Paper Palate

The folks at Real Simple know our cupboards are stuffed with odds and ends. Dishes, glasses, and pans that go unused but things we hold onto just in case. In their July “New Uses” column, Real Simple came up with six whimsical ways to repurpose everyday kitchen items.
Among their suggestions?

Use old wine glasses […]

Cream cheese and hot dogs? Sounds odd, but apparently many Seattleites are addicted to the combination! A recent feature in the Seattle Times by reporter Karen Gaudette named favorite hot dog condiments by region. New Yorkers tend to favor mustard, red relish, and sauerkraut. While in Chicago, ketchup is considered sacrilegious. And Southerners prefer a […]

Seattle Times staff reporter Nicole Tsong and Seattle mixologist Ryan Magarian want us to think outside the box this summer when it comes to gardening. Instead of planting ruby red heirloom tomatoes or mounds of zucchini, they urge us to choose a few select herbs, specially tailored to mixed drinks, and reap the social […]

Guess who’s stirring up trouble north of the border?
Everyone’s favorite bad boy chef, Anthony Bourdain. And while in town promoting his new book, The Nasty Bits, Vancouver Sun reporter Mia Stainsby got the wild child of the culinary world to sit still long enough for an interview.
Never one to mince words, Bourdain was his […]

Food & Wine magazine has announced their picks for the top ten new chefs of 2006. The magazine uses buzz, critic insight, and culinary wisdom to search the country and compile an annual list of the nation’s best new chefs. None have been in charge of a kitchen for more than five years.
So is […]

Face it. Dad doesn’t need another tie this weekend. And he could probably survive another year without a new hammer, wallet, or remote control. So what to get the big guy for Father’s Day? San Diego Tribune food writer Maria C. Hunt says the solution is easy. Cook him dinner!
And according to a 2003 Cornell […]

Leave it to the Germans to realize we’d all be sick of beer after a few days of FIFA World Cup soccer match-ups. Norway’s Verdens Gang (VG) newspaper is reporting German wine producers have officially licensed various wines for the 2006 tournament.
The daily newspaper’s pick? An easy drinking dornfelder. Big and juicy with […]

Don’t tell my husband, but Larry has been on my mind since Tuesday. I’ve gone from denial to anger. I’m depressed, yet the books tell me I’m slowly working my way toward acceptance. Why so glum? News broke on Tuesday that the Kirkland, Washington based Larry’s Market chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The Seattle […]

Food & Wine magazine lies on my bedside table. On the coffee table errant copies of Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast mingle with Entertainment Weekly and The New Yorker. And every once in awhile, I’ll run across tattered wine notes stuffed in the junk drawer. All this snotty wine literature and a single volume of […]

Every once in awhile, whether your personal blog has one reader or one thousand, it is nice to grab a little attention from the local media. Seattle area food bloggers woke up yesterday to a whole lotta newspaper love from the Seattle Times. Special correspondent Providence Cicero featured local food sites including Gluten-Free Girl, Orangette, […]