Seattle Cooks! and i eat it all up
Nov. 15th, 2003 07:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ironymaidenSatan's* friend scored tix to 21 Dog Years on Thursday, and since that friend got them from the Mike Daisey, we went out with him afterwards. nice guy, fun show. he talks about how on internet time, the old timers have worked at the company for six months. i was at work this morning (still catching up from illness) and having a talk with my new minion, who is taking over my most annoying client; here i was indeed, explaining how we did things a whole five months ago and how we've come so far since then. also of note was sharing that longing with Mike for a "regular" life with "regular" hours and health insurance. no human experience is unique.
C and i went to Seattle Cooks! and threw ketosis out the window. we had tidbits of everything from avocodo oil to raw oysters to apricot jalapeno spread to earl grey chocolate truffles. i don't think it was quite as big this year (no whole octopus), but there were ample samples of the best. ice cream cake. ever. i wasn't entirely thrilled, until we sat down and watched a chocolate demo with Chef Gabriel from Culinary Communion. not only is he a good teacher, but he was tossing out where to buy all the ingredients for cheap in Seattle. AND he was talking chemistry (chocolate hardens when the molecules align, marble is endothermic, etc), WHICH I LOVE, and explaining how to temperature test chocolate by feel rather than with a candy thermometer. i absolutely adore Williams-Sonoma peppermint bark, and he showed how to make the stuff ($25 the pound) for about $4 in materials and 15 minutes of labor. *sigh* and afterwards we got to walk up on stage, ask questions, and eat. i'm all ready for someone to buy me one of his classes.
we got a deal of swag too, but many of the take homes were carb-o-licious (bags of rice, potatoes, two slice packets of bread) so we mostly got brochures and recipes. and a sweet Cafe Vita sticker.
i was hoping to finally see Dracula tonight, but it was all sold out, so Ticket/Ticket man hooked us up for tomorrow's matinee. (i refuse to feel guilty about my discount tix because it should have been free, passes for volunteers my ass.) it'll be a busy time between that and Sneak Film, but that's okay. C is going back to writing and i have the new Matt Ruff to dig into.
*he felt that i resented him after the Tibetans took over Cinerama on pay-what-you-can night. i was fine, really. but i'm glad i saw the play and it's hella fun to tease him.
C and i went to Seattle Cooks! and threw ketosis out the window. we had tidbits of everything from avocodo oil to raw oysters to apricot jalapeno spread to earl grey chocolate truffles. i don't think it was quite as big this year (no whole octopus), but there were ample samples of the best. ice cream cake. ever. i wasn't entirely thrilled, until we sat down and watched a chocolate demo with Chef Gabriel from Culinary Communion. not only is he a good teacher, but he was tossing out where to buy all the ingredients for cheap in Seattle. AND he was talking chemistry (chocolate hardens when the molecules align, marble is endothermic, etc), WHICH I LOVE, and explaining how to temperature test chocolate by feel rather than with a candy thermometer. i absolutely adore Williams-Sonoma peppermint bark, and he showed how to make the stuff ($25 the pound) for about $4 in materials and 15 minutes of labor. *sigh* and afterwards we got to walk up on stage, ask questions, and eat. i'm all ready for someone to buy me one of his classes.
we got a deal of swag too, but many of the take homes were carb-o-licious (bags of rice, potatoes, two slice packets of bread) so we mostly got brochures and recipes. and a sweet Cafe Vita sticker.
i was hoping to finally see Dracula tonight, but it was all sold out, so Ticket/Ticket man hooked us up for tomorrow's matinee. (i refuse to feel guilty about my discount tix because it should have been free, passes for volunteers my ass.) it'll be a busy time between that and Sneak Film, but that's okay. C is going back to writing and i have the new Matt Ruff to dig into.
*he felt that i resented him after the Tibetans took over Cinerama on pay-what-you-can night. i was fine, really. but i'm glad i saw the play and it's hella fun to tease him.
