It’s that time again when the air is crisp and cool. The ground is moist and the rains are coming… we hope! Why do I wish for rain every fall? Because no sooner do our Northwest grounds moisten up that the heavily sought after wild mushrooms start to pop up. Fall is fast approaching and that means it’s mushroom time! I love foraging for my own fall fungi – Boletus edulis (king bolete, porcini, ceps, they have many names) Matsutake and Chanterelles!
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Upside-down cakes are a major comfort food. They have been a mainstay over the years at church suppers and family picnics. When I was a kid, my mom's Pineapple Upside-Down Cake was one of my favorites, partly because it was so mysterious and amazing to see it being...
This past week I attended a super fun event at Ivar's Salmon House on Seattle's Lake Union.... Cocktails and Crafts! It was a last minute fun thing consisting of making our own totem poles or Ivar's Bobble Heads into crazy crafty works of ... art?? At least I like to...
Lizz Brooks wrote in recently " I recently returned from Maui and while I was there I had a fabulous drink and would love to know how you’d replicate it. It was a Pineapple-Lemongrass Mojito at Tommy Bahamas. I’m guessing there was fresh pineapple juice,simple...
