Summer challenge, we […]

Here’s what I brought home this weekend from both the University District Farmers’ Market and Ballard Farmer’s Market.
Asparagus (oops, forgot to ask)
Bamboo shoots (Rockridge Orchards, Enumclaw, WA)
Broccoli (Sidhu Farms, Puyallup, WA)
Cherries, burlat (Mattawa, WA)
Chicken (Sea Breeze Farm, Vashon Island, WA)
Eggs (Skagit River Ranch, Sedro Wooley, WA)
Farro (Bluebird Grain Farms, Winthrop, WA)
Cake Flour (Bluebird Grain […]