Posted in At Home, Favorite Places on Oct 27th, 2010
The classic, as-we-know-it nowaday ice cube really is not a cube at all. It of course depends on its tray but it seems there are always rounded corners and edges, or they are flat, and generally sort of busted. This is why it was exciting to notice that some bars and restaurants are using square [...]
Posted in Favorite Places on Oct 14th, 2010
Noble Fir is a new bar/small-plate serving place in Ballard, of course. Opened by a couple recently wanting a change of career, or pace, the Noble Fir has a classic northwest feel. Travel books, maps and atlases line one of the walls in a little reading area. It’s a great accompaniment to a tasty IPA [...]
Posted in At Home on Oct 14th, 2010
With all the bread we have been making, there have been quite a few pieces that have been slightly stale. We always try to use this in some way or another (bread crumbs, french toast, croutons). We finally used some of this stale bread for panzanella, or a bread salad, something we’d been wanting to [...]
Posted in At Home on Oct 7th, 2010
We did it! We made a baguette – and it tasted awesome! So this was a long time coming, because we had to buy a special bread baker for this. It’s a terra cotta thing made by Romertopf (there are a few different types; this was just the basic bread baker, as it actually says [...]