Gastrolust

Looking at my eating itinerary, I would have never guessed that lunch at Fenouil would be the best meal of the trip (along with brunch at Tasty n Sons). With my love of big, bold flavors, I was surprised to find myself appreciating the subtlety of Fenouil’s food – but that’s point of the experience. [...]

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H5O Bistro is the restaurant in Hotel Fifty, where we spent our first two nights this trip to Portland. The restaurant overlooks Tom McCall Waterfront Park and the Willamette River, and played host to a Duck Pond Cellars winemaker dinner our first evening. I was quite impressed with Duck Pond’s commitment to quality at a [...]

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Last year, a slightly late train meant we couldn’t make it to Park Kitchen; this year, an early arrival by car ensured that we could drop our bags and head over to Nong’s Khao Man Gai just before the lunch rush. I’d heard rave reviews about the “chicken and rice” place that many tout as [...]

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Too much traveling, too little writing. That’s the story these days. Actually, in addition to the travel, I’m continuing to work on other projects. One is a new camera. I finally bought a DSLR (the Canon X1i), and I can see that there’s going to be a bit of a learning curve on it.
Still enjoying [...]

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Does what you eat correlate to the quality of your sex life?
I interview Jason and Nicole Wilson of Crush for the premiere of “Hot Plate” – my new, regular feature in Edible Seattle. I’m so excited to bring the worlds of sex and food together, and am curious to see what my meetings with chefs, [...]

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