When I first became aware of the current “24, 24, 24” topic (Thanksgiving), I thought, “Wow…how does one reinvent Thanksgiving without taking away the essential Thanksgivingness of the food?” I certainly didn’t want to eat beef or sushi or curry for a holiday that has only ever centered around a turkey and all the other [...]
Earlier this week, my husband notified me that one of his coworkers was having a birthday (one that divides evenly into 100 only a few times). And would I pretty please make her a cake. Well, as you know, we’ve been a little obsessed with the Red Velvet cupcakes from Sweet Cakes lately. Hmmm…maybe I [...]
Not many things in December are quite as exciting as the uneven pulse of a diesel engine followed by a little “thump” on your doorstep. A package! What is it? Who sent it? (Oh, please don’t just be a ridiculous phone book….was what I was really thinking) Ooooo…what do we have here? A beautiful turquoise [...]
When I say “Thai Food”, what do you think of? I’ll bet 8.5 out of 10 of you thought of Pad Thai (the other 1.5 percent being tied between green curry and crab delite). I admit, I’m one of those Pad Thai junkies. I love lots of other things, but my heart always longs for [...]
Originally posted on January 11, 2011 on Kirkland Patch By Julie Arnan | Email the author | January 11, 2011 Remember the old Disney cartoon where Mickey is floating through the air, drifting on a current of smell, the cooling pie on the window luring him by the nose? A similar phenomenon is occurring in downtown Kirkland. On [...]