I am a Seattle anomaly. I do not drink coffee.
Even weirder was that I was once a barista.
I drink the occasional cup of coffee every now and again, but when I want a comforting hot drink, I go for a nice, velvety cup of hot chocolate.
Last winter I discovered a delightful variation on the [...]
Archive for the ‘Sweet’ Category
All I want for Christmas is a salted caramel hot chocolate
Posted in So wrong, Sweet, tagged coffee, Starbucks, Seattle, salted caramel hot chocolate, salted caramel signature hot chocolate, hot chocolate, Starbucks red cup, Starbucks holiday drinks, Starbucks holiday beverages, mystarbucksidea.com on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When Ellen is away, penne is in play
Posted in Savory, Sweet, Thursday night dinners, tagged carrot salad, pear and ginger crisp, Penne with cheese and ham, stuffed mushrooms on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I will eat just about anything and have few food hang-ups. So I find people’s food dislikes and “food rules” fascinating. For example, my friend Ellen, the fabulous host of the Thursday “Girl’s Night” dinners, doesn’t like any kind of short pasta. To Ellen, pasta means noodles, and noodles only. To each her own, but [...]
Stop what you’re doing and make this chocolate cake RIGHT NOW (it’s that good)
Posted in So right, Sweet, Thursday night dinners, tagged beer, cake, chocolate, stout on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, my friend Lynn made chocolate stout layer cake for dessert for Thursday night dinner at Ellen’s. I must admit that I was skeptical. Sure, I know that certain stout beers have a dark chocolate flavor, so a pairing of beer and chocolate isn’t that out there. But still, I was afraid [...]
“But it’s breakfast for supper. Your favorite, Paulie.”
Posted in Savory, So right, Sweet, Thursday night dinners, tagged Breakfast for dinner, Paulie Bleeker, Juno on August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I didn’t need to watch Juno to know that having breakfast for dinner kicks butt.
My Thursday night dinner crew shares the sentiment, and in June, we had a potato and leek frittata, waffles, bacon, sausage, fruit salad and mimosas in honor of our friend Jill’s birthday.
Figs, pigs and lions
Posted in Alcohol, Savory, Sweet, Thursday night dinners, tagged Carrots with black olives and garlic, Figs, finnochiona salami, Lion of the Senate, Metropolitan Market, mole salami, mollinari hot salami, NILLA wafers, Pudding, Salumi, sopressata, Ted Kennedy, Trader Joe's vanilla wafers, White Lion cocktail on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Tara and her husband H. recently purchased their first home, and they graciously hosted this past Thursday’s Girl’s Night dinner at their new digs.
We started the night with some cheese, figs and meat treats from Salumi. I bought them at the Metropolitan Market in West Seattle, which has a robust selection of [...]
Bluebird is no fly-by-night operation
Posted in Ice cream, Reviews, Sweet, tagged Bluebird, Bluebird Homemade Ice Cream & Tea Room, Capitol H, Chocolate pudding ice cream, Ice cream, Seattle, Snickerdoodle ice cream on August 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Since I’m training for a half marathon, probably the last thing I should be eating is snickerdoodle ice cream. But there I was last night at Bluebird Homemade Ice Cream & Tea Room enjoying a scoop. I had also gotten a kids-size scoop of chocolate pudding ice cream for my son, and he did eat [...]
Oh yes, it’s ladies night
Posted in Savory, Sweet, Thursday night dinners, tagged appetizers, cheese plate, chocolate and peanut butter brownie, garam masala deviled eggs, ham tartines, Jamaican chicken bites, Ladies Night, marshmallow fluff, meatballs, Project Runway, Project Runway All Stars, Project Runway Season 6, roasted veggies, Santino Rice, smoked salmon, Tom Douglas on August 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So the Thursday morning after the Top Chef Masters finale, I was a little bummed because Hubert Keller lost, but I wasn’t down for too long because I had dinner at my friend Ellen’s house to look forward to. As I wrote a few months ago, every Thursday Ellen hosts a “Girls Night” at her [...]
Jones-ing for United Way
Posted in Good causes, Sweet, tagged Climb for the Community, Costco, cream soda, green apple, Jim Mora, Jones Soda, Jones Soda flavors, Orange and cream, Seahawks coach, Seattle Seahawks, United Way on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As many Americans did this weekend, I celebrated our nation’s birthday by doing what else–grilling with friends and family. At one barbecue I attended, I was surprised and delighted to find United Way-branded Jones Soda in the cooler. The bottles feature Seattle Seahawks head coach Jim Mora and are helping to raise awareness about United [...]
Real Chocolate Relief Act
Posted in Sweet, tagged Free chocolate, Mars, Neil Patrick Harris, Real Chocolate Relief Act on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While I was playing around with the Snickers Snacklish translator on Facebook (see previous post), I stumbled upon this hilarious video featuring the one and only Neil Patrick Harris. I love the purposefully low-rent production values, especially the use of bad stock photography and b-roll video.
I visited the Mars realchocolate.com [...]
