http://pikeplacemarketblog.com Under Construction Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:03:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en VIVE LA FRANCE! Le Vache de Chalais (purchased from Quality Cheese, $5-ish per serving, France) starts out looking like this: (Click for Image) ...and quickly ends up looking like this: I demolished this cheese with loud proclamations of just how fantastic the French fucking are and anyone who says otherwise is running for ... http://pikeplacemarketblog.com/?p=9 Funny thing. So I write a pike place market blog that gets a handful of hits each day since I haven't updated it for a long time. Then I checked in on my page stats today to realize that yesterday I got more traffic than I have in the history ... http://pikeplacemarketblog.com/?p=8 How dare the Art Institute let their freely open Wifi connection go down? I have lots to post about, but whenever I'm inspired to write, my stupid internet connection is down. Should I just bite the bullet and pay for Comcast? http://pikeplacemarketblog.com/?p=7 Inspired by Michael Pollen's latest book, In Defense of Food, I went all out on dinner tonight. My good friends Elizabeth and Jenni came over, and the four of us chowed hard. We started with a fantastic recommendation by Cyndal at Quality Cheeses: St Marcellin (purchased from Quality Cheese, 5.99 ... http://pikeplacemarketblog.com/?p=5 Folks, we are talking RICH food here. If you don't want to buy Beecher's cookbook, you can reference the recipe from the Seattle PI. The cookbook is actually quite good, so it's worth the $30. (Less if you buy it in the kit) Beecher's Flagship and Just Jack cheeses are ok ... http://pikeplacemarketblog.com/?p=4 What could this metaphor possibly mean? Do I find the market do be a busty bussom of plenty? Or perhaps the market is past its prime and has become a glitzy crowd pleaser who has lost its roots to Hollywood -- but if you dig hard enough, you might still ... http://pikeplacemarketblog.com/?p=3 I am half-way through my 1/4 lb of Le Bleu Des Basque (purchased from Quality Cheese, 24.99/lb, Basqueland). Mary took one "no-thank-you bite" and went off to read her book -- the same book she was reading while I cooked dinner. Put down the book, Mary. Mary doesn't like ... http://pikeplacemarketblog.com/?p=1