(Fried Clams from Seattle's Beloved Chain, Ivars) I eluded to it before but now with less than one month away it is time to talk about Northwest Noshings. When I moved to the Pacific Northwest from desert Arizona I had no idea the variety of culinary treats I was in for. My first time at a farmer's market out here was jaw dropping. The farmers market was not just dried chilies and citrus fruit. The shear variety of mushrooms was insane.(Speaking of mushrooms if you want a chance to win 2 lbs of fresh morel mushrooms you should enter the contest over at Marx Food). The strawberries were red inside...the ones we got in AZ had a ton of white in the middle. I personally don't eat tomatoes but I can tell by just looking at them that Washington tomatoes kick Arizona tomatoes ass...and they have all the heirloom variety that don't cost and arm and a leg..and another leg. Many times I have made something that I wanted to share with my readers but it just really didn't fit into the genre … [Read more...]