A Conscious Feast by Nicole Aloni

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Posts Tagged ‘northwest’

  • Apple Bread and Butter Pudding

    Apple Bread and Butter Pudding

    Good bread pudding is just so rainy-day yummy and gratifying; mom and hearth personified. It is also very simple to prepare and economical since it is based on stale bread. This should be served warm topped with rum-raisin ice cream, whipped cream, or warm caramel sauce.

  • What's a Foodie To Do? September '09

    What’s a Foodie To Do? September ‘09

    A short list of some of the great things for a Foodie to do in Seattle this month.

  • Yukon River Chum Salmon… Check It Out

    Yukon River Chum Salmon… Check It Out

    According to Seattle food guru and salmonista Jon Rowley, though it’s a challenge to get this fish to market from the very remote location where it’s harvested, Yukon chum should be available in most major cities this year. And with the great texture, flavor and bold orange color it offers, at roughly half the cost [...]

  • Salmon is running... into the kitchen!

    Salmon is running… into the kitchen!

    Whether you’re lucky enough to lay your hands on salmon from the Copper River, or one of my new favorites, Chum from the Yukon River in Alaska, (more on this later from Jon Rowley), fresh, wild salmon is definitely in season. This begins a series of recipes for salmon I’ve created over the years and some stories about this remarkable food.

  • Copper River Salmon—the Truffle of the Sea

    Copper River Salmon—the Truffle of the Sea

    Named after the Alaskan river where it spawns, Copper River Salmon is arguably the most famous and sought after wild salmon you can buy. And the most glamorous. Here in the Northwest, the beginning of Copper River season (about May 15) holds the frenzied cult status of the first shipment of Beaujolais Nouveau, or the [...]