While traveling to Seattle for a few days, I stopped by Elliott’s Oyster House for – well you guessed it – oysters. Elliott’s is located in downtown Seattle, on the Puget Sound waterfront. Upon entering, I was greeted by 15+ types of beautifually displayed oysters behind the rar bar with two full time shuckers. Since I was solo, [...]
How would you answer this question? Stop reading now and put your answer in the comments. Ok, now let’s get to my answer. I too have often flipped through cook books , magazines, and the internet finding pictures and recipes that look great. But are they great? Do the flavors actually work? Does the recipe make sense? [...]
I’ve been catching up on process my photos and realized quite a few of them are related to food – that is buying, cooking, and eating food and visiting food related businesses – restaurants, grocery stores, farmers markets. To assist with organizing photos for blog posts, I tag these types of photos related to food with [...]
I have read many many times that spices over 6 months old should be replaced because their power and effectiveness diminish over time. So how may people actually go out and replace their entire spice cabinet every 6 months? Or what would it cost to do so? While I always feel bad about keeping my [...]
Save the date. Taste of The World in Fenton Village is coming to Silver Spring, MD on May 15, 2011 from 2pm – 5pm. Details are still sparse, but I assume we’ll be seeing participation from the diverse restaurants in the real “downtown” Silver Spring area (not Downtown Silver Spring).