Menu for August 2012 Corner Table

What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday August 28, 2012 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday July 31, 2012 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today to save your place. The Corner Table is a […]

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What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday August 28, 2012 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday July 31, 2012 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today to save your place. The Corner Table is a

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Cafe Presse named Seattle’s “Best Late Night Dining”

The Seattle Weekly’s 2012 “Best of Seattle” awards are out and Cafe Presse is among the recipients.  The Weekly named Cafe Presse Seattle’s “Best Late Night Dining” restaurant.  Check  out the article here.

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The Seattle Weekly’s 2012 “Best of Seattle” awards are out and Cafe Presse is among the recipients.  The Weekly named Cafe Presse Seattle’s “Best Late Night Dining” restaurant.  Check  out the article here.

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Le Pichet and Cafe Presse at the Sunset Supper at the Market

What:  Sunset Supper in the Market to Benefit the Market Foundation When:  Friday August 17, 2012 Where: The Pike Place Market On August 17th,  Le Pichet and Cafe Presse will be among the 70 restaurants, wineries, breweries and local distilleries participating in Sunset Supper at the Market. We will be serving: “Fromage blanc, confiture aux

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What:  Sunset Supper in the Market to Benefit the Market Foundation When:  Friday August 17, 2012 Where: The Pike Place Market On August 17th,  Le Pichet and Cafe Presse will be among the 70 restaurants, wineries, breweries and local distilleries participating in Sunset Supper at the Market. We will be serving: “Fromage blanc, confiture aux

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Anthony Bourdains’s “The Layover” films at Le Pichet

The Travel Channel show  “The Layover” rolled into Le Pichet last Thursday for 2 hours of filming in support of a Seattle episode to be aired in Fall 2012.  Here are a couple photos: The filming mainly centered around Le Pichets house-made charcuterie but a selection of other dishes were filmed as well.  I guess

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The Travel Channel show  “The Layover” rolled into Le Pichet last Thursday for 2 hours of filming in support of a Seattle episode to be aired in Fall 2012.  Here are a couple photos: The filming mainly centered around Le Pichets house-made charcuterie but a selection of other dishes were filmed as well.  I guess

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Good eating with a nice beurre blanc

Recently caught in the waters of the Gave de Pau near Orthez (gave = river in the local dialect):  A pike measuring almost 1 meter in length.  The feature article in the local newspaper SudOuest goes on to state that it has been an exceptional year for fishing in the gave with unusually high number

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Recently caught in the waters of the Gave de Pau near Orthez (gave = river in the local dialect):  A pike measuring almost 1 meter in length.  The feature article in the local newspaper SudOuest goes on to state that it has been an exceptional year for fishing in the gave with unusually high number

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Menu for July 2012 Corner Table

What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday July 31, 2012 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday July 31, 2012 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today to save your place. The Corner Table is a

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What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday July 31, 2012 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday July 31, 2012 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today to save your place. The Corner Table is a

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Where did the flavor go?

It looks so nice;  why doesn’t it taste better? “Plant geneticists say they have discovered an answer to a near-universal question: Why are tomatoes usually so tasteless?” This is the question posed by a recent New York Times article by Gina Kolata. “The unexpected culprit is a gene mutation that occurred by chance and that

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It looks so nice;  why doesn’t it taste better? “Plant geneticists say they have discovered an answer to a near-universal question: Why are tomatoes usually so tasteless?” This is the question posed by a recent New York Times article by Gina Kolata. “The unexpected culprit is a gene mutation that occurred by chance and that

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Special Salad at Le Pichet

“Anderson Valley lamb neck and shanks braised with red wine, shredded and served on a salad of dandelion greens, escarole, green garlic, walnut oil and butter fried croutons” We got in a whole lamb from Anderson Vally Ranch last week at Le Pichet.     I turned the neck and shanks into this special salad by

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“Anderson Valley lamb neck and shanks braised with red wine, shredded and served on a salad of dandelion greens, escarole, green garlic, walnut oil and butter fried croutons” We got in a whole lamb from Anderson Vally Ranch last week at Le Pichet.     I turned the neck and shanks into this special salad by

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Is our food too clean?

We are what we don’t eat? In a recent New York Times article, Jeff D. Leach suggests that our increasing distance from the soil in which our food grows may be behind not only increasing rates of allergies and food sensitivities, but perhaps also increases in chronic diseases and in the severity of effects we

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We are what we don’t eat? In a recent New York Times article, Jeff D. Leach suggests that our increasing distance from the soil in which our food grows may be behind not only increasing rates of allergies and food sensitivities, but perhaps also increases in chronic diseases and in the severity of effects we

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