Our tiny kitchen in this home away from home of ours is rife with tragedies (don’t get me started on this week’s flood), but during the hottest of summer days, perhaps our greatest sadness comes not from the kitchen itself but from our lack of an ice cream maker. True, ice cream with actual [...]

Food bloggers often sing the praises of the independent grocery, the farmer’s stall, the microbrand that outshines the big boys in taste, texture, and all things crucial to the palate of the discriminating gourmand.
Today, I’m going to ignore that trend completely and blog about the wonders of Wonder Bread.
Kidding.

In truth, I’m going to ignore food [...]

Speak now…

March now…

Vote now…

…so someday our children may do the same.

Photos: Friday Harbor 4th of July Parade, 2006

And now, the celebration post, in which Chopper Dave explains the glorious meal he presented for Mrs D on the occasion of their second anniversary. Alas, no maid outfits, no cotton candy, just fine cooking under a crescent moon on the rocky western shore of San Juan.

As most of you are aware, it was [...]

I won’t sit still for it.

Paper Chef, July Independence Edition
The ingredients

Corn
Ground Coriander
Pine Nuts
And (from Kevin at Seriously Good): The wild card for this event is Independence Day. Whether you’re American, Ethiopian, Chilean, or Thai, create a recipe that celebrates your nation’s emancipation from its previous rulers or form of government or whatever other thing celebrated to honor nationhood. [...]

(In our so-tardy-it-shouldn’t-count second entry for Paper Chef, we stick close to home for our tale of Independence. How close to home? Oh, about 400 yards up the road. And as for that tardy thing — what was it the late, great Douglas Adams once said? Oh yes: “I love [...]

Finally!
For the past three months we’ve had a hankering in the worst way to participate in Barbara’s The Spice is Right over at Tigers and Strawberries, and for the past three months, our cooking schedule (such as it is) has failed us. But not this time! Not when chiles are on the [...]

In honor of the World Cup and of the new documentary Once in a Lifetime — about the rise of the New York Cosmos in the 1970s — here’s Rita tackling a few players during Soccerbowl ‘77. I think Pelé might be somewhere under her paw.

Today is Mrs. D’s birthday!
Five years ago we were both struggling our way through life in low paying theatre jobs. We met through mutual friends while doing shows, she was stage managing an excellent production of Sweeney Todd, while I was across town running lights for an equally great production of La Cage Aux Folles. [...]