Author: L

  • Pounds in London… and I'm not talking $$

    Pounds in London… and I'm not talking $$

    How does one go about summarizing over a week of pints and bites without writing an entire book and boring ones readers to death? I honestly couldn’t think of how…

  • STW Challenge for December: Tradition

    November’s challenge for fall was full of great autumnal shots… warm dishes with rich warm tones, bushes of pears and apples and gorgeous looking pastries, not to mention some pretty…

  • Ideas in Food: The Book

    The Ideas in Food blog folks, husband and wife team H. Alexander Talbot and Aki Kamozawa, and outstanding co-chefs in their own right, have just self-published a book… not a…

  • Food Photography & Cookbook Talk: Vancouver, BC

    John Sherlock is the expert food photographer behind recent books from Vikram Vij, Rob Feenie, and John Bishop. Barbara Jo’s Books to Cooks in Vancouver will be hosting John as…

  • Pomegranate, Oolong and Dark Chocolate Truffle

    Pomegranate, Oolong and Dark Chocolate Truffle

    Finally… we get to the last and my favorite of the truffles. I was inspired by a recent pomegranate oolong panna cotta at Goblin Market in New York. And, I…

  • Dark Chocolate and Pumpkin Truffles

    A Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! It’s an odd Thanksgiving for me this year, not because we are out of the country (visiting friends in London), but because we aren’t in…

  • Milk Chocolate, Espresso and Hazelnut Truffles

    Milk Chocolate, Espresso and Hazelnut Truffles

    When I first mentioned to Cam that I would be making truffles, he asked me what kind… ones that he would like or weird ones. My initial list, I’m afraid…

  • Dark Chocolate & Espresso Truffles

    Dark Chocolate & Espresso Truffles

    Dark Chocolate, meet espresso. Espresso, meet dark chocolate. I knew you two would get along. Here’s my second truffle for my week-long extension to Sugar High Friday’s Truffle Edition. The…

  • Trufflicious (SHF #25) Day 1: Dark Chocolate & Lemon

    Trufflicious (SHF #25) Day 1: Dark Chocolate & Lemon

    It’s Sugar High Friday time again! Yes, I know it’s not Friday yet… but when I saw that the theme was truffles, hosted this month by The Passionate Cook, I…

  • Apples, Pumpkin Stuffed and Roasted

    Apples, Pumpkin Stuffed and Roasted

    What could be better than an autumn spiced pumpkin puree? How about an autumn spiced pumpkin puree stuff inside a Jones Creek Jonagold apple? It’s a perfect little caper to…

  • Small Bounties: The West Seattle Farmer's Market

    Small Bounties: The West Seattle Farmer's Market

    I miss all the photos on my blog. I have a whole heap of restaurant reviews that I need to start posting, all of which will be sadly devoid of…

  • Of Mice and Marathons: Lessons Learned in New York City

    Of Mice and Marathons: Lessons Learned in New York City

    What a whirlwind of a trip. Four days in New York City is certainly not enough. Between the marathon and the meals, endless crosstown taxi rides, many miles put on…