Le Pichet

Valentines Treats at Le Pichet

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Looking for a sweet gift for you Valentine? Le Pichet also has bags of our salted butter caramels wrapped and ready for giving. Unfortunately, all our dinner reservations on Valentines day at Le Pichet have been taken.  However, there are still a few tables available for dinner on Saturday and Sunday;  call right away if […]

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Looking for a sweet gift for you Valentine? Le Pichet also has bags of our salted butter caramels wrapped and ready for giving. Unfortunately, all our dinner reservations on Valentines day at Le Pichet have been taken.  However, there are still a few tables available for dinner on Saturday and Sunday;  call right away if

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Stuff

Cafe Presse for Valentine’s Day

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Cafe Presse still has a few dinner reservations available for Valentine’s Day, Friday February 14, 2014.  With the big day happening on a Friday, tables around town are sure to be packed, so call now to make your reservation. And if you are looking for something sweet for your sweetie, Cafe Presse is also offering

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Cafe Presse still has a few dinner reservations available for Valentine’s Day, Friday February 14, 2014.  With the big day happening on a Friday, tables around town are sure to be packed, so call now to make your reservation. And if you are looking for something sweet for your sweetie, Cafe Presse is also offering

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Events

Catch me Live on KCTS Saturday February 8

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Just a quick heads up that I will be doing a live cooking demonstrations this Saturday, February 8, 2013 on KCTS Cooks:  Chef’s Secrets on channel 9 from 11am to 3pm.  The show will feature restaurant chefs from around Washington, preparing some of their favorite dishes. I will be cooking a dish that we are

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Just a quick heads up that I will be doing a live cooking demonstrations this Saturday, February 8, 2013 on KCTS Cooks:  Chef’s Secrets on channel 9 from 11am to 3pm.  The show will feature restaurant chefs from around Washington, preparing some of their favorite dishes. I will be cooking a dish that we are

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Cafe Presse

February 2014 Corner Table Dinner at Cafe Presse

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What: Family-style dinner at Café Presse When: Tuesday February 25, 2014, 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the February 2014 Corner Table is complete!  The next Corner Table dinner at Café Presse is scheduled for Tuesday February 25, 2014 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call

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What: Family-style dinner at Café Presse When: Tuesday February 25, 2014, 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the February 2014 Corner Table is complete!  The next Corner Table dinner at Café Presse is scheduled for Tuesday February 25, 2014 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call

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Fete de Bixentxo, Ciboure

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The Basque fishing port of Ciboure is only minutes from the French border with Spain, on the bay of Biscay.  Because it has no sandy beaches, it has remained an active fishing port and a sleepy neighbor to big sister Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the Belle Époque  beach resort across the harbor. Each year during January, however,  Ciboure

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The Basque fishing port of Ciboure is only minutes from the French border with Spain, on the bay of Biscay.  Because it has no sandy beaches, it has remained an active fishing port and a sleepy neighbor to big sister Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the Belle Époque  beach resort across the harbor. Each year during January, however,  Ciboure

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Stuff

Cauliflower gratin

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Having purchased a fat cauliflower in the market, our evening meal featured a gratin of cauliflower served with pan seared pork chops.  However, I can’t claim that this was  exactly a “market inspiration”.  Instead, the idea came from an email from renowned Seattle food journalist Nancy Leson, who is preparing an article on crème fraiche

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Having purchased a fat cauliflower in the market, our evening meal featured a gratin of cauliflower served with pan seared pork chops.  However, I can’t claim that this was  exactly a “market inspiration”.  Instead, the idea came from an email from renowned Seattle food journalist Nancy Leson, who is preparing an article on crème fraiche

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Huitres, fines de claires

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In France, the appellation “fines de claires de Marennes-Oleron” attached to the name of an oyster means that it has been ‘finished’ in one of the claires or tidal basins along the coast of Aquitaine, between La Rochelle and the mouth of the Gironde river.  The idea is that spending time in the nutrient-rich environment

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In France, the appellation “fines de claires de Marennes-Oleron” attached to the name of an oyster means that it has been ‘finished’ in one of the claires or tidal basins along the coast of Aquitaine, between La Rochelle and the mouth of the Gironde river.  The idea is that spending time in the nutrient-rich environment

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Sheep cheese and cherry jam

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Orthez, France  January 10, 2014 Another case where a traditional combination proves to be right on the money:  Sheep’s milk cheese from the Pyrenees served with confiture made from the local sour black cherries. It’s a combination that one sees so often in this part of  France that it is easy to forget to look

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Orthez, France  January 10, 2014 Another case where a traditional combination proves to be right on the money:  Sheep’s milk cheese from the Pyrenees served with confiture made from the local sour black cherries. It’s a combination that one sees so often in this part of  France that it is easy to forget to look

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Cafe Presse

January 2014 Corner Table Dinner at Cafe Presse

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What: Family-style dinner at Café Presse When: Tuesday January 28, 2014, 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the January 2014 Corner Table is complete!  The next Corner Table dinner at Café Presse is scheduled for Tuesday January 28, 2014 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call

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What: Family-style dinner at Café Presse When: Tuesday January 28, 2014, 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the January 2014 Corner Table is complete!  The next Corner Table dinner at Café Presse is scheduled for Tuesday January 28, 2014 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call

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