Pumpkin & Pomegranate

It has been quite chilly up here in the PNW! All I can really think about lately is soup. This particular soup was a bit of a hodgepodge, but ended up tasting REALLY good. So good that I just have to pass it along. I made it for Matt last night, and we ate so [...]

A second try at pumpkin pancakes gave us fabulous results! While Matt admittedly prefers “real” pancakes, I am just overjoyed to be able to eat something that is SO close to what I grew up with. That is probably because my mother always used whole wheat, and I didn’t grow up with Bisquick (Thanks Mama!). [...]

AKA Rain. It’s raining in Seattle again folks. Not that that will surprise anyone, though I do know it makes one Venezuelan beauty a bit teary. Personally I love this weather. I love the rain and what it brings. I am a big fan of moss, and green, and grey skies, cozy coffee shops, mushrooms, [...]

HEAB once again has inspired me. I saw the burgers she blogged about and I hate to Marissify them so I could enjoy them. Many of them. Enjoy them I did. I know it sounds a tad weird, but they remind me of crab cakes. Not so much that they taste like crab, but the [...]

Sometimes you just want a chip. You want a way to get the dip to your bouche without using your fingers (though truth be told I often run out of crudité and resort to the finger technique). I miss a chip, and while I could make crackers or mix up a batch of pulp chips [...]

Because you know I had to make them. You clearly can see I have an obsession with pumpkins. in fact, I ponder a tattoo of a pumpkin (and a pomegranate). If I do it, it will be of my favorite variety, the fairytale pumpkin. I haven’t been able to find any of these lovelies in [...]

I am sitting here waiting for my tea to brew, and there is a puddle of drool forming on my desk. Dammann Frères tea may be my new obsession, my new luxury item, and my new horded commodity. When my father visited me a couple of weeks ago we stopped in at Tea Cup to [...]

On Saturday  I started off the morning at my favorite coffee place. Fonté is in downtown Seattle, so it is a bit of a trek (plus paying for parking), but the coffee is so worth it. I had a little bit of time to catch up on my magazines before heading out to drop off [...]

I clearly have a thing for theme nights. Since I cannot travel right now, and to be honest it is a tad difficult to travel in most foreign countries when you have dietary restrictions, I choose to bring the country to me. last night was a whirlwind through Morocco! I have been fascinated with Morocco [...]

Sorry about the lack of blogging and recipes this week, but my week got a bit crazy, and my food a little um…lackluster ;-) But that will change tonight. My dinner night had to do a switcharoo this week, so tonight I will be in the kitchen cooking for the dude. But before that, I [...]