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Lettuce Cups
We've gotten a lot of lettuce in our CSA box during this last month, and the produce is not only plentiful but large. One head barely fit into our crisper. Salad can get dull after a while if one does not mix things up, so the Butter Bitch and I were happy to get inspiration by happenstance. We caught the end of local chef Tom
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Locavore Resources in the Puget Sound
Earlier this week, Man of La Muncha and I met up with Jenni and Lisa, two of the co-founders of our meat CSA (meat countdown T minus 22 days!) to talk about our reactions to reading Michael Pollan's The
Salumi Part II: We Eat our Piece of the Pig
The Salumi adventure continues... On Friday, while Man of la Muncha is out traversing the serpentine streets of Seattle searching for Salumi, I am trapped at work, where a particularly hellacious week is coming
Salumi Part I: We discover Salumi
It starts like this... The Butter Bitch and I are driving home from work late one evening in early May. Both of us officially work on the east side of Lake Washington and have worked nearly 12 hours. The sun has set, but traffic is very light at this time of night. Neither of us wants to cook and
Cafe Flora – A Place for Locavore Vegetarians
A few weeks ago, when Seattle had just joined the rest of the country in the Land of Sweltering Heat, Man of La Muncha and I made plans to have dinner with M. and K., friends we hadn't seen in a while. After much emailing, we settled on Cafe Flora
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Everybody must get doned!
"Getting doned" is how a friend in Portland referred to the consumption of milk and donuts. He rhymed "doned" with stoned because "getting doned" has a satisfyingly stupefying effect. Apparently, being from Nevada isn't just about guns, gambling, and the mob, but also about how to alter one's consciousness
Calling all Seattle carnivores!
Put your money where your steak knife is! The Montlake Meat group is looking for additional members, according to our reader (and Montlake Meat book maven) Jenni. She also reminded us that we've been tardy about sending in
Foraging at home
I've read the foraging exploits of the other Ethicureans with some jealousy, but our CSA box has kept us too busy to roam the neighborhood for ripening fruit. There are cherry trees 4 blocks west of us, but we haven't walked past them since the cherry blossoms started decorating the sidewalks and streets
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Green Beans? No, Seabeans!
Last weekend, I went to the farmer's market without Man of La Muncha, who was feeling a bit under the weather. Going to the market by myself is typically a bit of a dicey proposition, as I have a tendency to buy, not only what we need, but also things that look weird or interesting. Two weeks ago, I
Month of Berries
We are nearing the end of our month of berries, and I admit to some relief. The berries have come from our CSA box, our current yard, and (thanks to freezing) the yard of our previous house. Our last house, a rental, had a very tidy raspberry patch. The patch was contained in a neat 2'x8' area from which
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Not Dead Yet
For the past six years or so, I have been drinking organic milk exclusively. Not that I drink a lot of milk, mind you--it primarily goes on top of cereal and in my coffee, with the occasional glass to go with a particularly rich and tasty dessert. I began buying only organic milk after learning more
Walk the Line
Note: This post was to be titled "Goodbye to Ro-o-sie" but Miss Steak beat me to the punch. This post takes a similar look at the Seattle Whole Foods. We stopped shopping at Whole Foods when we moved to our new house in March. We
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Pub Grub in Seattle
Seattle is a town of grey days, damp nights, coffee, and beer. While fair Portland to the south has more brewpubs per capita than anywhere in the world, Seattle has a thriving pub culture that is reminiscent of Great Britain. Seattle doesn't have many brewpubs--that is, pubs that make their own beer
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Small But Potent
When I unpacked our first CSA box, I wondered if there was some trend toward erotic foods among CSA producers. I took our two pints of strawberries from the box and out popped a tiny strawberry that looked so well-endowed that it was forced to rest on its
Tasty from a neighbor’s bakery
Saturday morning arrived with a nearly empty refrigerator. We were out of town last weekend and had eaten through our remaining groceries except for a couple of eggs from Skagit River Ranch and two pounds of coffee. While I wrote a blog entry, the Butter
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