Category: Food

Coffee breaks. Do people really take them? I don’t remember a time when I put my work aside, walked away from my desk, and sat down to a cup of coffee. Heck, there were times when I considered myself lucky to have time to choke down some lunch at my desk. Maybe that’s why, now that I’m retired, I take a long time to read our painfully thin newspaper and sip tea or coffee…slowly. And I’ll have a second cup if I please. That’s a small luxury I enjoy a lot more than the moment actually warrants.

Speaking of breaks, I’m taking a short break from blogging. I’ll be back by early June. See you then!

You can find pretty much anything you need in Sequim or nearby Port Angeles. For some things there isn’t always a vast array of choices. But I guess I haven’t cruised the cookie aisle at Safeway lately. The Oreo selection, which takes up most of this shot, stopped me in my tracks.

Oreos aren’t usually on my radar. Last I noticed there were Oreos and Oreos with extra filling. Now it’s either classic chocolate or vanilla cookies. And the fillings? Ready? I may have missed some but here goes: Fudge creme, mint, peanut butter, red velvet, mega stuf, heads or tails double stuf, birthday cake, triple double, minis, low fat, lemon…and something called “spring,” which as far as I can tell is the standard Oreo cookie with the filling dyed yellow. I have no idea what “heads or tails double stuf” is. Or “triple double,” for that matter. Don’t make me decide.

I made Dutch babies the other day. I’ve posted about them before. They’re delicious breakfast souffles that I make from time to time, usually topped with seasonal fruit, and sometimes lemon curd. See the raspberries on this? I picked them fresh last summer and froze them for a moment like this, sometime long after raspberry season when summer still feels too far away.

I’m almost counting the days until berries here come into season again. You better believe it’s worth waiting for.

Irresistible play on our local name.

If you don’t get it you may not know how to pronounce “Sequim.” It’s pronounced Skwim. Or perhaps you’re unfamiliar with kimchi, Korea’s national fermented vegetable dish. Kimchi, like other fermented foods (such as sauerkraut or pickles), is rich in probiotics, good bacteria that stimulate beneficial microorganisms that help keep your gut healthy.

And no. I haven’t tried it. Yet.