vegetables

Becky Selengut: Misunderstood Vegetables

Becky Selengut: Misunderstood Vegetables

Seattle-based cookbook author Becky Selengut has made it her mission to take less popular, or even outright scorned vegetables like beets and okra, and cook them into irresistible dishes.

Book Excerpt: Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food

Book Excerpt: Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food

Hsiao-Ching Chou offers up an ode to vegetables in her second cookbook

Hsiao-Ching Chou’s second cook-book, ‘Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food,’ is a follow-up to her popular Chinese Soul Food and will hit shelves Jan. 15. Hsiao-Ching is known for her sold-out classes that have made Chinese cooking accessible to home cooks, but with the pandemic she has shifted to social media to share her recipes and tips. …

Kohlrabi: The Mystery Vegetable You Need to Eat Now

Kohlrabi: The Mystery Vegetable You Need to Eat Now

It's probably a vegetable you've never seen before. Here's how (and where) to eat it.

Unless you’ve seen wannabe chefs tackle the challenge of cooking with it on Food Network’s Chopped, or you’re a farmers market connoisseur, you’ve probably never even heard of it. Kohlrabi, the bulbous plant that comes in white, green and purple varieties and grows above ground, has been known to show up prominently on the menu…

Instagram Inspiration: Farmers Market Finds

Instagram Inspiration: Farmers Market Finds

Vibrant, colorful fruits, vegetables and flowers from local farmers

There’s a reason everyone seems to glow in the summertime: uber-fresh goodies from the farmers market! And with many local ones from which to choose, there are tons of opportunities to pick up some juicy berries, crisp greens or just-picked peonies while strolling along in the sun. Whether your market of choice is in Wallingford, Madrona,…

Vegetable Dishes are the Stars at Many Seattle Restaurants

Vegetable Dishes are the Stars at Many Seattle Restaurants

Once relegated to side-dish status, plant-based foods are now unapologetically the main show

As a restaurant critic, I hope my reviews don’t sound like broken records—that I’m not recommending the same dishes at different restaurants. But, over the past year, I can’t remember eating a meal where I wasn’t totally impressed with the veggies. In fact, the best dishes—the most inventive, boldest and yummiest—have been veggie-based, with grains…

A Forager's Gem: Washington's Abundant Sea Beans

A Forager’s Gem: Washington’s Abundant Sea Beans

A harvest of sea greens awaits at the beach

On a lazy summer day at the beach, we dug clams and cooked them on a camp stove as the sun tracked across a cloudless sky. Sitting in the sand, staring across the bay, we almost missed a seasonal goody within arm’s reach, right behind us: a carpet of edible greens running the length of…

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