On MSNBC.com is a story on Pepsi’s new cucumber flavored soda. Pepsi Cucumber Ice hits stores this week in Japan. While I love to incorporate the brisk and refreshing cucumber into cocktails — I am not so sure about it in a sweet soda. But hey – Dr. Brown’s old school Celery Soda is pretty good with a hot pastrami sandwich. So maybe cuke soda could go well with some sushi to-go?
Chasing Wild Mushrooms: Remembering Patrice benson
Why do I wish for rain every fall? Because as soon as it begins, our Northwest grounds moisten and the magic begins. Local wild mushrooms start to pop up! Chanterelles, the fragrant matsutake, cauliflower mushroom (its genus name is Sparassis but it does look like a...


