Farm to Table: Trellis Offers Market Fresh In Kirkland

We finally made it happen, dinner at Kirkland’s newest addition, Trellis. Last Thursday we took a stroll down to the restaurant, located in Kirkland’s Heathman Hotel , for an evening with friends, Sarah and Jason. We had been talking about venturing to Trellis for months (ever since it opened last fall) so we were very [...]

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Averna: A Traditional, Longstanding Italian Past Time

  Last week, I ventured out with some colleagues for drinks after work while Sean was at a client dinner. We ended up at Cantina, a Latin-themed lounge somewhere between the Union Square and Nob Hill neighborhoods of San Francisco. We walked in and the culinary cocktail lounge just happened to be hosting an event to [...]

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Good times in San Francisco

Sean and I are working from San Francisco this week and we’re thoroughly enjoying our experience down here. Over the weekend, we enjoyed a number of fun outings and below are the highlights: Lunch outside the Ferry Plaza. We gathered sandwich goodies from Cowgirl Creamery, Mastrelli’s Delicatessen and Acme Bakery. I think my dream job is to work at CC, [...]

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Soup Sunday

I’ve been crossing my fingers the past few weeks that the winter-like weather we’ve been experiencing will flee, but it hasn’t. And as long it continues, I aim to make soup on Sundays. I like to think of this “tradition” as Soup Sunday. There is something to be said about blending fresh, flavorful ingredients to [...]

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Amazon-ingly Fresh

I placed an order with AmazonFresh on Wednesday and I was pleasantly surprised with the transaction, and thought I’d share. The fresh produce arrived before 6 AM on Thursday; clean and packaged nicely. Aside from fruits and vegetables, I bought some prosciutto and Italian sausages (they arrived in a temperature-controlled bag with ice pack). Even [...]

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