Hatch Chile Time: Cheesy Green Chile Polenta

We're right in the sweet spot of chile season. We're a couple of weeks in on Hatch chile roasting; Anaheims, poblanos, jalapenos and serranos are plentiful at the farmers market, and we're eating chile every way possible. It's funny though, spicy food isn't really part of Seattle's DNA, and yet all the supermarkets only got…

ByMichelleAugust 25, 20160Comments

PURE FOOD by Kurt Beecher Dammeier |Book Review

Pure Food: A Chef’s Handbook for Eating Clean, with Healthy, Delicious Recipes by Kurt Beecher Dammeier     -- 3 and 1/2 stars **ARC provided by the publisher for review** Effort to get Americans cooking and eating clean gets a bump this week with the release of Kurt Beecher Dammeier’s latest cookbook, Pure Food. The…

ByMichelleJuly 6, 20161Comment

Hatch Chile Mac and Cheese

Have you ever stood in the pasta aisle at your grocery store and noticed they carry 4-5 different brands of spaghetti or farfalle? Then they've got capellini, fettuccini, linguine, orecchiette, penne, orzo, and then you get down to the bottom shelf and there are the egg noodles. But where are the large elbow macaroni? Small elbows, check. Large elbows? Nope. When did the large elbow fall out of favor? Did it get pushed out by the whole wheat and rice pasta?

ByMichelleOctober 23, 20111Comment