I am in love. I found a new foodie site full of gorgeous images and delicious and diverse recipes. Later on, I will move the widget to the side bar but I want to make sure that you have a chance to browse through it here first. Think of it as a tantalizing tease.

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After listening to the pundits prepare and obsess before Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Democrat’s National Convention, I thought there was no way she was going to pull this off. I was pleasantly surprised by the grace, enthusiasm and conviction that she displayed. I have never thought of her as an engaging speaker and believed that it [...]

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Talk about your birthday beer! I started with an African spicy mead, which was good but not as good as I had remembered it. Ed started with Silver City Whoop Ass. A bright and hoppy beer, designed for the “IPA lover”, Silver City Whoop Ass Double IPA was a great choice for a delicious summer brew. They [...]

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2006 Ken Wright Cellars Chardonnay, Celilio Vineyard is continuing its winning streak of being the perfect wine to enhance certain foods.  (Read about some other great Ken Wright pairings here and here.)Last night, I whipped up up a salad of bitter greens, blue cheese crumbles and sweet red cherries. I cut the fresh red sweet cherries [...]

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Tiny, yet plump Manilla clams served in an aromatic pesto broth are one of the highlights of the 13 Coins restaurant in Seattle. The clams are magnificent, with a delicious freshness. The pesto broth is garlicky and sumptuous, a beautiful green from the finely minced basil. The pesto is full flavored and without care could [...]

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I looked out my living room window, from my sickbed on the couch, to see a beautiful teenager busily shoveling poop. It was a gorgeous sunny Sunday and this lovely child has seen a need. You know that you are truly blessed in this life when someone is cleaning up after your dogs just because [...]

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The best wine of the night was Lowden Hills Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2003. It was one of five Washington wines we tasted during our first week of our Washington Wines and Wineries class, taught by Dieter Schafer at South Seattle Community College. The class was refreshingly funny and non-pretentious as we learned about the nine [...]

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When I think of sweet succulent seafood, it’s not a brew pub that comes to mind. Maybe fish and chips at a pub, but plump mussels in a superbly seasoned golden Thai broth? Not your typical brew food, but then again Elliot Bay Brewery is not your typical brew pub.
We decided to stop in for [...]

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I wish this neighborhood bar was in MY neighborhood!
Uber is a tiny bar in Greenwood, basically a couch, a fire pit and a couple of small tables. But what it lacks in roominess, it more than makes up for in beer.  They serve over 150 different bottled beers and keep about 25 on tap. We [...]

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Where do you go when you are Sicilian and mourning the death of a loved one? To an Italian restaurant of course! I had been wanting to take Ed to Fremont Classic Pizzeria and Trattoria for a long time and we were practically drooling over the promise of calamari when we drove up to the [...]

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