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December 3, 2009
Ugly Christmas sweater party, white elephant exchange, Hanakkah dinners and winter solstice gatherings all call for festive food and none more coveted in my opinion than the cheese tray....
December 2, 2009
It's December 2nd and if you have holiday cookies on the brain then I am not alone when I say I have the baking itch! I'm definitely more of a savory cook, but when the nights get short, my feet get...
November 27, 2009
I love eggs. I've eaten chicken eggs, quail eggs, duck eggs and now turkey eggs. Turkey eggs? Doesn't even seem accessible and they are not to most people. My mother recently gave me a dozen fresh...
November 25, 2009
So you are going to have a house full of guests and you know that everyone is going to arrive starving and looking for a something to drink. What better way to keep Uncle Ned's fingers out of the...
November 23, 2009
Tonight the Hunt Club at the Sorrento Hotel will host bartender Alex Day and writer/bartender Toby Cecchini for another round of Drinking Lessons. When Alex is not bartending at Death and Company, ...
November 19, 2009
American food and beverage trends come and go, some staying longer than others and some have just refuse to go away. But when it comes to wine consumption, it seems like the trend just continues to...
November 18, 2009
First of all, is it called stuffing or dressing? And do most people actually prefer it cooked in the bird? Growing up, I've always known it as stuffing and traditionally it was made outside the...
November 17, 2009
Lumpy, warty Kabocha squash is one of my favorite winter squashes. Sweet, understanding and forgiving in the kitchen, Kabocha makes a fantastic cooking companion. When picking out a Kabocha squash...
November 16, 2009
Nightschool’s Drinking Lessons continues with celebrity chef and mixologist, Kathy Casey tonight at 6 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. at the Sorrento Hotel’s Hunt Club bar. Considered a pioneer of the bar-...
November 14, 2009
If you want to keep someone busy for a half an hour, ask them to crack open a pomegranate and pick out seeds. You will be lucky if they even get out half of the seeds without feeling frustrated or...
November 11, 2009
For all you Seattleites, tune in tomorrow, November 12th to see the movie GOOD FOOD that will be broadcasted on PBS KCTS/9 at 10 p.m. Move details can be found here on the GOOD FOOD movie website
November 10, 2009
You can often find me chuckling when I stand in my mother's kitchen. On the counter it's not surprising to find three crackers wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, five almonds in a small dish or...
November 9, 2009
Every day this week, Foodista is proud to recognize a variety of sustainable food bloggers. We want to celebrate each of you out there doing your part to reduce your global impact through your green...
November 5, 2009
Making herb and spice infusions is one way to capture huge amounts of concentrated flavors in liquid form. Infusions like clove and cinnamon oil or basil infused cream can be used as a components or...
November 3, 2009
Let's talk about pie crust. I realize it's still a couple weeks before Thanksgiving- the day I most associate with eating pies- but it's never too early to talk about the importance of pie crust....
October 30, 2009
If you are headed out to a Halloween party, there is a good chance you'll be asked to bring a dish. Need a fast idea for what to bring? Here are 5 dishes sure to turn heads. Feed a crowd without...
October 29, 2009
Recently, I posted a blog about non-alcoholic Halloween drinks for kids but as we all know, Halloween is just as much a holiday for adults as it is for kids. Instead of bringing spooky cupcakes or...
October 27, 2009
While growing up Halloween trumped Christmas as the holiday I looked most forward to. It wasn't so much the candy that had me counting down the days, but the costumes. My mother would indulge my...
October 24, 2009
Normally I don't enter a ton of cooking contests, mostly because I don't make the time, but PAMA Liqueur sent us an email about about "Cooking with PAMA Contest" with the Grand Prize winner...
October 22, 2009
Are you a peanut butter person? Cream cheese? Honey? Strictly butter and jam? Vegemite or Marmite? Or are you a decadent Nuttella lover? I find this all so interesting. It's different for...
October 20, 2009
Once again, the Foodista Team will belly up to the bar for another Drinking Lesson, this time the teacher is Erik Hakkinen, a bartender at Seattle's infamous Zig Zag Cafe , the same bar you will...
October 20, 2009
I just learned how to make scrambled eggs after 15 years of cooking. I love eggs, an over easy/soft-boiled egg may be my most favorite food over anything else.Want to know the trick? It's all about...
October 17, 2009
Even though it's mid-October, I am still picking tomatoes off my plants. Yesterday I had an entire gallon-sized bag of tomatoes that I wanted to use up. So ripe, juicy and sweet- I knew these...
October 15, 2009
Today is Blog Action Day! One day out of the year for blogs large and small to take a moment and voice their opinion on climate change. Whether you blog about sports, news or food, it's time to take...
October 15, 2009
Here in the Northwest we are blessed with a variety of wild fungi. It only takes a little bit of rain after the summer heat to suddenly ignite the growth of one of my favorite wild mushrooms; the...
