ROTM March: Volterra

Last night Jaimes and I had dinner at Volterra. It’s Dine Around Seattle month again so we lucked out. Jaimes had pre-perused the menu and know exactly what to start with – the oil soup she’d heard so much about; I settled on the artichoke bruschetta. Everything on the menu sounded ridiculously good, and it [...]

Meatless Monday: Cheesy Quinoa & Vegetables

These Meatless Mondays won’t last forever, and will likely be put on the back burner to make a few sporadic appearances throughout the year. But for now, I thought it might be useful for those of us (the strict Catholics and the non-baptized who do it because that’s how they grew up) who are currently [...]

Meatless Monday: Vegetarian Red Beans & Rice

I have been craving red beans and rice. However, my continued efforts to be a less-meatatarian, along with no meat on Fridays during Lent, left me in want of a red beans and rice recipe that didn’t call for smoked turkey necks or ham hocks. After scouring the interwebs, I found a few recipes that [...]

Let Them Eat (Dirt) Cake

This past Friday was my friend Ash’s birthday. I sent her dad a message requesting the name of her favorite dessert, and he responded with not only one option, but three: dirt cake, apple pie, and pumpkin pie. Dirt cake? How could I NOT choose that one? Dirt cake was a dessert foreign to me [...]

Mystery Dish: Thanksgiving 2011

I actually had quite a few ideas for the mystery dish this time around. After the success of the Bacon Chutney, the pressure is off to make something folks will actually eat. It’s still fun to try a new dish. My mom and aunt both tried it and thought it was good; I thought it [...]

ROTM Feb-Jul

So it turns out that I’m waaaay more of a slacker than I thought! I haven’t been keeping up with ROTMs either. Oh, yes – Jaimes and I have still been going faithfully month after month (except for August when scheduling difficulties forced a sub), I just haven’t documented anything… since January. That’s really bad [...]

Welcome Back Meat. Now Go Away.

I made it through Lent – no meat. I sustained myself on a crap-ton (literally) of beans, grains, fruits & vegetables, and a bit of rice and pasta. I learned that I am not a fan of meat/protein substitutes. I don’t need tempeh or tofu or fake bacon, I’d rather have a deliciously prepared dish [...]

Buttermilk Biscuits with Goat Cheese & Chives

I can’t remember how I found Simply Recipes Buttermilk Biscuits & Goat Cheese and Chives, but I’m glad I did. I really didn’t change a thing the first time around. I did make them again and made them more breakfasty, using cheddar, bell peppers and crumbled bacon instead of goat cheese and chives. I took [...]

Fresh. Homemade. Pasta.

All of those things you hear about fresh pasta are true. It’s easy. It’s fast. It’s not hard (very similar to “it’s easy”). Once you do it you’ll want to make all kinds of fresh pasta. Kayko was kind enough to host a pasta making party/lesson. Helen and I went over on a late Saturday [...]

Crab. Crab. And some more crab.

My first experience with All You Can Eat Crab was a doozy. Monday I met my peeps MC and Teg (along with a couple of Teg’s buddies) for crab at Thrasher’s Corner Pub. All I can say is that those folks don’t skimp on the all-you-can-eat part. I was full after the first pass by [...]