Hike to Fragrance Lake, view of Bellingham Bay Remember the last ice sheet (Frazer Glaciation) that covered Washington state about 11,000 years ago? Probably not. During the peak of this Glaciation the ice sheet was 6000 feet thick near Bellingham (just north of Seattle) and left its’ mark in many scenic features: the San Juan Islands, the lush valleys of Mt. Baker, and Lake Whatcom which is now...
In the Shandong Province of Northern China you’ll find street vendors with shao bing breads piled high. Women buy their daily supply to bring home to feed their families. In this wheat dependent area, rice is not the common carb, this bread is. And it’s these flaky and chewy flatbreads that define the comfort foods at home. Filled with long-stewed meats, pickled radishes and cucumbers, fresh herbs...
Sandwich board to welcome us in I had the good fortune last week to receive an invitation to the Kinfolk Social, a celebration of community, food, and craft, at The Green Building in Brooklyn. I went solo, hoping that like-minded nice people interested in meeting others would allow me entry to their conversations. They did. The Green Building, an event space with a long, lofted barn feel was lit by...
Photo credit: Cafe Fanny March 9th, 2012 was a sad day for Alice Waters. Waters is the owner of Chez Panisse, a California restaurant in Berkeley well known for its organic, locally-grown ingredients. Sadly, one of her long time restaurants ‘Cafe Fanny‘ unexpectedly closed its doors after 28 years of business. The restaurant was named after Marcel Pagnol’s 1930s Marseilles movie,...
Without planning it, I was lucky enough to arrive in Istanbul a few days before their Republic Day, October 29th, the anniversary of the country’s constitutional amendment that made it its own state. There were an inordinate number of flags flying from every building, strung across streets, and in front of homes. I had thought that there was just an incredible sense of pride for the Turkish, and...
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