Lent, the 40-day Christian observance before Easter, is a time of prayer, fasting, almsgiving and as far as my local grocer is concerned, seafood sales.
I’m Catholic and abstain from eating meat and poultry Fridays during Lent. So part of me sees the ad and thinks, “Great! Now I know where to get a good deal [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Rejoice! Salmon is $7.99/lb
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Catholic, Fish, holiday, Lent, seafood on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Perhaps Fritalian?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coffee, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks on February 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve always found Seattle’s coffee culture a little ridiculous, and apparently Dunkin’ Donuts thinks so too.
This commerical is a couple of years old, but it’s resurfaced as Dunkin’ Donuts amps up its advertising in its quest to become America’s new coffee king. A recent Seattle P-I article states that [...]
Feel the burn
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fresh wasabi, Mashiko, Sushi on February 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m a sushi lover and for years, I’ve heard about the remarkable taste of fresh wasabi. Most restaurants use imitation wasabi that comes in a tube because fresh wasabi is very expensive. So I jumped at the chance to try it when I saw it on the menu at Mashiko in West Seattle.
It cost [...]
Say it with…seafood?
Posted in Savory, So wrong, tagged heart, seafood, shrimp, Valentine's Day on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Apparently my local grocer feels a great way to express your love this Valentine’s Day is with a heart-shaped(!) box of shrimp.
Yum yum give me some
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dumplings, kabocha squash, Sushi on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“I like food,” I declared to my friend. We then proceeded to tuck into six or seven dishes at Rain sushi restaurant in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood.
The fish was fine, but that night I most enjoyed an original vegetarian take on a classic Asian finger food–kabocha squash dumplings. The dumplings were sweet but not cloying, [...]
