As the Christmas and New Year holidays approached, I started scanning the shelves of local stores for Champagne and sparkling wines. My goal is to decide which of the many available options are great choices for dinners we plan with family and friends. Readers may remember that Champagne comes from the Champagne region of France, […]
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Authentic Italian Cuisine Steeped In Deep Family Traditions
Via Rosa 11 (Italian Kitchen & Market) is a vibrant Bainbridge Island business that grew from the roots of owner Pino Sordello’s heritage. The ambiance is that of stopping by a friend’s home, entering through the kitchen door and being greeted with a friendly smile and the fragrance of delicious, authentic sauces bubbling on the […]
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The Wine Cabinet — The Italian Influence on Washington Wine, Part 2
Bert Pesciallo, whose father immigrated from Genoa, Italy, in 1900, doesn’t remember when he became interested in the winery business. He was pretty young and following in his father’s footsteps. “Things just happened naturally at that time, when you are a teenager and you grow up with it,” he said. “My interest and curiosity grew […]
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Backyard Bread Bakers
The West Sound area abounds with people who enjoy aesthetically pleasing and interesting lifestyles. Perhaps no pastime is more enticing to all of the senses than baking one’s own breads and rolls in an age-old, traditional manner. Baking slow-rise artisan breads — in a brick oven heated with a wood fire built by hand, sometimes […]
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‘Which Fork Do I Use?’
Is the prospect of a fancy Christmas dinner giving you cold feet? Four forks, three knives, five glasses — where do you begin? And what about that little salt dish with no spoon? To answer those questions and many more, Rosemarie Burns and Linda Reed have come up with “Which Fork Do I Use? Confident […]
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The Wine Cabinet — The Italian Influence on Washington Wine, Part 1
When I decided to write about the Italian influence on Washington wine, I looked at it as just another story about wine. My wife, Kathy, and I traveled to Eastern Washington to meet with and interview the descendants of those early Italian pioneers. We visited the men and a number of the sites they told […]
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Blueberries — Power Berries
I love blueberries! Each year, I look forward to the first time I get to slide those little globes between my teeth and pop the purple ambrosia over my tongue. Luckily our cafe’s main farmer, Paul Gregory, has a blueberry CSA, so we get them fresh every year. Kitsap has a u-pick farm on Bainbridge […]
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ChocMo — An Ever-Evolving Bistro
Poulsbo’s ChocMo is a business that never stands still. From its original beginnings as a tiny chocolate shop, it has evolved into a full-fledged restaurant that continues to surprise. Case in point: A new lunch menu being introduced this fall that takes the focus off sandwiches to include more entrees. Keeping up with the tradition […]
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The Wine Cabinet — Sweet Wines
A wine is rendered sweet due to its residual sugar (RS) content. Sweet wines are usually named ice, late harvest, fortified or dessert wines and can be either red or white. The wines selected herein can be found in many of the local wineries and local stores. When grapes are brought in from harvest, they […]