It's finally starting to feel like we are actually having the summer now.  My garden isn't producing much yet since the lat...

We go clam digging a few times a year, usually when we go camping.  Camping is truly one of the great things about living in Pac...

The holidays are over.  The good times seem to be over.  The world around us seems to have turned upside down to say in the mil...

I was randomly watching a Japanese TV show on YouTube the other day.   It's a show about daily lives of Japanese women who li...

  Here is a dish with two of my favorite ingredients. I made it for my lunch the other day.  Often, I don't know what to cook. ...

It's getting cold in Seattle and definitely time for roasting.  I made these honey roasted carrots the other day.  It'...

Today is the first day of the fall.  My appetite is bigger than ever.  I'm not pregnant or anything, just to clarify.  The fall ai...

   The Fat Hen  in the Ballard neighborhood in Seattle.  A cafe restaurant owned by a charming couple and my good friends, Massimo (l...

Do you have any feelings about chicken salad sandwiches?  I do in a very settled way.  Whenever I order a sandwich, I always look ...

It's deep into Fall and I'm feeling a bit dark and starting to crave for simpler and healthier food.   I often st...