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Great Fall Books for Cookbook Lovers
There are so many books out there today for cooks; everything from celebrity cookbooks, to food memoirs, to single subject exposes, to resource guides for chefs, You can really find exactly what you are looking for. I am a self admitted cookbook junkie, with over 1000...
Tasty Treats in SODO!
Yum! Here’s a treat for all your SODO dwellers. Seattle’s baking genius Leslie Mackie has opened her third Macrina in SODO! The café will serve coffee, pastries and a lunch menu- great for diversifying the lunch options for this industrial area of the city. What is...
Kathy at South 47 Farms this Saturday
I am super excited for this Saturday, (September 27) as it is the 10th Annual Harvest Celebration Farm Tour in King County. What is it you ask? It is a tour of 24 different farms in King County. Each farm works with a local chef who leads visitors on a tour of the...
Fall Tomatoes
There is no denying that Seattleites’ tomato plants are a sad sight these days. Our slow start to the growing year means tiny toms are just turning from green to red as we speak. I’ve fielded lots of tomato questions lately; how to speed up ripening, what grows best...
Pizza City
Pizza is almost as popular in Seattle as coffee is. There seems to be a new place opening up almost every week! Not that we here at Kathy Casey Food Studios don’t love our pizza, far from it! We have some great pizzerias in Seattle that span the variety of pizza...
A little hiccup
Hi everyone, Thanks for all your emails of concern over my little blog! We had a major headache with an upgrade, causing one of those sneaky plugins to disable our page from loading. No fear, our blog guru got out her flashlight and set to work getting everything back...
Lemongrass the Secret Ingredient
A couple months ago I was approached by Whole Foods to be a guest chef on their video blog "The Secret Ingredient". In this video segment chefs from around the country are given a "secret ingredient" and asked to come up with a dish highlighting that ingredient. The...
Great Seattle Restaurants
Seattle and the Northwest have some great restaurants. From hole in the wall joints to fantastic neighborhood spots. Here are a few of my favorite places: Steelhead Diner - owned by chef Kevin Davis and his wife. Located in the historical Pike Place Market this...
Books for Cooks, Sunday Soups
While it may be a little early to start thinking of fall soups, I have to tell you about Betty Rosbottom’s Sunday Soul: A Year’s Worth of Mouthwatering, Easy-to-Make Recipes, Chronicle Books. Betty’s gorgeous book is divided by season, helping you to make the best of...
Seattle’s International District
Seattle's International District is a cornucopia of foodie finds: from the familiar to the strange, this neighborhood has it all! I like to start with walking around the ID on a Saturday or Sunday, this gives me plenty of time to wander around, peek into shops, and...
Great Seattle Parks for Picnics
Seattle summer weather is perfect for picnics and this weekend looks like it won't disappoint. There are so many great Seattle parks for picnics: Golden Gardens is the Classic, but there are beautiful views from Volunteer park, Gasworks and Discovery park. While it is...
Book Review: Fish Without a Doubt
Fish Without a Doubt, the new book by Rick Moonen and Roy Finamore, Houghton Mifflin publishing, should be on your bookshelf now. This comprehensive tome takes the fear out of fish with an in-depth guide to preparing, storing, and shopping fish. Each fish is broken...
Aloha Palisade
A few weeks ago my assistant Mary attended a reception dinner at Palisade restaurant to meet Executive Chef Mark Randolph and Chef de Cuisine Robin Uyeda and sample their Northwest meets Polynesian summer menu. Today, Mary is our guest blogger as she pours over the...
Seattle Foodie Resources
Whenever I am looking for something super foodie fun to do in Seattle, I don’t need to look far – there are tons of foodie blogs, magazines, and websites that make it easy to find whatever my heart desires (or things I didn’t even know my heart desired!). Food blogs...
Our Bountiful Farmers Markets
Right now is the perfect time to be shopping at Seattle's splendid farmer’s markets. Just about anything you could want is in season, from luscious berries and cherries, to patty pan squashes, zucchini blossoms, enticing greens, and some early root vegetables. In...
Foodie Fun this Weekend at Borders Southcenter
I tell you, if I wasn't taking off for a conference this weekend I'd be down at the Southcenter Borders with Chef Ethan Stowell- Union, Chef Peter Birk- Ray's , and Chef Keith Luce- Herbfarm for a super fun Q and A with local chefs. Boarders is celebrating the opening...
Diet Tips From China
Why the Chinese Don’t Count Calories, Lorriane Clissold, Skyhorse Publishing As the Chinese Government is busily renaming restaurant dishes in preparation for the onslaught of foreign visitors at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Lorraine Clissold’s Why the Chinese Don’t...
Summer Margaritas
Margaritas have to be the quintessential summer drink! Chilled glasses of Rose and White wine spritzers are fine and dandy for warm evenings on the deck, but for me, margaritas spell a party! Can’t you just taste one now? The cool of the glass in your hand, the salt...
Burgers tonight!
Finally summer in Seattle has arrived. And what better way to welcome stunning summer weather in than with a juicy, mouthwatering, tongue tantalizing, burger hot from the grill. I’ve cooked up a fantastic recipe for Backyard Blue Cheese-Stuffed Burgers on homemade...
Delicious to do! Chocolopolis
Ok cho-o-holics, get ready. Today Chocolopolis kicks off the grand opening of their Queen Anne store where you can taste hundreds of different chocolates. Can you imagine? All that chocolate and so little time! It isn’t quite Willy Wonka, but with three golden tickets...
