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Cookind Demonstration tomorrow in the Pike Place Market
What: Cooking Demonstration by Jim Drohman When: Tomorrow, Sunday June 23, 2013 from 12noon to 1pm Where: On the cobblestones at the Pike Place Market, near the corner of Pike Place and Stewart street Just a reminder to come by … Continue reading
Le Pichet to get heat and A/C
If you have ever been to Le Pichet at 8am on a January morning, or on a sunny afternoon in August, you are aware that the restaurant has neither heat nor air conditioning. It’s one of the challenges of being … Continue reading
Cooking Demonstration in the Pike Place Market
What: Cooking Demonstration When: Sunday June 23rd, 2013, from noon to 1pm Where: In the Pike Place Market, as part of “Summer Sundays on the Cobblestones” On Sunday, June 23rd, I will be giving a cooking demonstration in the middle … Continue reading
Pigeon des Landes roti en poele et sa salade verte
A quick supper dish that really was an inspiration du marché as the French say…an inspiration from a farm stand at the Sunday market at Amou, a short drive north of Orthez in the adjacent region of Les Landes Pigeon breast, … Continue reading
Its Spring in the Béarn
While Seattle waits for the Spring produce, spring arrived a few weeks ago in the Béarn. Asparagus, both white and green and as thick as my thumb mark the apex of the season. Strawberries (strawberries! We will be waiting weeks … Continue reading
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Marché de Noël in Bordeaux
I think that it is pretty well known among my friends that I am not a person that gets real fired up for Christmas. I mean, I like to get together with family and friend and drink a glass to … Continue reading
Foie gras terrine: why not keep one around the house?
On the lookout for Foie Gras On a Tuesday in November, the display of foie gras at the market in Orthez is an impressive sight. Not that the market at Orthez is uniquely gifted with foie gras; at this time … Continue reading
First dinner in Orthez
On arriving at our home in Orthez, the first order of business is always a visit to the market. Conveniently, we arrived just in time for the Saturday Market (the smaller of the two weekly markets featuring exclusively local farm … Continue reading
Rainy Saturday at the Farmers Market
Saturday morning, having coffee at a Greek restaurant up the street from the University District Farmers Market, reading Michael Lynch’s In Praise of Reason, thinking the reasonable course might be to stay here instead of going out into the rain … Continue reading
Preserving the fruits of GPS labor
GPS Farm Stand This Summer, I added a new stop to my weekly Farmer’s Market rounds. In a good week I am able to visit the Pike Place Market at least once, the University Market on Saturday and either Columbia … Continue reading