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Uploaded to Flickr by Seattle Bon Vivant on 25 Sep '06
And it was even more delicious than I thoughtit would be. Made with Friday's leftover raisin raisin challah, local eggs and honey purchased at the Ballard Farmers Market (from Washington Bees that took a trip to California to pollinate lime, lemon and orange crops). No cinammon or vanilla was added. This was nothing but bread egg and honey.
Great news for all you fellow Ruth Reichl and Gourmet fans! Starting next week, KCTS/Seattle will be airing the new cooking and travel series Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie.
The series (produced by WGBH and Zero Point Zero Productions in association with Gourmet magazine and Discovery Networks International) is comprised of 20 half-hour episodes with the Season Premiere on Saturday, October 7, 2006.
After taking a look at the press release and descriptions of the first four episodes I can already tell it is going to be fabulous.
“Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie” is a delicious new public television series that looks at the world food first. Traveling the globe to the world’s must-see food destinations—Italy, Brazil, Peru, China, Australia, and the United States, to name a few—the series unearths a feast of cutting-edge food trends, exotic ingredients, and in-the-know food players. From artisans struggling to save the ancient craft of knife making in Japan, to a hidden organic garden run by monks in central Rome,
“Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie” offers an unprecedented look at the ingredients that fuel our love affair with food. With Gourmet as editorial partner, the series boasts an arsenal of trusted epicurean experts who deliver compelling and provocative food stories steeped in passions and opinions. Gourmet Editor in Chief Ruth Reichl and her team of renowned editors also go inside the magazine’s New York City test kitchens to show viewers how they can bring fantastic finds from the international food landscape into their own homes."
An Interview With Ruth Reichl on Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie (from APT)
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I have to admit I just can't be bothered to watch the Food Network anymore. The last two shows I really liked was the original campy and dubbed Iron Chef and later on the casual and simple elegance of Barefoot Contessa. Even then I only manage to catch it on re-runs while channel flipping on a weekend.
But this morning, while listening to the news I heard this delicious bit: Nigella is back on TV, with a show based on her Feast: Food to Celebrate Life book. Not since the Style Network aired her Nigella Bites have I gotten this happy about a new food show. If the show is as enjoyable as the book is, this should be prime Tivo material.
Nigella Feasts is the delectable new series from the domestic goddess herself, Nigella Lawson one of the world’s most influential cooks and food writers. Prepare for a total immersion in Nigella’s food life and the delicious feasts she cooks for herself, friends, family—from big, special occasions to small, everyday pleasures. She'll also share an irresistible mix of easy recipes, tips and fuss-free ideas that make entertaining truly effortless.
Nigella Feasts premieres October 1 at 1pm/12c with episode Crowd Pleasers
The Scoop:
I plan to be there tonight for dinner. If you go, let us know what you think about the pizza, the service and suggestions on your favorite combos. Pretty please! ;-)
Uploaded to Flickr by Seattle Bon Vivant on 22 Sep '06
Raisin Challah, the last one left at Macrina this afternoon. I got really lucky! Half of it was eaten toasted with butter for dessert earlier this evening (friends came over for dinner). The rest will be enjoyed as French Toast tomorrow morning. Is it breakfast yet?
$4.25 at Macrina Bakery
Uploaded to Flickr by Viv | Seattle Bon Vivant on 30 May '06
White chocolate morsels whisked in green-tea powder (matcha) with steamed milk and organic whipped cream. It was delicious! (8 ounces- $2.75, 12 ounces-$3.50 and 16 ounces-$4.25)
Koots Green Tea
700 Bellevue Way N.E.
Suite 100
Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone: (425) 455-2949
Uploaded to Flickr by Seattle Bon Vivant on 20 Sep '06
They were roasted in O & Co's Didier Goubet Organic Merlot Juice (the same juice used for the Guavas in Spiced Merlot Juice Syrup), superfine sugar, true cinammon and cloves. The reduced juice was served over the ice cream.
Served with vanilla bean ice cream, I can't think of a better way to say goodbye to the amazing summer we just had while welcoming autumn and all its possibilities.
*Over Greek yogurt, these would make a great simple little dessert too.
Uploaded to Flickr by Seattle Bon Vivant on 25 May '06
The other day I was at an event with a writer friend who introduced me to a colleague of his. During the conversation, the colleague asked what were some of my favorite restaurants right now.
Before I could answer, my friend interjected and said:"I know she is going to say Sitka & Spruce. She won't shut up about the place".
And he is right. I love Sitka & Spruce. This is the first restaurant I visited as soon as I returned back home to Seattle earlier this summer and it seems as if I've been going back every week since. Sometimes for breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner.
I really can't get enough.
Chef/owner Matt Dillon (of Herbfarm and Stumbling Goat fame) dishes out ingredient focused (locally sourced, many of them organic, from small family farms, as fresh and seasonal as it can possible be) lunches and dinners in a casual, user friendly and welcoming atmosphere, priced to eat out often.
Go early in the morning for espresso--with Bronwen Serna, soft boiled eggs, scones and the papers--, for lunch (those tartines, those soups!) or dinner (the only place I'll eat at the bar while wearing high heels and not hope for a table).
Eat at the counter, table or outside while you still can. But go, eat. Everything I've had there has been utterly delicious,
In Eastlake, at the space previously occupied by Sophie's Donuts, across from the old Hines Public Market Coffee
Sitka & Spruce
2238 Eastlake Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
206.624.0662
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Last Friday was Café Cantante. And tonight it was yet another lovely evening of good coffee, tea, quesadillas and dulce de leche bars while listening to the music of Correo Aéreo. At Café Rozella, in White Center. Weather permitting (better take a sweater, autumn is definitely here!), they'll be back the next two Saturdays.
Cafe Rozella
9434 Delridge Way
Seattle, WA
206.763.5805
Café Rozella on my Flickr
More on Correo Aéreo
Uploaded to Flickr by Seattle Bon Vivant on 14 Sep '06.
Last Sunday afternoon, through a paperless spot in the door, I snapped a photo of what will become, very soon, the place to go for pizza in our neighborhood. I heard it is opening within a week.
And we can't wait! Because as much as we love Tutta Bella and Café Lago (and the veggie options at Cafe Flora) we downtowners have been seriously lacking a really good and local pizza joint that we can walk to.
"Soon to open is Serious Pie, a pizzeria attached to the Dahlia Bakery. In fact, Douglas has combined three spaces that used to be a dry cleaner, a coin shop and hair salon into his bakery and pizzeria. "The bakery will anchor the space," he says. Expect a medium crust, well developed and chewy" Puget Sound Business Journal
Tom Douglas is serious about pizza
Update: Serious Pie will open September 22nd. 11am to 11pm
