by Kathy Casey | Mar 27, 2015 | Dishing with Kathy Casey Blog
Cinnamon has a spicy history. Wars were fought over trading rights and Ancient Romans paid more for cinnamon than its weight in gold! Fresh cinnamon sticks from World Spice Merchants at Pike Place! It has been used for thousands of years in Chinese medicine for its...
by Kathy Casey | Mar 19, 2015 | Dishing with Kathy Casey Blog
Taste of Washington is one of our iconic food and wine events here in the Northwest. Back for its 18th year, this year’s event is bigger and better than ever so make sure to mark your calendars for Saturday, March 28th and Sunday, March 29th. On Saturday I will...
by Kathy Casey | Mar 9, 2015 | Books to Cook, Dishing with Kathy Casey Blog
My dear friend and colleague is in town for his book tour, Just walking into our kitchen you can feel his passion… and very soon the wafting sent of baking soda bread was filling our senses Trevis Gleason’s “Chef Interupted: Discovering Life’s Second Course in Ireland...
by Kathy Casey | Mar 5, 2015 | Dishing with Kathy Casey Blog
As far as trends go, fresh ginger is Hot, Hot, Hot! It’s everywhere on menus these days from signature cocktails to entrees to desserts! And no wonder! Not only is fresh ginger spicy, aromatic, and so tasty, it is incredibly good for you. Ginger has been used for ages...
by Kathy Casey | Feb 26, 2015 | Dishing with Kathy Casey Blog
The Pacific Northwest loves their Dungeness crabs! Named for the Washington town on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Dungeness crab is found all the way from Alaska to lower California. Photo from Kathy Casey’s Northwest Table. You’ve probably noticed that...