Getting our Chocolate Fix, One Glass at a Time

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From truffles to heart shaped boxes full of chocolates, Valentine’s Day was made for chocoholics. We want to take a different approach to getting our chocolate fix this year and try some of the adult beverages that are becoming hugely popular. It seems that every we turn there is a new type of chocolate spirit, [...]

Dreaming of a Festive Holiday Cookie

Give the gift of cookies this holiday season

Guest Post by Anne Nisbet It’s December and visions of sugarplums are dancing in our heads at cookie|box|. Just like those sweet, rosy-cheeked children in Clement Moore’s famous Twas the Night Before Christmas, we dream of delicious treats. The best part is that when we wake up, we can bake those dreams come true! For [...]

GarLic It! for the Holidays

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Guest Post by Llance Kezner During the holidays, we love to amaze people with new twists on the ancient flavor of garlic. Our reputation is proceeding us and now party hosts are asking us to “be in charge” of their appetizers. We rarely say “no,” since we get instant feedback with any of our new [...]

Thanksgiving, One Side at a Time

What will accompany Thanksgiving turkey on your plate?

From traditional to the unexpected, Thanksgiving side dishes are an integral part of the holiday meal. Whether they bring memories of your childhood or the start of new customs, everyone has there own favorite. Recently, Leslie Kelly asked her Facebook followers what was a must for their Thanksgiving table. Here are some of the responses [...]

Stuck on You

There's nothing better than Peanut Butter - photo: peanutbutterlovers.com

Peanut butter is such a satisfying food to me. It’s creamy, salty, rich and satiating all at the same time as well as a comfort food that takes me back to my childhood. I prefer it creamy as opposed to crunchy but I’ll eat peanut butter anyway it comes. A versatile food because it’s simply great [...]

The Great Pumpkin (Cookie)

Fall is the perfect time for Pumpkin treats

With the crisp fall weather settling in the area and Halloween just two weeks away we can’t stop thinking about pumpkins, especially in food-form. Pumpkin is a versatile ingredient and star in many savory dishes but it really shines in sweet ones. Making pumpkin goodies at home is pretty easy (even for the novice baker…high [...]

Easy As Pie – A la Mode Opens Retail Shop

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Guest post by Karen Rosenzweig For most small businesses, things start out fairly simple.  You create a great product, open a small neighborhood shop, and hope to build a strong customer base.  Then, if you are lucky, you might consider the transition to adding a web storefront to reach the masses, and sell your product [...]

Tailgating With the Chefs!

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Guest post by Karen Rosenzweig Now that Fall has officially arrived, it’s time for such great things as pumpkins, baking, comfort food, wine crush – and football! Yes, we are about a month into the pigskin season, and many of us enjoy our weekends with friends and cheering for the Seahawks, Huskies and Cougars – [...]

Rolling gnocchi, smoking fish and playing Scrabble

Guest post by Karen Rosenzweig (note: Karen is less than 10 recipes away from finishing her “Summer of Sustainable Seafood in Seattle” project – cooking and blogging 75 recipes between Memorial Day and Labor Day from Becky Selengut’s Good Fish cookbook! This post was previously published on Good Fish, Good Cook) It only took me [...]

Gourmondo Introduces a New Line of Bottled Salad Dressings

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If you love Seattle-based Gourmondo Catering as much as we do, you know that their philosophy of only using the freshest ingredients from local vendors and small organic farms is what makes their food stand out. We are consistently trying to recreate some of their “signature” items but with their new line of salad dressings [...]