Finally at the Market, Shockingly It’s Hatch Chile Time

You might recall my recent aversion to going to the market for groceries. Oh, how I sometimes just hate to go to the market. It’s like a kind of rare disease or something, isn’t it?…

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Hiding from the Gigantic Grocery Store, Cereal, Anyone?

It was a long time ago, but one of my favorite long running topics was my complete lack of ability to get myself anywhere near a grocery store. It happened one day, honestly it did.…

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It was One Heck of a Gigantic Cream Puff

I admit it. When it comes to French pastries, I don’t know my Religieuse from my Madeleines. Don’t get me wrong, I love these pastries as much as the next connoisseur, I just don’t know…

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Chasing Beautiful Light, Finding Dragons

This weekend is the annual “Chase the Light” fundraiser. For those who don’t know, this is an annual fundraiser held by Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW.) It’s called “Chase the Light” because photographers who participate all…

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Chinese Food

 When I speak about travel to China, one of the questions that frequently comes up is, “What was the food like? Does the food in China taste anything like the stuff we call Chinese food?”…

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