Wright Eats

To me, nothing beats pasta made at home.  People think it’s difficult and time consuming, but it’s really one of those things that takes a few times to learn and get the swing of it, and then it’s actually pretty easy to make.  It takes me less than half an hour to go from flour [...]

As they say, the third time’s the charm. The first time we tried going to Elemental was about two years ago with friends.  They had recently gone for dinner, raved about how good it was, and really wanted to take us.  Great!  They said you need to get there early so we showed up at [...]

Years ago, if you asked Eric or me what our favorite Seattle restaurant was, we’d instantly say The Harvest Vine.  It was the place we’d head to when we were tired and hungry after work and wanted to kick back, or we’d go to celebrate a special occasion and splurge on one of their excellent [...]

After a long week at work, we were ready for a Friday night out.  Our destination was the week-old Italian restaurant Branzino, the newest addition to the Second Ave restaurant row in Belltown.  I called that afternoon for a reservation, and we scored a table with a view of the open kitchen – we always [...]

Before we headed over to see Good Food on Wednesday, we stopped at Pike Street Fish Fry a few blocks away to grab some dinner.  Good stuff!  Our halibut, sturgeon, and asparagus came out piping hot and lightly battered and fried.  Intermingled with the fish were thin sliced and batter fried lemons – these would [...]

When I hear Lauren Adler talk about the nuances of artisan chocolate, I think of someone describing a fine wine.  She explains how all five senses are used to evaluate chocolate: the shininess and color (sight), the snap when breaking off a piece (sound), the texture and smoothness (touch), the aromas (smell), and of course, [...]

We’ve purchased our tickets to Wednesday evening’s SIFF documentary Good Food.  This will be the world premiere of the film, but there is another screening Saturday afternoon, too. This lively tour of various Washington state farms and ranches that have adopted healthier organic methods in raising their products offers several lucid arguments in favor of [...]