by Wanda | Jul 25, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
I’ve been the queen of crisps and cobblers lately, partly because these homey desserts make use of plentiful summer fruits and partly because they are among my fave comfort foods. And they’re easy, nothing fussy about them. Neither my grandmother nor my...
by Wanda | Jul 24, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
I’ve been going to bon dances for years — in Seattle’s International District, when I lived in the Northwest, on Maui, and here. But Friday night, I saw a new side to the obon season. Several new sides. Husband and I joined a trio of friends who are bon...
by Wanda | Jul 23, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
A journalism friend used to describe the daily pressure to fill the newspaper as “feeding the beast.” Some days, as today, this blog feels a bit like an insatiable animal (very like my cat, Precious). So I fall back on random musings. Musing 1: Have you...
by Wanda | Jul 22, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
The highest accolade one food writer can offer another is “I wish I had written that.” So it was that Wednesday, sitting over my butter- and cream cheese-slathered bialy at This is It Deli on Cooke Street, I began mumbling curses when I saw in the Star-Advertiser...
by Wanda | Jul 21, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Yes, that’s a watermelon and we’ll get to that topic but, first, we’re going to turn back to cobblers for a minute. I’ve updated Wednesday’s posting with pictures of the skillet cobbler technique. And I’ve got a few words of wisdom:...
by Wanda | Jul 20, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
I have a screen saver that scrolls through my photos and presents them — family, friends, events and, of course, meals eaten and recipes made — fading in and out. Last night, idly watching, I saw a whole fish swim (sorry! couldn’t resist) into view, gracefully...
