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This place is just so good. Had a white aspargus salad with watercress and lemon oil. The aspargus were peeled, and perhaps roasted, slightly carmelized. Very different from typical green ones. Cress had some small flowers attached. Elk chops with creamed nettles and porcini mushrooms. Served rare, very rare. Tender and flavorful. Many mushrooms. Lovely glass of white Austrian wine - a stag on the label. Rhubarb, huckleberry and pecan crisp with vanilla bean ice cream - served in it's own little Staub baking dish. w/ tax and generous tip = $50!

I grow this every year - but the plants are not multi-hued. Each plant is single hued, though there is some varigation. So I usually have a couple of yellow, a couple red, a white or two...but not in a single plant. I've used Shephard's Seeds, Renee's Garden Seeds, Territorial Seeds, and some smuggled in from Canada. How come I don't get a rainbow on one plant?

This rings a bell. Someone is planning to open another Neopolitan (?) licensed pizza place in the Pike/Pine Corridor of Capitol Hill. You must have found the spot.

At a local (Seattle) store this morning, I ran across these - apples that "taste" like grapes. I didn't buy one, but the smell was similar to grape kool aid (or those light lavendar irises that smell like grape.) They look like standard red apples. They are labeled "patent pending" and say they are grown in Wenachee - that's Washington State apple country.

Persimmon is opening for dinner starting today - June 1, 2004! A little chicken, some fish, mac n cheese, seasonal vegetables (pea vines on the first menu...) Brunch menu includes crepes, but I still love the biscuits. Lighthouse Roasters coffee, no espresso.

Used to eat at Voula's, when I lived close by. It was always okay, just nothing I'd go out of my for. There are still a couple of dives in Ballard - the Smoke Shop...noticed they open at 6 am. Cigs and coffee...

I can never figure out whatday the posts refer to - but if you are asking about Sunday - I think Cascadia is closed, and I know Matt's is closed all day on Sunday. Tighe, of course listed the big favorites. Some other options: Etta's, Dahlia Lounge and Palace Kitchen - all Tom Douglas restaurants, if the name means anything to you, Troiani - an upscale Italian grill that I think it pretty great and getting better all the time (lunch has really improved - weekdays only), Local steak houses - in case you need a fix - El Gaucho or Metropolitan Grill, Campagne or Cafe Campagne - French, in the Market Le Pichet - very French Gotta go.

This will be lost here - please post a new thread if you want Seattle opinions on these - though I think you will plenty of threads already exist. Inn at the Market has no restaurant, but Campagne and Cafe Campagne adjoin it. I imagine you have read/heard of the new(er)comers, Lark and Union - and by Christmas 2004, well, anybody's guess what might open.

Ask for a convertible if you are renting a car!

Frank's is great - and Frank is engaged to one of the cooks at Matt's! Sweet. In the summer, on the street, I love the guy who brings those cute little "wild" plums in a rainbow of colors. Also other fruits and vegetables, but the gumball plums get me every time.

But banh mi are supposed to be under $3.00. I had a Dahlia sandwich on half baguette - serrano ham, manchego cheese, quince mayo and greens for less. And I didn't have to walk up the hill.

Fascinating. The Patina Group of restaurants makes what they call a French 75 but use cognac instead of gin. Instead of a flute, they serve it in a martini glass, also dipped in sugar. I always loved it... Good discussion on this in the "French" cocktails thread. cheers

Not a Mexican place, but does have migas - and a whole lot more: Portage Bay Cafe And Peso's Kitchen and Lounge is open weekends for breakfast, though I've never been. Here's an interesting breakfast link: lot's o' breakfast ideas

I think they need pollination - so if they aren't outside, you'll be busy with the paintbrush. Anty botanist out there to confirm this?

First strawberries picked and eaten. Snow peas dangling from the vines. Artichokes peeping up through the leaves. Pea vines - harvest young and tender. Saute. Cardoons, the rib of the leaves, very well cooked - but I've never actually done this. Tomatoes in pots - water and feed often (the soil dries quickly, the watering leeches out the nutrients.) My neighbor had luck with a tigerella start I gave her - I'd stick with smaller varieties. Sungold or similar cherry types do pretty well as well. Some varieties are called out as patio type, meaning for pots, but not sure if any of these are heirloom - look at Territorial Seeds catalog and see if you find any that are available locally as starts?

Both were just fine to me dining solo. I like the little bar at Lark. Servers and kitchen staff wander by often enough to chat, if you like that. Union has plenty of two tops, so a table is less overwhelming. My spin at the bar was on an early empty night, so I felt too exposed with my back to First Ave.

But you can get seared salmon and albacore that is advertised as fresh, not frozen. Is it dumb to order it?

Quite possible to devein and leave the shell on - my chore as a kid. Let's get real - that ain't no vein - it's, poop. Or have I been under the wrong impression all these years?

Odd - how about crumpets from the Crumpet Shop at the Market? They can put their salmon on them.

I was thinking "The Georgian" might not be open on Saturday - but current web site indicates it is. I'd pick this over Salty's in a minute.

I suggest Etta's, Place Pigalle, Maximilien, or Matt's in the Market (though unlikely to have crab and not as leisurely as you might like.) Someone will suggest Elliott's or Bell Street Diner. Cafe Campagne?

In Seattle, you really won't find many places without something to offer in that price range (a handful of places are more spendy - mostly the steak-oriented places and "names" such as Tom Douglas's 3 places.) Please look at some of the recent threads responding to where to eat. If something sounds interesting, we can let you know more about prices and noise volume. Actually, you'll do well pretty much anywhere in the Pacific NW. One of the best things you can do if $ is an issue is to order a starter or two, or split an entree. Most places still serve a fairly large portion - and most of the nicer placers are accustomed to diners lightening up by eating starters and salads. If your operative word is "quiet", hmm, that is a problem with many places in Seattle. Stay out of Flying Fish, Monsoon, Brasa's bar (may be okay if it isn't too busy) and Chinooks (I forget how loud the last is until each time I go...)

Grow sweet peas - colorful, smell good, and you get no edibles. Or like me, grow edible pod peas - you must like those? You know, as used in Chinese cooking, etc.

Happy to report that my peas began flowering last Friday. The plants seem quite tall this year - and are shading out the sweet peas. Also happy to report that I did not kill my fig tree by overpruning - fruit is plumping nicely. Strawberries too.

Don't Do That. Clean, then cook, please.