Category Archives: Sound Food

Good stuff: Strawberry pie

Posted on June 19, 2021 by warmkn

Vashon: Then and Now I’ve put away my winter clothes twice now, forgetting that a Puget Sound summer doesn’t begin until after July 4. In the process, however, I piled up four bags of “will I ever wear this again” … Continue reading →

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Somebody to Love: Orange date muffins, Sesame chicken

Posted on March 6, 2021 by warmkn

 Queen, Somebody to Love Last year when the lodge pool was closed for repairs, I rode the exercise bike at 9:00 am and listened to a local AM radio station broadcast its commercial-free “Nine at Nine” segment. Every day the disc jockey featured … Continue reading →

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Cooking in the shadow: Crab cakes with thyme aioli

Posted on November 21, 2020 by warmkn

Listen to John Handy’s Hard Work by clicking on the post title. I was fifty when I finished my final shift working for Tom Douglas at the Dahlia Lounge. I punched out, changed my sweat-soaked socks, let myself out the … Continue reading →

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Rent Control?: Sound Food clam chowder

Posted on July 4, 2020 by warmkn

When I moved to Vashon in 1971, Ginny found me a waterfront cabin on Klahanie Beach that rented for $75 a month. Granted, getting there required hiking down a steep, quarter-mile path from the road—pitch dark at night and treacherous … Continue reading →

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Hard Work: Vinegar chicken, Pot roast

Posted on May 23, 2020 by warmkn

John Handy, Hard Work I made pizza for dinner the other night. There was pizza fallout from one end of the kitchen to the other—flour, semolina, caramelized onion/mushroom, pepperoni slices, tomato sauce, shreds of cheese, a floured rolling pin, parchment … Continue reading →

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Sound Food, the beginning: Chocolate Mousse Pie

Posted on February 1, 2020 by warmkn

Crosby, Stills, Nash, Teach Your Children A girl can always use a little money of her own. It was 1973, I was bored, new to Vashon, and wanted a job. Choices were slim—my previous work history consisted of picking currants for … Continue reading →

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