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An Education in Food | Entrements and Dessert

November 30, 2011

Plan a getaway with our travel magazines. Welcome to Day Four of Four in this series: “An Education in Food | De-Mystifying Fancy Food Terminology.” In case you missed the last three posts, I recently attended a winemaker’s dinner at Seattle’s Hotel 1000, which inspired a whole lot of culinary learning in this little foodie. I’ve spent [...]

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An Education in Food | Braising Demi-Glaze, and Oxtail Sugo

November 16, 2011

Welcome to Day Three of Four in this weeks’s “An Education in Food | De-Mystifying Fancy Food Terminology.” In case you missed the last two posts, I recentely attended a winemaker’s dinner at Seattle’s Hotel 1000, which inspired a whole lot of culinary learning in this little foodie. It was a delicious, five-course meal stuffed [...]

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An Education in Food | Cinderella Pumpkin Soup & Chili Lime Poached Pear Salad

November 15, 2011

Welcome to Day Two of Four in this weeks’s “An Education in Food | De-Mystifying Fancy Food Terminology.” In case you missed yesterday’s post, I recentely attended a winemaker’s dinner at Hotel 1000. It was a delicious, five-course meal stuffed full of flavor and innovation… and a bunch of words I only kind of understood. [...]

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An Education in Food | What is an amuse-bouche? And while we’re at it, what’s the difference between tartare and ceviche?

November 14, 2011

Ever wonder what the difference between a tartare and a ceviche is? And perhaps you’ve heard about gnocchi, but what about gnudi? Is a Cinderella Pumpkin a real thing? I recently attended Hotel 1000‘s Vintimate Winemaker’s Dinner in Seattle, Washington. The event is held in Hotel 1000′s Studio 1000, a warm and intimate setting perfect [...]

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Recipe | Roasted Pumpkin Soup

November 9, 2011
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It started with this. This is a Cinderella Pumpkin Soup, and I devoured politely sampled this Cinderella Pumpkin Soup at Hotel 1000 in Seattle a couple of weeks ago. I was invited to attend their Vintimate Winemakers’ Dinner, which is an amazing pairing of a local winemaker’s wines (in this case, it was Upland Estates) [...]

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Cheese Plate at Boka

October 31, 2011

One of Life’s Greatest Pleasures is a killer cheese plate. Great cheeses varying from hard to soft, mild to sharp, creamy to crumbly, paired with acoutrements like truffle honey, dried fruit, buttery crostini, and the right wines — it’s just… the best. The absolute best. So, imagine my delight when I checked into my room [...]

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Seattle-Bound

October 25, 2011
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I’m headed north to Seattle for a few days to check out a couple of hotels, a couple of restaurants, a couple of breakfast joints and a whole lot of coffee shops. I’ll be meeting Jayme up there to check out all of the above, so if you’ve got a favorite Seattle haunt, let us [...]

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Seattle | Oddfellow’s Cafe

October 16, 2011
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Because detours can be as much fun as a planned trip, Chris and I took the long way home from Minnesota when we traveled back in September. Instead of flying straight back to Portland, we decided to fly to Seattle, spend the day, and then take the Amtrak Cascades from Seattle to Portland. We arrived [...]

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Creative Itineraries: When it’s more about the journey

August 11, 2011
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We could’ve booked our trip to my home state of Minnesota like this: PDX > MSP  Point A to Point B Saturday: Show up at PDX, check in, walk through security, board single-file onto a DC-10 or a 737 or an Airbus. Spend the next 3ish hours at 30,000 feet, and land in MSP two [...]

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Taste & Travel Tuesday: Mama’s Fish House, Hawaii

August 2, 2011

If it’s good enough for Andy Reid… So the abundance of recommendations were clear – Mama’s Fish House is delicious but expensive. All the folks that suggested I visit Mama’s during my trip to Maui never once said over-priced, they said expensive. And that my friend is a huge difference. Had they said over-priced, meaning [...]

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