
tsquare
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Salad made with mixed garden lettuces, radicchio, red grapefruit, pomegranates, avocado, and pecans - grapefruit vinegrette to dress. Brought to dinner at a local restaurant, to be eaten by a bunch of chefs (and family) preparing the rest of the dinner! I heard "turkey", the rest will be a surprise. Yum.
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I'm just about through with this one. Thought it was a bit slow starting, but like it alot. Completely different from my usual reads. Many little stories that you know will end up coming together in the end. Wise words from such a young writer.
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I bought the "cordless" electric Cusinart after frying two stovetop kettles, despite their whistles! It is clean, fast, and doesn't look too bad. Pretty readily available, though not often marked down. Worth it for peace of mind, if you are prone to crashing on the couch.
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Do you know that oregano is part of the family? Feverfew will also spread like crazy, horehound too, so I hear - after I grew it this year and saw the stem structure, I pulled it all out and dried it (no idea what to do with it - tea, I think.)
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Oh NSM, I bought one today at the downtown Bartell's - next to Gelatimo (so, why did I buy one, one might ask?) on Third, north of Union.
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Dark and white chocolate limited edition Kit Kats - now available in Seattle - on display at Bartell's Drugs.
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If Hakka is of interest - there is the place on Aurora, just south of Larry's, that serves Hakka - and Dim Sum...
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Just bringing this forward for NJ!
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This recipe is also in the 2002 collection of writing from Gourmet Magazine - Laurie Colwin on "A Harried Cook's Guide to Some Fast Food". I made them - very easy, very good. Don't cut them until they are cool as they will fall apart. Recipe calls for two squares of baking chocolate, one cube of butter, 2 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp vanilla, 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 tsp salt, and an optional 1 cup chopped walnuts (I used hazelnuts). Bakes at 325 for 40 minutes. I use an old (at least 40 years?) metal 8"x8" pan. Results in a remarkably rich brownie, soft inside with a crispy top.
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Had dinner at Waterfront, Pier 70. They were doing a fair amount of business for early on a Sunday night - blue jeans and sneakers to suits and cocktail dresses. Such a sensual place. Service was almost excellent - glass, silver, and napkin changes - bar was slightly under staffed, so a bit slow/leisurely, which was okay. Starter choices - seafood chowder, mixed greens or grilled prawns. Had the 5 prawns served with argula/onion salad that was tasty. Entrees - grilled halibut or salmon, or cioppino. Went for the cioppino - it was almost too spicy for my taste, a bit heavy handed with oregano(?). Chunks of salmon, halibut, and tuna, crab leg and body hunk, two clams, and a mussel served with grilled bread. Dessert - sorbet, creme brulee, or french chocolate cake. Had the cake - a not quite flourless wedge of dense chocolate served with whipped cream and a light, fresh strawberry sauce. Satisfying. Wine by the glass $8-11.50, none too exciting, but a big pour of a Sonoma Cab was okay. Also served bread with caponata. Presented with a hot towel to clean up after the shell wrestling. According to their menu, they serve a 12 ounce portion of grilled fish - that's big. Not sure if they were serving that for the special or not. All these entree options are priced around $24, so if the portions are sized the same, this deal gives you both the starter and dessert for free. I left very full. They also have 5-7 pm well drinks priced at $4, and 25% off starters in the bar.
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Maybe you could arrange drop-off/pick-up with some of the egulleteer offices around town?
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Finished "On Rue Tartin" and "Feeding Frenzy" - both fun adventures. Picked up "More Home Cooking" and "Endless Feasts" (Sixty years of writing from Gourmet.) Thinking this train of reading needs a break to something less gastronomic, but why?
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tls, maybe before someone like nightscotsman (or myself) do the wrong thing? I ate there last June and liked the food, though the quantity was very light. Elsewhere, I read something from you sounding like your experience was not good?
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These programs (see NY, Seattle, Vancouver as examples) are for real. It's a great opportunity to sample some higher priced establishments (with limited choices.) Typically, it is the equivalent of a free course around here. If you can't/don't want to eat 3 courses, maybe not so good. With a beverage, tax and tip, dinner tends to run closer to $40-45 in Seattle, but it's still fun. Check the threads here at eGullet for ideas on where to go.
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Penelope Corcoran needs to simmer down
tsquare replied to a topic in Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Dining
I think she has been in the area for a few years - working at Amazon, as I recall. But what's with the Times and PI reviewing the same restaurant on the same day so often since she started? Can't be coincidence. -
Maybe "The Melting Pot"? They are a chain, with restaurants in Seattle and Tacoma as well as coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Not very appealing to me. But I do have a fond memory of making cheese fondue in college - breathing in the fumes from the heating wine, while drinking wine, and as I recall, we stayed awake long enough to actually eat the fondue as well.
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Shrimp sauteed with jalapeno, garlic, white wine, oregano, mint, and fennel fronds (see Mario's first book for the origination), served with toasted sourdough and late harvest sliced tomatoes. Unfortunately, the fresh mozzerella wasn't anymore.
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Penelope Corcoran needs to simmer down
tsquare replied to a topic in Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Dining
From her column: Q: "In your 'Best Sandwiches' column of Oct. 23, you forgot (insert name of favorite sandwich shop)." I want to go on record that this non-question did not come from me, for the benefit of a certain lurker! But it did give me a good laugh. (Private joke, airing publicly, thanks eGullet!) -
Dine out at a bunch of SF places - promo runs in January - they are saying to get your reservations now! Wow. http://www.sfdineabouttown.com/
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This has been a cheap lunch week for me - Zaina (?across from the Bon) falafel sandwich $4.99 +tax, big and gooey, two-fer tuesday pizza from Andiamo, the little cafe adjacent to the Sheraton, $3.50 inclusive, too much cheese, but were those fresh shitakes on top with the fresh tomato rounds and onion slivers?, and a new downtown bahn mi - Saigon Cafe, on Olive between 5th and 6th, $3.50 + tax for bbq pork (not much evidence of this, possibly packaged) made with a good roll, pate, onions, jalapano, mayo, and other vegetables. (Not to imply that mayo is a vegetable.)
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Oops, the other dessert selection was chocolate pot au creme with espresso cookies (?). Can't believe I didn't choose it! Nell's is across from the ball fields at Greenlake - there is a parking lot adjacent. (By the tall senior housing apartment building - the building is tall, the seniors probably aren't.)
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Thank you for chiming in - I'll take experience over scientific "fact" any day. As I recall from high school physics - you can only assume as fact what you can prove - so science, at least physics, is all about experiential observation. Chemistry be damned.
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Last Tuesday's frost dropped my basil, pepper and tomato plants as well. All the leaves on the kiwi - gone in one day. Fig tree too. My lemongrass is still alive - but has never wintered through before. Yes, it is small and wispy, as always. I always forget to take in inside.
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Carmelita's? I've had their squash carpaccio and it was good. In the context of a vegetarian restaurant.