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Le Pichet launches vinegar barrel

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This 30 liter oak barrel, which once contained wine for Le Pichet’s annual Fete de Beaujolais Nouveau circa 2003, is now the home of our project to make our own vinegar. Last week, the project was launched with 2 liters of good quality red wine vinegar, heated to a boil and used to scald out […]

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This 30 liter oak barrel, which once contained wine for Le Pichet’s annual Fete de Beaujolais Nouveau circa 2003, is now the home of our project to make our own vinegar. Last week, the project was launched with 2 liters of good quality red wine vinegar, heated to a boil and used to scald out

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Farmer’s Market Changes

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In case you didn’t get the memo, there are some changes coming to the University District and Broadway Farmer’s Markets. The University District market will be leaving its location at just south of the University Heights Community Center, its location since 1993, to make way for a new city park.  Instead, from 9am to 2pm,

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In case you didn’t get the memo, there are some changes coming to the University District and Broadway Farmer’s Markets. The University District market will be leaving its location at just south of the University Heights Community Center, its location since 1993, to make way for a new city park.  Instead, from 9am to 2pm,

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Hurry and get your tickets for Bite Nite

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This Thursday’s Bite Nite event to support Yes on 522 has just been recommended by The Stranger in their Stranger Suggests section…which means tickets are likely to fly out the door.  Beat the crowd and get your tickets now.

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This Thursday’s Bite Nite event to support Yes on 522 has just been recommended by The Stranger in their Stranger Suggests section…which means tickets are likely to fly out the door.  Beat the crowd and get your tickets now.

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Le Pichet and Cafe Presse open Labor Day

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Cafe Presse and Le Pichet will be open regular hours to serve you on Labor Day Monday September 2, 2013…See you there!   Cafe Presse  7am to 2am Le Pichet      8am to Midnight

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Cafe Presse and Le Pichet will be open regular hours to serve you on Labor Day Monday September 2, 2013…See you there!   Cafe Presse  7am to 2am Le Pichet      8am to Midnight

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Le Pichet on Eater.com

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Lately, I have had the odd experience of people, some I know and some I don’t, coming up to me and saying “Hey great interview on Eater”.   The surprise is not that so many people read Eater.com…as a person past 50, I have come to accept that there are a lot of people who read

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Lately, I have had the odd experience of people, some I know and some I don’t, coming up to me and saying “Hey great interview on Eater”.   The surprise is not that so many people read Eater.com…as a person past 50, I have come to accept that there are a lot of people who read

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Big beautiful brioche photo

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This photo of the brioche at Le Pichet comes courtesy of widely-admired food writer Ronald Holden, who writes, among other things,  the self-described “crisp, crunchy words, typed fresh daily” that make up  the  blog Cornichon.org Says Ronald: Had the Oeufs Plats for breakfast the other day; yummy. Big surprise was the brioche, which I’d not

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This photo of the brioche at Le Pichet comes courtesy of widely-admired food writer Ronald Holden, who writes, among other things,  the self-described “crisp, crunchy words, typed fresh daily” that make up  the  blog Cornichon.org Says Ronald: Had the Oeufs Plats for breakfast the other day; yummy. Big surprise was the brioche, which I’d not

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Thanks for asking, Cara.

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A reader of this blog recently emailed to request the recipe for a dish on the Summer 2013 menu at Cafe Presse:  Fallafels et sa salade aux frisée et aux figues, sauce blanche “Crispy chickpea fritters, curly endive, figs, melon, red onion, lemon-tahini vinaigrette and minted yogurt sauce” Thanks for asking, Cara, and I would

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A reader of this blog recently emailed to request the recipe for a dish on the Summer 2013 menu at Cafe Presse:  Fallafels et sa salade aux frisée et aux figues, sauce blanche “Crispy chickpea fritters, curly endive, figs, melon, red onion, lemon-tahini vinaigrette and minted yogurt sauce” Thanks for asking, Cara, and I would

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Don’t turn on the oven

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The weather report in Seattle is for  today calls for temperatures in the high 80’s, which for a Seattle native means something like a heatwave (that’s right, I am a hot weather wimp). Here’s a stay cool tip that I plan to follow myself this afternoon:  Instead of heating the whole house by cooking, order

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The weather report in Seattle is for  today calls for temperatures in the high 80’s, which for a Seattle native means something like a heatwave (that’s right, I am a hot weather wimp). Here’s a stay cool tip that I plan to follow myself this afternoon:  Instead of heating the whole house by cooking, order

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Find us on Instagram

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Now you can use Instagram to keep current on what’s up at Cafe Presse and Le Pichet, get previews of upcoming specials and new  menu dishes and instant photos of parties and special events as they are happening. Follow us at cafepresseseattle  or lepichetseattle  and add your favorite photos as well.  

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Now you can use Instagram to keep current on what’s up at Cafe Presse and Le Pichet, get previews of upcoming specials and new  menu dishes and instant photos of parties and special events as they are happening. Follow us at cafepresseseattle  or lepichetseattle  and add your favorite photos as well.  

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