September 19, 2017 It’s chicken dinner night! Last weekend we caught an episode of The Barefoot Contessa on Food Network. I know it’s a stretch of the imagination, but she featured yet another take on roast chicken. This time featuring Chef Dan Silverman’s Million Dollar Chicken from The Standard Gill in New York City. After […]
by Steven 24 May 2017 People occasionally ask us why we have both a gas (propane) grill and a charcoal/wood grill. The simple answer is that we can – we have enough room on our deck for both. The more complicated answer is that we simply enjoy the flexibility and options. Which to use and […]
April 25, 2017 Another sous vide adventure this evening. I got home just before Kevin, which is unusual as we typically leave work at about the same time, but his work is 1/2 the distance from home than mine. I took the opportunity to lay down in bed for a quick bit. Before I had […]
A couple weeks ago we were up at the local Asian grocery store, Uwajimaya, and found a nice slab of pork belly (the actually called it pork side). Our first thought was “Sous Vide!” We got about a two pound piece to bring home. This weekend, we finally got around to throwing it in the […]
Who doesn’t love bacon? (Sorry vegetarians and the pork-adverse!) Well, we love bacon. But we don’t love cooking bacon. Granted there are worse smells you can have in you home than bacon, but it’s does tend to linger and permeate the house. We’ve found a better way: sous vide, thanks to chefsteps.com and Joule. [amazon_link […]
Here’s a little post from our home food adventures. In late September Kevin and I and our friend, Robert, headed north for a nice little weekend getaway. We stayed at a friend’s house east of Bellingham, on the way towards Mt Baker. We arrived the day after the house/groundskeepers finished harvesting the wine grapes […]
Christmas Day dinner with friends began the day before with the arrival of a hefty 3-rib prime rib roast. We knew that to sous vide a roast this size would take many, many hours, so it was necessary to have it handy Christmas morning to start the sous vide process. It’s gotten to be our […]
Aqua – 12/15 before SAM Sculpture Garden walk-about We had tickets to what we thought was going to be a special event at the SAM (Seattle Art Museum) Sculpture Garden down on the waterfront. We drove around a little, finding no parking which isn’t that unusual in that area, and decided to stop in to […]
7 December 2016 by Steven Yesterday I was reading an article about how to sous vide a rib roast (more about that perhaps in a later post). The article, Classic, Oven-Roasted Standing Rib Roast, talked about the difference between the blade end and the loin end of a rib roast. Who knew there was a difference? […]
We’re off to the Islands! The Big Island of Hawaii to be exact. This is a pilgrimage of sorts that we make every couple years. First day – off the main drag of Ali’i Drive, on our way from the airport to our timeshare at the Kona Coast Resort II, we stopped by the crafts […]
Our Favorite Pho Spot: Pho Hai Yen 810 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, Wa We’ve been long remiss in writing up this place. We’ve been coming here habitually for the past 6?, 7? or is it 8 years now? Most Saturdays if were in town (sometimes Sunday) you’ll find us here for lunch. Getting to know […]
Dinner for our night in New York before once again boarding the Queen Mary 2 (see our last trip) was at La Sirena, a Mario Batali venture just in its 5th month. It’s a large, open space, so different than the current trend toward ‘micro’ restaurants. Of course, it’s a gamble to produce the high quality dishes […]
