Author: L

  • Donut Day!

    Donut Day!

    It’s National Donut Day so the quiche recipe will have to wait. But I don’t think anyone is going to mind trading quiche (no matter how delicious it is) for…

  • All I want to eat

    All I want to eat

    It’s hot today, and all I want to do is play around with and eat things from my garden.

  • Budget Linens

    Budget Linens

    A great linen can really make a photo. But if you shopped for high quality tablecloths and runners frequently like I do, you’ll probably find yourself with sticker shock more…

  • Pretty Light on Pretty Stuff: An Interview with Annabelle Breakey

    Pretty Light on Pretty Stuff: An Interview with Annabelle Breakey

    Several weeks ago, Annabelle Breakey, one of my favorite photographers, tweeted: I’m a photographer and the market place is really crazy- how best to share work and inspire?? go forward?…

  • Salsa Season

    Salsa Season

    There is just nothing like late spring in Seattle. Yes, there are beautiful days everywhere, but on a beautiful, warm May or early June day in Seattle, you’d think they…

  • Hungry Monkey

    Hungry Monkey

    One of the (many) benefits of living in Seattle is getting to hang with some amazing food writers. Seattle seems to have them in abundance. One of my favorites, without…

  • Time for May-garitas

    Time for May-garitas

    I know celebrating Cinco de Mayo has become a much bigger thing here in the US, but hey, any chance to have a party is good enough for me and…

  • SLW Photo Remakes

    SLW Photo Remakes

    One of my favorite magazines to flip through for the photography is Gourmet Traveller. The stylists and photographers have an amazing way of elevating even the simplest dishes to art.…

  • Wrap-ups and Upcomings

    Wrap-ups and Upcomings

    I’m afraid I left last week’s update of my Hunger Challenge with a whimper instead of a bang. That’s kind of how it felt too. Thursday night’s dinner did include…

  • Splurging Now and Then

    Splurging Now and Then

    I live in a world where I don’t think much about the prices of food. Much of the food that we have around the house is left-over from some photo…

  • The Chicken and the Egg

    The Chicken and the Egg

    Last night, I blew through my daily budget. Luckily, it was only by $0.12 and I think I charged myself too much for the bread (we’ll see if I actually…

  • Eating on $7 per day

    Eating on $7 per day

    I mentioned last week that this week I was participating in the United Way Hunger Challenge, and this morning it officially began. The goal of this challenge isn’t to go…