Gastrolust

As often as I visit new restaurants, it’s rare to have that moment of discovering a heretofore hidden gem. But when it happens, it’s a beautiful moment. Euphoria sets in. There’s love, perhaps even lust, upon falling head over heels about a place that’s just so perfect. It’s a feeling of getting swept away that [...]

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Yesterday, Serious Eats posted my first-ever article about coffee, specifically my recent coffee makeover. An excerpt: With a house full of candy-grabbing kids, my parents knew they could safely leave one dish of candy out on the appropriately named coffee table: Coffee Nips. Oh, I loved the smell of coffee brewing, but somewhere along the [...]

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Yesterday, Serious Eats posted my roundup of pastries at Cafe Besalu. An excerpt: In a post about great Seattle pastries that I did back in July, I mentioned that Cafe Besalu has been a consistent favorite for best croissant in the city. And while it is delicious (the weekend lines will testify to that), the [...]

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So…check it out: I’m doing some writing for the Serious Eats blog! Last week, they picked up my “First Look” story on Ethan Stowell’s new Ballard Pizza Company. From the Serious Eats post: Ballard Pizza Company is the first of Stowell’s planned Grubb Brothers restaurants, which he describes as “fast food redefined.” In the works [...]

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Having failed in my goal to do frequent postings of my out-of-town meals, I now face a backlog of a year’s worth of eating. Time to tackle these month-by-month, starting with January 2011. Let’s see how much I can remember about these meals. (And let’s hope my photography skills improved over the year, though note [...]

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1. Passport to Pleasure is a new column I kicked off for TheSunbreak.com this year. Whether for a day or a getaway, I check out restaurants and romantic things to do in a hedonistic quest for great food and good times for two. It’s a nibbles to naughtiness thing. I took on a few Seattle [...]

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I’m not sure if this one is going to win over Oprah like Baconnaise did. (Jon Stewart, though, will likely approve.) Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow, the “J” and “D” of J&D Foods that features a line of bacon-happy products, have just announced the release of baconlube. These guys originally put bacon in salt, then [...]

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If you’ve stumbled across this site and reached the top of the blog (where this post will stay, for the near future), you’re probably wondering why there’s so much sexual content. Well, in addition to being a food writer, I’m a sex educator. And sex and food are both about pleasure, aren’t they? So I’ve [...]

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A number of popular Seattle-area restaurants served up luscious dishes at yesterday’s Lamb Jam event, but it was lesser-known Portals at Suncadia Lodge that took home the top prize. This was the third annual Lamb Jam in Seattle, drawing big crowds as always. Participants were pleased with the amount and quality of the food and [...]

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Here’s the menu for the Sexy Feast event coming up at Spur on April 5. This will be a fun meal, with lots of laughs and a delicious dinner. If you can help spread the word, I’d appreciate it! Or, better yet, join us. More info here. 1st course SEA URCHIN miners lettuce. green apple [...]

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