Slow go
Starting a new job was once a fun exciting venture in my eyes. I thrilled at meeting new people and learning new things. Lately, however, I have come to realize how much I dislike starting new jobs....
View ArticleDine Around Seattle
It’s that time of year again, folks. Sure, time for holidays, nesting, hot cocoa, and all kinds of cold weather behavior. But it’s time again for Seattle’s biggest restaurant promotion. You knew it...
View ArticleBest Of
It seems every publication is all lists this time of year. What to gifts buy for this person or that, what to wear for holiday gatherings here or there, and finally, the “best of” lists. We all have...
View ArticleScratch pancakes
I grew up on Bisquick, as I am sure many of us did. Much of the baking my mom did came from a box. Cakes came from no where else, and as April 23rd neared each year my tiny mouth salivated in...
View ArticleThin Ice
Shuna lost her job. Shuna is a slashie like me. No, not a actor slash male model, silly Zoolander fan, blogger slash chef. Pastry chef to be exact. And she recently lost her pastry chef job. I point...
View ArticleThe Flavor of Color
It is a fact that color has a drastic effect on your perception of flavor. The information received from our eyes will lead us to anticipate a flavor based on the color of a food or beverage, and that...
View ArticleBread Pudding
I once read that concerning haute cuisine, texture is the final frontier. The showiest developments in cuisine lately have certainly been textural. While many of the new textures are coming from...
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All Rhubarb, All The Time
In other parts of the world, fruit is in season. In places other than Seattle, pastry chefs are working with more than Rhubarb. But no matter how many sunny Seattle weekends drive a burning desire to...
View ArticleQueso Fresco
I withstood the rain today, meandering through the University farmers market in desparate hopes of a sign of a coming summer, and found it in two baskets of strawberries and a pound of cherries. The...
View ArticleLarge and in charge
Summer pulls everyone this way and that. I myself have two more out of town trips planned, all the while balancing a schedule of classes to teach, demonstrations, and my 3 jobs. At Veil, we are running...
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