Wow, Wild Ginger has been around for almost 25 years! Rick & Anne Yoder, inspired by their travels to China and Southeast Asia, opened their original location on Western Avenue in 1989 – the same year I moved to Seattle.  Since … Continue reading →

Modest. Unpretentious. Reasonably priced. Yes, Stumbling Goat Bistro in Seattle’s Phinney Ridge neighborhood is all of that, and yet every time I eat there I feel like I get a five star experience. Service – top notch. Wine list – … Continue reading →

If you are looking for a truly great breakfast place, we recommend Meander’s Kitchen in the heart of downtown White Center. Owner and chef, Miranda Krone, has a passion for great cooking and the breakfast menu at Meander’s is Americana … Continue reading →

One of our favorite spots in White Center is The Salvadorean Bakery & Restaurant, located on Roxbury – just one block off 16th Avenue SW. Owners Aminta and Ana have been providing immigrants in the area with a taste of … Continue reading →

We thought it was time to share a secret with you. A great place for fish and chips you’ve probably never heard of… unless you live in West Seattle. Come to Seattle! When you do, you should definitely go to … Continue reading →

Last Friday, Joy, Toby, Marvin and I met up with two great friends, Chris and Jeff Lewis, for dinner at Bizzarro Italian Cafe. It was another evening when we all said, “how come we’ve never eaten here before??” Bizzarro has been … Continue reading →

I’ve been in Northeast Ohio all week visiting Marvin’s family. It’s a trip I look forward to every year because I love seeing everyone and because Ohio is so different from home. In this part of the country you see … Continue reading →

Sometimes I get stuck in a rut.  An endless loop of visiting the same restaurants…eating the same thing…feeling a little like something is missing.  I don’t really realize it until the spell is broken:  What a great feeling to get … Continue reading →

“Wait, Joy!  I need to take a picture!”  Yep.  That’s my twitchy hand ready to grab that delicious sandwich and take a bite (read:  devour it!).  I’m not kidding.  I haven’t stopped thinking about that Grilled Pork sandwich (#1 on … Continue reading →

For those of you who have never been – Winthrop, Washington is a tiny town located in the Methow Valley – just east of North Cascades National Park. It’s a tourist destination with a Wild West theme; a cross-country skier … Continue reading →

We didn’t eat Jewish food when I was growing up. No bagels and lox, no latkes or blintzes, no wonderful whitefish or challah or knishes. Hmmm…. that sounds like a Dr. Seuss sentence! Well, you get the picture. No Jewish … Continue reading →

We ate a lot yesterday. Yeah, no big surprise there. And normally I would have started a post-Thanksgiving diet this morning, something like grapefruit and dry toast. But not today because we’re in Ohio. With Marvin’s family. Enough said. Today … Continue reading →