Topic Women/Culinary Arts
Edna Lewis, the Grand Dame of Southern Cuisine
My favorite excerpt from The Taste of Country Cooking by Ms. Edna Lewis: “I will never forget spring mornings in Virginia. A warm morning and a red sun rising behind a thick
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I Almost Forgot How Much I Like Girls
It’s easy to get caught up with the day-to-day, and put aside those situations whichmake the day-to-day actually worth living. Case in point, I was invited to dinner with
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Bennie and the Cru Cellar Treasures Wine Club
Have you ever been invited to an exclusive wine club dinner party featuring delectable food, rousing repartee with prestigious foodies, and rare bottles from their private collections? Cru Cellar Treasures,
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Gramma Jo
Today is May Day. Warm, sunny days are almost here, and soon, purveyors will bring their produce to sell at local farmer’s markets. It’s a good day. Also felicitous, it’s Gramma
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Cynthia Nims’ New Food Blog, Mon Appetit
(Photo of Cynthia from her website.) She said she’d never do it, but she went ahead and did it anyway. Freelance writer and cookbook author, Cynthia Nims, recently debuted her new food blog, Mon
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ChikaLicious: One of Manhattan’s First Dessert Bars
I was googling around one night looking for interesting things to eat during my upcoming trip to Manhattan and cyber-stumbled upon ChikaLicious, a dessert bar on the Lower East Side. A
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Chez Pim, Haute Couture Chickens and Eggs
(Photo borrowed from Pim’s Website, chezpim.com) Pim, blogger extraordinaire, does a lot of good with her food blog, Chez Pim – this year alone she united food bloggers everywhere and raised over $60,000 for
Continue Reading→Interview: Sue Singer, President & Founder of PICA
When Sue created the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, she added “entrepreneur” to her already very accomplished career in the hospitality industry. She opened the doors to PICA in 1997 with 3 chefs,
Continue Reading→Interview: Mary Kay Culpepper, Editor of Cooking Light Magazine
Dynamic, professional, and gracious, Mary Kay is a career journalist who edits a magazine helping over eleven million readers to “eat right, be fit & live well.” KM: How did your career
Continue Reading→Interview: Cynthia Nims, Food Writer & Cookbook Author
Cynthia’s career in the culinary arts is illustrious indeed — she has studied here in Seattle and France (her home away from home); authored & coauthored several cookbooks on local products
Continue Reading→Interview: Jen Doak, Tasting Room
Essence, by definition, is a “choice, essential and vital part of an idea or experience.” For the regular clientele and droves of tourists through Pike Place Market, Jen Doak is the essence of
Continue Reading→Interview: Grace Young, Cookbook Author
Sitting over a bowl of steaming noodles and reading Saveur magazine, I was drawn into an article about Grace Young and her new book, The Breath of a Wok – Unlocking the Spirit of
Continue Reading→Interview: Val Markus, Wine Rep
Wine reps are always eager to share their knowledge and passion, and they always seem to have a fabulous, soon-to-be-discovered bottle hanging around the backseat of their car anxiously
Continue Reading→Interview: Sally McArthur, Chef and Entrepreneur
Sally McArthur is the owner & executive teaching chef of France Through the Kitchen Door, a week-long cooking course at Chateau du Rivau in the heart of Chinon, a beautiful
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Interview: Leslie Mackie of Macrina Bakery
“Macrina is the kind of place you move to a neighborhood for,” says the Seattle Times. The bakery was named after the patron saint of community, who was the first
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