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Entries from March 2009

Cochon 555: Time to dine on swine

March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Want to dine on swine? And help choose the prince(ss) of pork?
This Sunday, five local chefs will each be given a 70-pound heritage pig and marching orders to serve it up: pre-cooked, braised, grilled, pressed, pickled, rubbed, smoked, seared, sauced, spiced, injected, marinated, cured in any way, or otherwise prepared.
I’ll be part of a panel [...]

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Tags: events and adventures

Phair Game (Sound 2/09)

March 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Sound eggs on chefs with a white chocolate theme
One restaurant replicated the old “Space Eggs” video game. Another served a white chocolate Space Needle. And a third put white chocolate in everything, including cauliflower soup and a scallop dish.
And so it was when Sound challenged three restaurants to create a menu based on Liz Phair’s [...]

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Tags: Dish-Off · Seattle Sound