by Wanda | Aug 22, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
The other day I got a yen for Chex Mix. I bought a commercial version and spent the evening digging the Chex out of the tangle of oddly shaped cracker doodles, teeny toasts and other stuff. The only thing I like is the little basket-weave cereal squares that soak up...
by Wanda | Aug 21, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Before I tell you how my beef stew experiment came out, a few words about my approach to the dish. As I noted yesterday, my stew is very plain: beef, potatoes, that’s about it. Occasionally, I’ll get fancy and use another starch besides potatoes: chayote...
by Wanda | Jul 29, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Fresh from commuting 35-plus miles a day in Seattle, teaching two nights a week in Tacoma (another hour or so on the road), reporting stories that took me all over Western Washington, I would protest, “But it’s only 8 miles.” Twenty one years later,...
by Wanda | Jul 27, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Daunted by the eye-popping price of artisanal whole grain breads, and missing the regular bread-baking I used to do when I lived in Seattle, I decide to try the “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day” method, a one-container method in which dough is mixed in...
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...
