One thing that has been sub-optimal about this week is the nasty coffee. The OOPSLA "coffee breaks" really should be called "mop water breaks." It's such awful stuff. Actually, it doesn't even taste like weak coffee. It might really be hot mop water. I didn't expect it to be good, [...] Read More…
We started off at See Ya Later Ranch (formerly Hawthorne Mountain) and enjoyed some surprisingly good local bubbly along with some lunch. Of course, we ordered a whole bottle so I was a little buzzed after. The view from up there was beautiful: I sampled a typically Canadian sub-par Pinot Noir and then we [...] Read More…
Recently I devoured two of the most delicious cakes ever. Cake #1 was at Chez Gaudy on Capitol Hill: a buttery, moist chocolate cake with killer chocolate icing. It wasn't anything super fancy, but it was one of the yummiest pieces of chocolate cake I've had. It was rather large and I [...] Read More…
Um, yeah. This is one of the most horrible things you'll ever see: a first-hand account of preparing spray cheese-filled, bacon-wrapped hot dogs. "If syphilis was a food product, this is what it would look like." Sorry if I ruined your appetite. Read More…
Nicholas, Jodie, and I cooked up some super delicious banana nut pancakes when I was in Toronto last weekend. Each of us had about three and a half fat pancakes with pecans, walnuts, and bananas baked into the batter. As if that wasn't enough, we topped them with whipped cream, cinnamon, strawberries, and jam. [...] Read More…
Every now and then I throw a dinner party for myself. It's partly self-indulgent, but it's also about experimenting with new things that I might sometime serve to impress others. Nigella Lawson talks a bit about cooking for oneself in How To Eat: The Pleasures and Pricinples of Good Food. Here are [...] Read More…
At first I was going to cross-post this on the World Foodies blog, but I just couldn't stand to have my reputation there tarnished by this tragic episode of lemon bar production. Read More…
I've added a link to the International Blog of Food, a new collaborative foodie blog that my brother's friend started to record interesting experiences in food in his travels around the globe. I just made my first post! Hopefully I'll start making regular contributions. Read More…
Ok, so I tried the 2004 Twisted Tree Syrah (~CAD 35) and the 2003 Cedar Creek Estate Syrah (~CAD 35). The Twisted Tree was decent, but it was a little too over-oaked for my tastes. It smelled nice: herby like my brother Nicholas said. Unfortunately the finish was all oak, which really [...] Read More…
I've been on a real syrah kick lately. It's pretty much all I've been drinking in the last 6 months or so. Mostly I drink the Washington ones because they tend to be very tasty and good value, but while I'm in Kelowna I decided to try a few local ones. I first tried [...] Read More…