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July 6, 2015
Hungry for Words in Seattle – July 18th-19th
I began teaching Hungry for Words in 2006, a curriculum focusing on food writing and the various aspects involved in the genres that make up this endlessly fascinating area of writing. My first weekend intensive was held at the Richard Hugo House in Seattle. Since then, I’ve taught elements of the coursework all over the place, […]
June 9, 2015
St. Germain Pitcher Cocktails
Originally posted by Lisa Simpson, updated June 2015 Summer doesn’t officially start for another month, but in Seattle, after our long grey blahdeblah winters we’re so hungry for sunshine that when we see it, and it’s warmer than 60, we consider it close enough. Since our sunshine is so hard to find and unpredictable, I […]
June 8, 2015
Recipe: Salade Niçoise
I first encountered Salade Niçoise in a most embarrassing way — by reading about it in a cheap romance novel the summer I turned 14. The scene was typically evocative of a dime store read. A beautiful protagonist perched at a table under a striped umbrella on an immaculate beach in Cannes waiting for a murky character. The server brought her a […]
June 5, 2015
Summer Berry Tart with Whole Wheat Crust
Someone asked me recently why I didn’t study pâtisserie at Le Cordon Bleu. The honest reason? I’m not keen on most sweets and I don’t like chocolate. (Yes, you read that correctly.) If there’s a choice of dessert or a cheese plate, I always go for the fromage. When I started to review restaurants back in the 1990s, I routinely left a […]
May 22, 2015
Shrimp with Tarragon on Wilted Greens
It started as this small thing, just a tiny container from a local nursery. Then, like something out of a 1950s horror film, by August last summer, my French tarragon grew into an embarrassment of riches on the patio of my Seattle home. On a chilly day in late autumn, I hacked most of it back and dried it to make […]
May 21, 2015
Devour! Seattle Food Film Event June 4th
Local chef John Sundstrom of Lark fame and I have partnered with Devour! The Food Film Fest, the world’s largest food film festival, to bring a feast for the senses to Seattle on June 4th. It’s going to be a great night. Guests will start with a taste of the Nova Scotia-based festival with a food workshop […]
April 30, 2015
Grief and Gratitude, Under a Sky So Blue
I stared at my closet and wondered. What do you wear to the funeral of your favorite cousin, more like a brother, really, but you hadn’t seen him in nearly 20 years? On top of it, what does a person pack to go home to a hometown about which you’ve penned a book yet had […]
April 29, 2015
Michigan Notable Books Tour
I’m delighted to announce that The Library of Michigan named Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good a 2015 Michigan Notable Book earlier this year. The program has generously agreed to support a two-week tour around my home state between June 13th-26th, 2015. Please come out and meet me and – bonus! – my mother, the heroine […]
March 10, 2015
Recipe: Coq au vin (chicken braised in wine)
Go ahead. Impress people. Tell them you’re making coq au vin. It’s just chicken… braised in wine, thus making it fabulous. In its original French inception, the coq referred to a rooster, typically mean old birds who have worn out their welcome in the hen house. The tough nature of their meat required a long […]
February 12, 2015
How to Reclaim Your Kitchen
Someone once confessed to me that they eat Tuna Helper while watching Gordon Ramsey. It’s a humorous line about a serious issue. Cooking has evolved into something of a spectator sport. If you know me, then you know I want to help teach the world to cook and to give people the confidence to be […]
