2 Recipes To Turn The Season's Cucumbers Into Crisp, Appetizing Pickles
It's my favorite time of year. The cukes are out at the Duris Cucumber Farm on River Road, just a little west of Puyallup. For years, I've been trying...» E-Mail This
View Article'The Easiest, Most Delicious Thing To Do With Corn' That Nancy Leson Has Ever...
I can't believe I've never come across this method for corn off the cob before. After our friends Lori and Denny made it for us this weekend, I checked...» E-Mail This
View ArticleNancy's A Geek For Greek Yogurt
Who but Nancy Leson could go so gaga over yogurt? You, maybe, but not me. A little may do no harm but I'm just not an eat-it-out-of-the-carton kind of...» E-Mail This
View ArticleRemembering School Lunches Past, And How To Commit Mrs. Stein's Chicken A La...
Seems like school and military food have always been fair game for those mystery meat jokes and general put-downs. While I admit that I never got any...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWok This Way — Not Nancy Leson's Way, Says Stein
Nancy Leson keeps a lot of stuff on hand to do what she characterizes as stir-frying. These techniques include first searing meat on the grill rather...» E-Mail This
View Article'Tis The Season To Have Fun With Fungus
Fall is mushroom madness time, which means the new book "Shroom" by Seattle author, chef and 10-year PCC cooking instructor Becky Selengut couldn't be...» E-Mail This
View ArticleNancy Leson Knows Her Apples, Including The Best Kind To Grow In The Northwest
Nancy Leson now knows more about apples, thanks to her friend Bill Davis, who really knows his apples. Which is way more than I knew, never having...» E-Mail This
View ArticleHow Many Cookbooks Are Too Many?
What say you? In Nancy Leson's case, "1,500 to 2,000" was too many cookbooks — so many that she could hardly get into her office any more. So she called...» E-Mail This
View ArticleHugs And Kisses For XO Sauce, The Mommy Of All Umami
Editor's Note: This is a rerun of a vintage Food for Thought post. Nancy Leson and I love the XO sauce, the incredibly flavorful Chinese condiment, but...» E-Mail This
View ArticleJust Back From Spain, Nancy Leson Offers A Few Pointers On Paella
Both Nance and I have been traveling these past weeks. I traveled across Canada by train, and Nancy went to Spain and France with the KPLU Travel Club....» E-Mail This
View ArticleIced Tea, Salad Dressing And Other Things Better Made Than Bought
I know, I know. It's no concern of mine what other people do with their money in a supermarket. But for the life of me, I cannot understand how bottled...» E-Mail This
View ArticleFun With Making Your Own Banh Mi Viet Subs And The Pickles, Too
I'm a recent though enthusiastic consumer of banh mi and a longtime fan of Andrea Nguyen's superb cookbooks. Her newest, "The Banh Mi Handbook: Recipes...» E-Mail This
View ArticleTo Bee Or Not To Bee: That Is The Question For Nancy Leson
Nancy Leson's got a brand new bag, and it's full of bees. In a recent Seattle Times piece about backyard beekeeping, she expressed interest in keeping...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWarning: Wire-Brushing Your Grill May Be Hazardous To Your Health
Nancy Leson thought I was repeating an urban legend when I told her that diners have swallowed bristles from metal grill brushes along with their...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWhat Is This Thing That Nancy Leson Brought Back From The Midwest?
Nancy Leson's just back from a trip to downstate Illinois where she ate not wisely but too well. Besides the extra avoirdupois, she also brought back...» E-Mail This
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