Gastrolust

This week, Serious Eats posted my roundup of pastries to try at Honoré Artisan Bakery in Seattle. An excerpt: Honoré has a unique style—the pastries tend to have a darker color, more crackly texture, and noticable caramelization. In fact, salt and caramel are prominent here; popular items include sea salt caramel tarts and salted caramel macarons. [...]

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Yesterday, Serious Eats posted my Sugar Rush post about the almond croissant at Mrs. London’s. An excerpt: The almond croissant comes plated with a fork and a knife, but not one to be dainty, I dive in with my hands. The edges are thin and crisp, like a lace doily, but as I approach the [...]

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Yesterday, Serious Eats posted my tips on where to buy your holiday pies. An excerpt: Oh, it’s nice to bake a pie, especially with so many seasonal ingredients in the offing, but sometimes there’s no time for such tasks, which makes the convenience of pie shops particularly alluring. I’ve scoured the streets of Seattle looking [...]

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Yesterday, Serious Eats posted my roundup of pastries at Bakery Nouveau. An excerpt: The bread or chocolate alone are well worth a visit to Bakery Nouveau, but there’s no denying the pastries. This bakery is especially known for its Twice-Baked Almond Croissant, so that’s an automatic pick. But faced with a wide variety of fruit [...]

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Yesterday, Serious Eats posted my “Sugar Rush” article about the Mont Blanc at Café de Lion. An excerpt: As if the cakes and other confections don’t sell out quickly enough at Café de Lion, a little “boutique” bakery at the top of Queen Anne in Seattle, chestnut season means the brief appearance of the popular [...]

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Today, Serious Eats posted my round-up of 10 terrific pastries in Seattle. An excerpt: It’s 5,000 miles from Seattle to Paris as the crow flies. Despite the distance, the Emerald City is shining proudly in the area of pastries—good news for those who can’t quite cross the Atlantic for the real thing….These 10 pastries all [...]

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This week, Serious Eats also posts my story about the new Crumble & Flake Patisserie. An excerpt: Neil Robertson stepped outside his new Crumble & Flake Patisserie on its first Saturday morning of operation and was surprised to see a line snaking half a block long. With weekday Facebook postings announcing sell-outs in mere hours, [...]

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Sexy Feast is going small treats and big feats for the rest of the month. Watch for a series of little sweets and even some savories, starting today with a visit to Macrina Bakery in Queen Anne. I love bakeries, as the shelves and showcases serve as the menu. Macrina bakes some fabulous bread, but [...]

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Dish: Black Bean Sauce Beef Chow Fun Place: Regent Bakery and Cafe, Capitol Hill Price: $8.95 On the plate: The menu doesn’t offer any further description of the dish, but you’re getting rice noodles with beef, red and green bell peppers, onions, and fermented black bean sauce. Supporting cast/What to do: Same as with most [...]

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It’s not that A la Mode Pies is new. They’ve been producing pies and selling them online since 2009, receiving accolades from Seattle Weekly readers in 2011’s “Best Desserts” category. Today is special because A la Mode Pies debuts its flagship café in Phinney Ridge, which will be open seven days a week from 7:00 to 7:00. [...]

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