Recently I had had lunch with a friend at Local 360. This is how Local 360 describes itself: Local 360 is a sustainable restaurant and food producer, based in the heart of downtown at the corner of 1st and Bell. Our emphasis is on local sourcing, with the majority of it falling within a 360...

During our recent weekend in Seabrook our friend Preben made some awesome grilled oysters. He calls them “Burton Style BBQ Oysters from Lydies”. We had some nice local fresh oysters. Preben added a bit of cheese and a spicy mix. Good...

This is a simple, quick and tasty dish for a rainy day (which happens a lot in Seattle) lunch. The one tip is to use one pan to cook the mix greens and than the sausages. Finally use a bit of chicken stock to deglaze the pan. It’d result in a very thick and flavorful sauce that you can...

credits to jurek_durczak This past weekend I was talking about Bourbon vs Ryes with a few friends (we were in a house in the Pacific Coast for razor clamming…and bourbon in the evening was a nice complement). In somewhat a timely coincidence the guys at seriouseats just posted a...

This past weekend we headed out to the Pacific coast for a razor clamming gateway. This was my first time, but fortunately our friends had been there before. “Razor clamming” is essentially the harvesting of the pacific razor clam...

We are in a business trip in the Bay Area. On the way from the airport (Oakland) we were passing through Fremont and I remembered that the city is essentially the west coast capital of Afghanistan. So I called H and got the name of the the locals favorite Afghan restaurant: Salang. We...

This is an easy and quick salad for any occasion. Heirloom tomatoes with red onions, basil, chilli, lots of olive oil, and your pick between lime juice or...

My grandma cooks baccala’ in a variety of ways. Once in a while she also made pasta with it. The recipe I used is not quite what she did, but it was heavily inspired by her cooking. Note that in this case I used a standard tomato sauce as the main base for the sauce. in other words I...

Bacalao a bras was one of my favorite dishes when I was living in Lisbon. From wikipedia: ” is one of the most popular ways to prepare codfish in Portugal. It is made from shreds of salted cod (bacalhau), onions and thinly chopped (matchstick sized) fried potatoes in a bound of scrambled...

Last night I was out with a few friends and we ended up ordering some sake. one of my friends suggested the Wandering Poet. It’s on the dry side, although very smooth. Highly...

There are lots and lots of different ways to make scrambled eggs. It really depends on how you like your scrambled eggs. Some like them a bit runny, some a bit rougher, etc… Here’re some of our favorite scrambled eggs videos.     Chef Gordon Ramsey. Sunday morning...

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