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Oh that is good news for the neighborhood. I miss Ken's, a lot.

Good point - if you shop in the morning, you will hear the chatter between local chefs and sellers. I like to try and place the ones I don't recognize - either chat them up or ask after they are gone. Salumi is walking distance, if you want to burn off some of the calories!

Was this the Ross space on the corner?

Glass tile? Oh yes! Maybe some coppery ones to go with the flecks in the granite?

Oh, I forgot to post on Shadowland a few weeks back. We also had the poutine, clams, and olive oil cake as. Also the scallops. Liked it fine, hated the tv's and the scale of the giant booths (so we sat at the bar.)

I was there in 2003! It was wonderful, though I have no idea where it was. I have a photo of the front of the building. Also, some beachside restaurant near Manta Rota where we feasted on cockles, oysters, and baby squid, Restaurant Monte da Eira near Silves, and Restaurante Sitio do forno on a West Atlantic beach cliff. This was an incredible setting, but very casual - grilled fish and platters of salad and vegetables. And rows and rows of octopus pots. Great photo - sorry, only have a print.

You can do very well shopping at the market - you might want to run to Bartell's Drugstore sales for toilet paper and marshmallows (!) The Market is very crowded in the summer, but if you go early, it is lovely. Also, not too bad just before closing (6 p.m. for the most part.) On Wednesdays and Sundays (not sure about that) there is an added emphasis on organic food stalls out in the street. Frank's Produce and Sosio's are well respected for fruit and vegetables. The two meat markets will do you well. Find your favorite fish market - I like Pure Food Fish. Cheese - DeLaurenti's and Beechers will spoil you. Plenty of bread, chocolate, gelato, nuts, the Pike Place Market Creamery is a must visit (though you pay a premium), sausages, yes, spices - the best are down on Western - coffee, yup, and plenty of wine. Sunsets - beautiful. Music and entertainment, plenty of action.

Gee, thanks.

I never cut up potatoes before planting - way too risky for rot. Potatoes - chuck 'em in at St Patty's day (or a bit later.) Sometimes they went in months later. I p-patched year round for a dozen years or so - with 200 sf ft (400 a few years) and a taste for variety, my planting schemes tended to be on the crowded side and somewhat experimental. 4' x 4' - 4 potato plants - easily! I always figured something wouldn't germinate and so I overplanted - never seemed to be as bad as expected. Can you imagine 35 tomato and tomatillo plants thriving in 50 sf ft? And started on the kitchen counter. And planted when they were barely 3 inches tall? I never counted on 100% but the average success in any year was very good.

Hotels have good restaurants and can be known to cook off the menu. Usually it is someone I know looking for breakfast in the afternoon - so lunch in the morning shouldn't be that difficult. Might be a little too expensive?

Don't touch that coconut cupcake recipe! Made my sweetie's recovery super quick.

The naming split is essentially an Eastern US v. Western US think. The left names are the eastern and the right is the west. ← I didn't notice the name change, except for the Tagalongs. Actually, each council can choose their baker, so the split may not be east/west coast. Thin Mints Samoas®/Caramel deLites™ Peanut Butter Patties®/Tagalongs® Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos™ - our first choice Shortbread/Trefoils Cinna-spins was a new one we passed on Lemon Chalet Cemes/Lemonades were also purchased All abouts/Thanks a lot (fudge dipped shortbread - missed these!) They told us they sold out of the sugar free chocolate chip cookies. Who buys sugar free girl scout cookies? Back to Lindacakes!

Walla Walla Washington would be a long plane ride, and full of vineyards. There has been a lot of whole beast eating in the state, with suposedly fabulous local pigs. (I hope to be trying one next month.)

I used saved potatoes or organic store bought for years in my P-patch. Quite successfully. They might not be the biggest or prettiest, but that has a lot to do with the soil conditions.

You must be in the sticks - lots of CSA's in the area that deliver. Oh, I guess most you have to go pick up at a common drop off site. Are you out of Pioneer Organics delivery range? They are merging with SPUD. There is New Roots too.

New Vietnamese / Chinese at 2815 Rainier Ave S - remodeled and replaced a former one. Ben Thanh? I don't know much about judging Pho or broken rice dishes, but these made us very happy with rich flavors offset by tart vinegar and frsh herbs. Big bowl of Pho - $6.50, massive plate of rice with charbroiled pork and bean curd wrapped shrimp paste, $6.95. I saw them serve a whole fried fish with platters of accompaniments - very impressive.

I don't have a recipe, but the google came up with both recipes with graham flour and cakes made from ground graham crackers. There is even a Cooking Light version of this. I like McVities!

I can think of two breakfast places (Persimmon and Geraldine's Counter) that decided making lattes was not a good use of their time and energy. Both understand that patrons with lattes are still ordering and don't frown upon the practice. Foaming takes time, makes noise, and requires attention. I can see not wanting to add it to the house. Okay, that just was preaching to the choir. Any place outside of Washington?

Marco Polo is pretty good - and Friday evenings the place is jumping. Hanger Cafe serves crepes and sandwiches - the wait can be long as the kitchen is small and the room a little too big for them. They may say last call on the crepes too if they choose to. Daimonji is pretty good - a little pricey for lunch, but lots of food in those bento boxes. Two Tartes changed hands and quickly regained their momentum (at least I think the current owners are the last buyers!) By's is what it is - not my taste, unless I was in need of fries and a shake. Same with Kauai - the pork was good, but rice and mac? I still don't get the whole plate lunch thing (though potato pizza is fine by me.) Espresso by Design is fairly boring, but the coffee is decent and sometimes a tuna sandwich hits the spot. They also have mexican chicken bake and some other hot dish. The mex had good flavor and was good comfort food. I need to try the chili verde at Slim's Last Chance (next to Pig Iron BBQ.) Late luch? They open at 2. edit to add: Georgetown Truck Stop has increased their indoor seating 50%, that's 6 seats now. They also feature cinnapigs for breakfast - huge cinnamon rolls with a couple of bacon strips baked in. They just about fly out the door.

March Dine Around is on - not valid on Friday or Saturday, so not a big problem. Seems like a lot of places are busy enough to require reservations lately (Tilth and Joule were 2 hour waits last night.) Some no rez places have long waits as well (Sitka and Spruce, How to Cook a Wolf, Txori, for instance.) So, drinks at ZigZag (Pike Place Market) or Sambar (Ballard) or Licorous (across from Lark.) You could also try Quinn's (Capitol Hill) the little brother of Zoe. Brunch options, with style, include Tilth (Wallingford) and Veil (Lower Queen Anne). New is Lunchbox Laboratory (Ballard.) It's a fun tiny spot with great lunch options like turduckan burgers, white corn kielbasa corndogs, and mac and cheese. They have a falafel sandwich for the partner. Volunteer Park Cafe, Monsoon, and Vios are in the Kingfish Cafe neighborhood on NW Capitol Hill (all very good options) and the area is full of lovely homes to walk by - the cherry trees are starting to bloom, along with the daffodils, if you are so inclined to stroll. Columbia City's Geraldine's Counter is a good breakfast spot, La Medusa has some good dinner (reservations are a good idea), and the Columbia City Bakery will start the day right. You could try the Georgetown scene (isthere one?) with a number of places to drink on Airport Way, but my favorite bites are at Pig Iron BBQ on 1st (their sides rock.) They just opened Last Chance Chili next door - more a bar, but could be fun. Have a good visit.

purple beans are easier to spot for harvest and are pleasing to the eye.

We like licorice and we have high salt tolerance - after working on a bag of this for months, we gave up and tossed the remainder. Awful imho. Must be an acquired taste.

We stayed at the Blue Horizon in December 2007. It was well priced and the view was great. Pretty basic overall, a little dated, but fine. Good location. We came from Seattle and really enjoyed Christmas Eve at the Granville Market (we didn't have to buy anything, so the crowd was manageable.) I wanted to try Go Fish, but couldn't find it - it is off the island as mentioned upthread. Good to hear Wild Rice wasn't really a destination to seek out - I thought about it, but it started snowing. Can't add any great finds...turned out to be less a dining trip than expected.

Yes. Built into the frame - along the bottom flange is typical.

I believe the vent is so that moisture can escape from the oven. Can you imagine cooking a roast in a sealed container? That would be steamed rather than roasted. Water vapor would create condensate that would collect on the walls of the oven and puddle on the bottom. Not exactly a great cooking environment except for a few items. Same concept for the hood over your cooktop and the fan in your bath - less to do with removing odors than removing excess moisture from the house. Too much moisture creates a good environment for mold to grow.