lovely grilled vegetables from Patty Pan Grill at the Queen Anne farmer’s market
When I first announced I was considering doing Meatless Week, my friend Carrie, said: “You’re not going to save the planet by going meatless.” It was a tongue-in-cheek comment that grabbed my attention, and I’ve since had the chance to ask her to [...]

Banana Brioche French Toast at Volunteer Park Café
Hi friends, we’re in the home stretch at Day 6 of Meatless Week. Yesterday, I talked about how I felt more energetic on Day 5, and today, I felt as well as I normally do when I’m eating meat. I even had the energy to do a 9-miler [...]

June Restaurant’s gorgeous beet salad with fava beans, hazelnuts, and Parmesan
Hello friends. I am writing this at the end of Day 4 of Meatless Week, a little challenge I came up with to reduce my carbon footprint and expose myself to more vegetarian dishes. We have quite a few bloggers involved in the challenge, and [...]

Best thing I ate this week thus far: Vegetarian “King of Garlic” (made with fried tofu) at Noodle Boat
It’s Day 3 of Meatless Week here on the Cookbook Chronicles. The day turned out to be the most delicious, and satisfying one so far this week. For breakfast, a delectable omelette filled with grilled halloumi, the [...]

It’s Day 2 of going Meat-Free. This calls for Celebration Brownies!
Last night, as I was snacking on some mochi, it suddenly dawned on me that tomorrow would mark the longest time I’ve gone meat-free since…toddler-hood.
Growing up in a Chinese family, pork was basically a food group. I remember the first time I brought my then-boyfriend, [...]

Asian-style spicy tempeh wrap with pickled jicama and carrots
Friends, we’re not even finished with Day 1 on the Meat-Free Challenge and already I’m making mistakes. Last month, I was assigned a vegan restaurant to check out for Seattle Magazine. I invited a formerly vegetarian friend, and lunch was tasty. We had a vegan Reuben that [...]

Hi, I’m Lorna. I really like to eat meat. But here I am steaming mushrooms.
I’m going Meat-free for one week. Join me?

Over the next week on this blog, I’ll be trying new vegetarian recipes. It’s good for the environment. It’s good for your health. If I can do it, anybody can. (I’m glad these [...]

Last night, I had the chance to be on stage with a bunch of talented, local authors for an incredible event titled “What We Talk About When We Talk About Food.” It was put on by Kim Ricketts, and moderated by author Kathleen Flinn. We were asked to prepare a reading for the crowd. I [...]

That’s my friend Tamara doing my hair. Yes, she is purdy.
My good friend Tamara has been doing my hair for years, and I guess she must do a fab job because it’s the #1 thing I get complimented on! She thought it’d be fun to do a special salon offer on my blog for all [...]

Just a small announcement that I’ll be on King5’s awesome new talk show, New Day Northwest, gabbing with Margaret Larson about the best pizzas in the city for Seattle Magazine.
(If you missed our section on pizzas in April’s Best Restaurant’s issue, here it is!)
Hope y’all tune in at 11am tomorrow.
ETA: Here’s the video!