Winter Grapefruit Sorbet
When the mercury gets way low there’s nothing quite like a nice simple bowl of … sorbet? Don’t ask what I was thinking making frozen treats while snowflakes piled upon our windowsill. Perhaps inspired by Alaskans (the biggest per capita U.S. consumers of ice cream despite frigid conditions), something clicked. One big secret of citrus […]
Auntie's New Newsletter
Auntie’s Notes was badly in need of an update when I moved aboard with company. The publication had solid content but was presented poorly. The first step was to pick a uniform font and style book. The emphasis is placed strikingly on the words and letters with liberal use of handsome drop caps. Originally designed […]
The Scoop on Scratch
Stumbling out of Far West on Friday night Justin, Yelena and I stumbled into the man behind the long chef’s table at hot spot du jour – Scratch. For those not in the Spokane-foodie-know, that’s the eagerly awaited restaurant under the Montvale and located just two blocks from my apartment. Chef Jason Rex, clad in […]
Vocab is way too fun
Yelena gets credit for digging up this one. A delightful little vocab word quiz (easily played at work) that benefits the UN World Food Program. For every word you get right the participating sponsors donate 10 grains of rice. It’s Freerice.com. Ok, that doesn’t sound lie a lot, but if you look at the daily […]
A very sad night
Friday night was date night at the Neuman/Buzinover residence and we took the opportunity to yet again test the waters of Spokane’s burgeoning food scene. Overall, I’ve been pretty pleased with the restaurants and service section of the Lilac City, but I was disappointed with what we found at a newer South Hill eatery specializing […]
