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Vin Expresse and After Hours

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Cafe Presse now has two great Happy Hours Vin Expresse: Everyday from 4pm to 6pm Our Paris-style wine happy hour -All in-house bottles of wine available at Take-Out prices; all bottles from $9 and $15. -Menu of wine-friendly snacks at special low prices. Presse After Hours: Sunday to Thursday, 11pm to 1:30am Our late night […]

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Cafe Presse now has two great Happy Hours Vin Expresse: Everyday from 4pm to 6pm Our Paris-style wine happy hour -All in-house bottles of wine available at Take-Out prices; all bottles from $9 and $15. -Menu of wine-friendly snacks at special low prices. Presse After Hours: Sunday to Thursday, 11pm to 1:30am Our late night

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Spring Menu now at Cafe Presse

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The Spring 2014 menu at Cafe Presse was rolled out on Tuesday April 8, 2014.  If you haven’t had a chance to come by and try it yourself, here are some photos of several of the dishes…Hope you will come by and try these as well as the rest of the menu.

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The Spring 2014 menu at Cafe Presse was rolled out on Tuesday April 8, 2014.  If you haven’t had a chance to come by and try it yourself, here are some photos of several of the dishes…Hope you will come by and try these as well as the rest of the menu.

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Michael Ruhlman lunching at Café Presse

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Author Michael Ruhlman  stopped by Café Presse for lunch today, and was kind enough to pose for this photo with Café Presse chef de cuisine Dre Neeley.  Michael is in Seattle to discuss and sign  his new book  Egg: A Culinary Exploration of the World’s Most Versatile Ingredient at an event this evening at Elliot

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Author Michael Ruhlman  stopped by Café Presse for lunch today, and was kind enough to pose for this photo with Café Presse chef de cuisine Dre Neeley.  Michael is in Seattle to discuss and sign  his new book  Egg: A Culinary Exploration of the World’s Most Versatile Ingredient at an event this evening at Elliot

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Spring menu starts tomorrow at Café Presse

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The new menu for Spring 2014 at Café Presse will be rolled out tomorrow,  Tuesday April 8, 2014 at 9am.   Here is a sneak peek of some of the new dish you will find: Tourin blanchi “Creamy sweet garlic soup, bleu cheese croutons, marinated spring onions” Asperge, confit de thon, œuf mollet “House preserved albacore

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The new menu for Spring 2014 at Café Presse will be rolled out tomorrow,  Tuesday April 8, 2014 at 9am.   Here is a sneak peek of some of the new dish you will find: Tourin blanchi “Creamy sweet garlic soup, bleu cheese croutons, marinated spring onions” Asperge, confit de thon, œuf mollet “House preserved albacore

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Dried plums poached in spiced red wine

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Recently, I noticed an article written by Martha Rose Shuleman in the food section of the  New York Times that struck a chord.  It was about prunes poached in red wine, a classic French bistro dessert, but also one that I have always had a hard time selling to diners here in Seattle.  Their image

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Recently, I noticed an article written by Martha Rose Shuleman in the food section of the  New York Times that struck a chord.  It was about prunes poached in red wine, a classic French bistro dessert, but also one that I have always had a hard time selling to diners here in Seattle.  Their image

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April 2014 Corner Table Dinner

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What: Family-style dinner at Café Presse When: Tuesday April 29, 2014, 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the April 2014 Corner Table has been set and will feature new dishes from our Spring 2014 menu!  The next Corner Table dinner at Café Presse is scheduled for Tuesday April 29, 2014

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What: Family-style dinner at Café Presse When: Tuesday April 29, 2014, 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the April 2014 Corner Table has been set and will feature new dishes from our Spring 2014 menu!  The next Corner Table dinner at Café Presse is scheduled for Tuesday April 29, 2014

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Le Pichet and Café Presse in the Media

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Lots of good press for Le Pichet and Café Presse recently… In the March 2014 Seattle Magazine, Le Pichet was named “Best of the trend: Nose to Tail Dining”.  Cafe Presse was also sighted for honorable mention in the same category. Also in Seattle Magazine March 2014, Le Pichet was named “Best French Restaurant” in

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Lots of good press for Le Pichet and Café Presse recently… In the March 2014 Seattle Magazine, Le Pichet was named “Best of the trend: Nose to Tail Dining”.  Cafe Presse was also sighted for honorable mention in the same category. Also in Seattle Magazine March 2014, Le Pichet was named “Best French Restaurant” in

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Riz a la crème de noix de coco

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The inspiration for this dessert came from the cardamom-spiked rice desserts found in Indian cuisine as well as the simple “riz au lait” found in the French countryside. This recipe will serve about 8

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The inspiration for this dessert came from the cardamom-spiked rice desserts found in Indian cuisine as well as the simple “riz au lait” found in the French countryside. This recipe will serve about 8

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Roasted Chicken among Zagat’s “8 Biggest Cuts of Meat in Seattle”

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Zagat is big on big cuts of meat.  The proof is a series of recent articles featuring restaurant meat dishes from around the country sized for the Paleolithic man in all of us (check out these Zagat articles on Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington DC, among others). Now, it’s Seattle’s 15 minutes in the 

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Zagat is big on big cuts of meat.  The proof is a series of recent articles featuring restaurant meat dishes from around the country sized for the Paleolithic man in all of us (check out these Zagat articles on Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington DC, among others). Now, it’s Seattle’s 15 minutes in the 

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Creme fraiche and other delights

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Remember a post I wrote in January about making cauliflower gratin at the house in Orthez?  In that post, I mentioned that my inspiration for making that dish at that moment was a discussion with food writer Nancy Leson on the topic of crème fraiche  for an article she was working on. If you do

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Remember a post I wrote in January about making cauliflower gratin at the house in Orthez?  In that post, I mentioned that my inspiration for making that dish at that moment was a discussion with food writer Nancy Leson on the topic of crème fraiche  for an article she was working on. If you do

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