I believe food reflects a culture just as much as its religion or language.  Tradition, landscape, climate and history all play a part in creating what is known as a culture's ethnic food.

Oh, what to do with all that zucchini! It's piled high in farmers markets, your neighbor's trying to pawn some off on you, but you've got a glut in your own garden.

Sometimes you don't want to wait six weeks for the sweet tangy brine of your  homemade pickles. That's when you make a quick pickle.

Oh, do we have some cool things about to happen here in Seattle! An exciting new artsy-literary-food-cocktail series called Night School will kick off next Monday, August 18, at The Sorrento Hotel.