Concords were the grapes of my childhood. They were grown all over the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York for jelly, juice, and Kosher wine. I outgrew concords and moved on to seedless grapes grown in California. Or so I thought. Lately I’ve been buying organic Washington-grown concord grapes. Concord grapes belong to the …
October 2019 archive
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Oct 19
Light in the Dark Season
Seattle is in the midst of what the weather geeks call the Dark Season. Rain is forecast for the foreseeable future. My pepper and petunia plants are waterlogged and should be disposed of if it ever stops raining long enough for me to do so without soaking the floors. Still there is light. The leaves are …
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Oct 13
Poor Man’s Pizza
I had a chunk of leftover “French bread”, along with some mozzarella cheese and jarred spaghetti sauce. What to do for lunch? Make a poor man’s pizza. For those of you not of the Cornell persuasion, the poor man’s pizza (or PMP) is the direct antecedent of Stouffer’s French bread pizza. It’s a chunk of …
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Oct 08
A Lighter Eggplant Parmesan
Traditional eggplant parmesan can be as heavy as lead. The eggplant pieces get breaded and fried, then are layered in a casserole with an overload of cheese. We had a lighter version last month at Il Terrazzo Carmine, as described in this post. Julian decided to try and reproduce the recipe at Casa Sammamish. He …
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