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Simple Summer Suppers: Broccoli and Bagna Cauda

September 17, 2012
Simple Summer Suppers: Broccoli and Bagna Cauda

Nobody ever believes me when I tell them the rain doesn’t start until my birthday (October 7th). Summer ends at Labor Day, they insist. Nope, it’s not true. As the center of the universe–or, my universe, anyway–summer doesn’t end until I turn another year older. So until that happens, I will continue to make the kind of simple summer suppers that are easily eaten outdoors, even if it’s getting dark at before dinner time. I’ll let the green in my vegetables, the yellow in my egg yolks, the bright flavors in my olive oil, light up the night....

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My Year in Food, 2011

December 26, 2011
Swimming Fire Fish

Normal is not what I do best. Thus my end-of-year top-ten list will be anything but. For starters, it’s not ten items. Instead, this is a peek inside my brain, where cooking and reading and small creatures in the night all crawl about, mingling and mixing into a delightful stew of tasty tidbits. It’s December, and while I’m more likely to look forward to the next year than backwards on the last, here’s a few things that stuck in my maw, reminding me why the life of good eating is so wonderful. Best non-cookbook: Grant Achatz’s Life, on the...

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(Stir-Fried) Water Boiled Fish

June 19, 2011
FinishedWaterBoiledFish

“You’ll like it.” These were the words that I was told the first time I tasted the Sichuanese dish known as water-boiled fish. That phrase may just be the most epic understatement in the history of my life, up there with descriptions of me such as ‘a little competitive’ and the usual elementary school report card ‘can be bossy.’ For once, I had found a Chinese restaurant that ‘got’ me. That didn’t dumb dishes down when they saw my skin color, that didn’t come running with a fork and a glass of ice water at my pronunciation of Chinese words. No,...

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Recreating the Perfect Meal: Seafood Boil

April 19, 2011
Crab Boil Plate

The Meal The perfect meal. I ate it the other day, at a gas station in a town called Kenner, Louisianna. I stopped in at the Check in Check out Deli, five minutes up the street from the New Orleans airport because I’d heard online it had decent po-boys and I could kill two birds with one stone by filling up the rental car before hopping my flight home and grabbing one last sandwich for the flight. Lucky me, the wait for brunch at Stanley was too long, so I just took off early to the airport, leaving me...

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Feasting like a Princess in Queens

January 4, 2011
Feasting like a Princess in Queens

If you're like me, though, and bit parts of big animals served by a mad scientist from a kitchen the size of a gas station bathroom turns you on, this is the place for you.

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Taylor Shellfish Mussels and Bluebird Grains Farrotto for $4 Each

April 17, 2010
Taylor Shellfish Mussels and Bluebird Grains Farrotto for $4 Each

After an hour of stirring the brown lump of nothingness, it was the final five minutes that suddenly transformed it into a meal. What was plain and ugly became something so beautiful that I couldn’t help but snap a quick photo before I set it on the table. And of course, once I had the picture, I had to share it. Because this dish? It’s simple as shit. And simply delicious. And a fantastic value As we ate the meal, I couldn’t help but think about the value of our farmers market. I had paid $8 for two pounds...

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Small Wonders of Summer, Part 2: Anchovies

September 23, 2009
Small Wonders of Summer, Part 2: Anchovies

“I’ll be on Capitol Hill later, I’ll drop them off” My anchovy guy said to me. Who was my anchovy guy? Well, his name is John, and he goes by “CoastalRovers” on twitter. That was about the sum of my knowledge when I gave him the address. Sure enough, he showed up shortly there after with a trunk full of fresh fishies (and god knows what all else). “Big or small?” He asked me. With no knowledge of fresh anchovies, pulled that day from the ocean, I guessed big. I handed over my $6 and watched him fill up...

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The Summer of Scallops

July 16, 2009
The Summer of Scallops

I bought a package of scallops at the farmers market a few weeks ago and made them into a delicious dinner. For weeks, I’ve come home to my computer and admired the lovely pictures, remembered the soft crunch of the sea beans over the creamy tartare, and said to myself “I should really post these to the blog,” Yet, it’s been busy at work and I’ve spent what time I’ve been home trying to remember what my name is and how it sounds with out “On Safari Foods, This is,” in front of it. Not to complain, because busy...

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Breaking Out the Deep Fryer: Razor Clams

April 28, 2009
Breaking Out the Deep Fryer: Razor Clams

As the recently minted owner of a deep fryer, I felt there was only one thing I could do with my little babies when I came home from clamming with a full limit of razor clams. The clamming itself required getting up early, a long drive, some hard physical labor and not falling asleep on the drive home. The cooking itself required taming the squirmy beasts long enought to clean out their innards–which sometimes had (safe!) worms or crabs hanging out in them. Yeah, it still makes my tummy turn. I squealed. But then, then it gets to be...

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A Fabulous Northwest Weekend

April 27, 2009

It was raining slightly on my run this morning, but now the bright sun is shining through my office window. It is so typical Seattle, and I just love it. Like I love so many things about my city, including so much of my weekend. This was my first weekend not coaching ski racing, my first days off in many months (since the snow started falling) and I was eager to get outside and enjoy the many things that are on offer here. It was such a fabulous collection of awesome activities that I’m posting here so you can...

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