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Douglas Fir Sparkletini Recipe featured on Glam.com
How exciting - my Douglas Fir Sparkletini (my favorite holiday cocktail! ) from my upcoming cocktail book is featured as a "hot cocktail" on glam.com! Photo by Angie Norwood Browne
Snowy Weekend … Make Some Festive Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark
Seattle's got snow! So at the Food Studios we decided to use our extra time and make up some tasty Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark. This recipe is reminiscent of Frangos texture and is fun and easy to make at home. It is also great to make up for tasty gifts. The...
Winter Dinner Party
My friend JJ McKay is known for his fantastic, even legendary, dinner parties, and practices what I call easy elegant entertaining. Just in time for your holiday parties, I’m going to share JJ’s tips with you. Don’t go overboard with what you serve. Don’t make...
The Ski Country Cookbook
Out here in the Northwest we are blessed with beautiful mountain views and in the winter, that means ski time! There is a great new book for all you skiers out there that will get you geared up for this snowy season. The Ski Country Cookbook by Barbara...
New Year’s Day Traditions
On New Year's Day I will be on KOMO 1000 talking about traditions and how we all celebrate the New Year differently. I would love to hear about some of your own New Year's Day traditions. Please post a comment below to share your traditions with me and be sure to tune...
Favorite Holiday Appetizers
Now is the time to get started on your holiday party planning because, before you know it, the big day will arrive and you want to be prepared!!! Even if you aren’t having a big holiday get-together, it pays to keep a back up handy for those merry visitors who pop by...
Holiday Cookies
It just isn’t the holidays without cookies. I love to bake up a bunch of holiday cookies -- but let’s be honest, sometimes we can get carried away, and what is supposed to be delicious fun can turn into a stress fit of flour, butter and sugar. My solution to this is...
Happy Holidays from Kathy Casey!
The holidays are quickly approaching and this means it's time to start cooking, shopping and hosting holiday events! Lots of great holiday stories, recipes and tips on Dishing with Kathy Casey on Seattle's KOMO 1000 Radio Catch me every Thursday at 4:15 and 6:15 PM to...
Thanksgiving Traditions & Kathy and Lisa’s Great Side Dish Recipes
I know plenty of people who live for Thanksgiving. They love the whole get up: the turkey roasted to a perfect golden brown, the cranberry sauce, the big family get-together, the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, the whole shebang. But I have a growing group of friends who...
The Perfect Thanksgiving Pie
I can’t believe how many young adults don’t know how or have never made pies! Now, I know people are “scared” of making pie. But why? There are only three things that could be scary about pie-making: 1. That you may not be able to control yourself and you'll eat the...
Seasonal Squash
I love squash. I love its texture, sweetness, and most of all its versatility! Squash can by used in a myriad of ways. It can be chopped up and added to soups, stuffed with risotto or polenta, hallowed out and served full of soup, pureed and seasoned and used as...
The New Pearl of Bellevue
There's a "Pearl" of a new restaurant coming to Bellevue's Lincoln Square. And I think it might just get some "west siders" over the bridge! Pearl Bar & Dining is set to open its doors November 14. Longtime restaurant professionals Bradley Dickinson and Mikel...
Mushroom Season!
Foraging for ingredients yourself, such as mushrooms, is a great way to guarantee cheap, fresh, organic and most importantly, delicious meals. So get out there and get dirty! Now is the time for Chanterelles, Porcini and Matsutake, but hurry before winter comes! Cook...
Wonderful Winter Greens
The farmer’s markets are bursting at the seams with greens, and before you turn up your nose, let me tell you, greens are great. Now I’m not recommending you down a can of spinach or two like our friend Popeye, but this fall and winter crop is teeming with vitamins...
Halloween Fun For Adults!
Halloween is right around the corner and this holiday I have some great crafty kitchen ideas for you to really wow your guests. Even if you aren't having a big party, invite a couple of friends over for some seasonal drinks and pop in a couple of vintage horror...
Seattle Sushi
Yes we love our coffee here in Seattle, but I think we love our sushi just as much! Seattle is a Mecca for sushi, and we have some fantastic places to polish one's sushi etiquette. Some of my favorites include; Nishino in Madison park for elegant creations and...
The Art of Baking and Crockpots: New Books
Two fun new books just popped across my desk this last month and have me eager to get in the kitchen. The first is The Art and Soul of Baking by Sur La Table and Cindy Mushet, Andrews McMeel Publishing. What a tome it is! Destined to become dog-eared, and sepia toned...
FInger lickin’ Figs
Years ago, when visiting local mushroom expert and enthusiast (and of course total foodie) Patrice Benson’s house, I asked about a unique tree in her front yard. She said, "That's a fig tree; they grow really well here and produce abundantly." This set me out to find...
Compost like you mean it!
Recently, I recorded a few commercials for the city on the topic of composting. Now while I don't have a worm bin at home, I like knowing that I'm both receyling and helping the city make compost of its own when I add my food scraps to my yard waste bin. What food...
Mushroom Show This Saturday
Get ready for some fungi fun this weekend! The 8th annual Pudget Sound Micrological Society is holding their Wild Mushroom Exhbit at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture. This mushroom exhibit is one of the largest in the United States, with...
