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Mixed Plate: Locavore and Loving It

Mixed Plate: Locavore and Loving It by Denise Sakaki

It's become such an easy catchphrase: "Eat Local." It's a food movement with great momentum and there's beneficial reasons to strive towards sourcing ingredients as locally as possible, like supporting small businesses as well as getting the freshest flavors. But how often do we really make this happen? Is it something that can be…

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Mixed Plate: Getting In the Season of Ingredients With a New Cookbook

Mixed Plate: Getting In the Season of Ingredients With a New Cookbook by Denise Sakaki

Blame it on the Spring, but the excitement of seasonal cooking is most definitely in the air. Social media feeds are being filled with blooming tulips and gardening photos of early herbs and awakening greens. It was fitting that I received a copy of…

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FoodTrek: Gathering of Flavors at Kaisho

FoodTrek: Gathering of Flavors at Kaisho by Denise Sakaki

or Things Built to Share portion of the menu, and rightly so, since itcould easily be shared by four or a very full meal for two hungrypeople. The impressive thing about the dish isn't its wild East/Westmix or even its elegantly rustic presentation, but the fact that each item is well-prepared onits own, and balanced so that it can…

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OMG a Recipe: Greeting Spring With AsparaGUSTO

OMG a Recipe: Greeting Spring With AsparaGUSTO by Denise Sakaki

I get a little crazy around asparagus season. Maybe because it's literally like tasting Spring. When you're eating asparagus in season and it's not costing, like, $8 a pound because it was barged over from a continent away, you know the cold weather season is coming to an end. Things are growing again, leaves will start to bud,…

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FoodTrek: Going Out to Eat? Have ALL THE GOOD STUFF

FoodTrek: Going Out to Eat? Have ALL THE GOOD STUFF by Denise Sakaki

Yes, I realize it's St. Patrick's Day today (no, it's not, I just completely spaced on when this would post). But it's as good a transition as any to talk about luck and good fortune. I don't have to find some end of a rainbow to realize how very lucky I am for a lot of things, one being that I live near a city like Seattle with so…

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OMG a Recipe: As Drunk on TV

OMG a Recipe: As Drunk on TV by Denise Sakaki

Two vital things you should know about me -- (Vital I) I like my cocktails and (Vital II) I like my nerdy TV shows. A nicely-balanced drink in one hand, DVR remote in the other... PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER. Actually, don't do that. It would be messy. But what you can do, is be inspired to mix up some cocktails and/or get your…

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FoodTrek: Hungry Like the Wolf at SWFE

FoodTrek: Hungry Like the Wolf at SWFE by Denise Sakaki

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Mixed Plate: My Fruschoppen Brings All the Boys to the Yard...

Mixed Plate: My Fruschoppen Brings All the Boys to the Yard... by Denise Sakaki

My fruschoppen brings all the boys to the yaaaaard... And they're like It's better than yours, damn right, it's better than yours... I could teach you, but I'd have to chaaaarge. I don't think Kelis ever had that variation in mind when she did…

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OMG a Recipe: Crusty Like a Pie Shell, and This Post

OMG a Recipe: Crusty Like a Pie Shell, and This Post by Denise Sakaki

It's safe to assume it's mostly bloggers who read other blog posts, so when I say this, it's not for shock value so much as Can I get an Amen, fellow blogger sistahs and brothas? This post took me almost a year to go live. There was no catastrophic human tragedy. The rights to edible food wasn't in litigation hell, being argued over…

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FoodTrek: Treat Yo Self - It's the Best Day/Night of the Yeeeeeear!

FoodTrek: Treat Yo Self - It's the Best Day/Night of the Yeeeeeear! by Denise Sakaki

I felt like I heartily celebrated my first Treat Yo Self mini-adventures of the year, which only served as a reminder to not forget about this glorious self-imposed fake holiday. If this post hasn't inspired you to design-your-own day, you need to…

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