Truth be told, these are my favorite types of meal Truth be told, these are my favorite types of meals… platters where you can just pick at them while sipping wine and catching up with a friend. Chances are, if you come over for a meal, you’re getting an assortment of things to nosh on, maybe a mix of homemade appetizers… but just an array of deliciousness you can snack on whilst enjoying the evening. 

I’ve been wanting to make a lox platter for awhile now, so here we are. I sprinkled some Everything But the Bagel seasoning onto smoked lox and then added sliced cucumbers and radishes to the platter along with sliced bialys and crackers. Dipping items are a must so I included hummus and tzatziki. A fun platter just to nibble from, but a bialys sandwich with everything stuffed in it was pretty perfect too. Hope that gave you a little bit of inspo for something you can easily whip up too!
I had planned another type of post tonight, but in I had planned another type of post tonight, but in light of today’s news, it just doesn’t feel right. Some days it can be hard to find the sunshine, especially a day like today. I can’t make sense as to why things like today continue to happen while people spend copious amounts of energy worrying about banning books and drag shows. Make it make sense. Just make it fucking make sense. It doesn’t. You can’t. Until it does, use your voice. Show up to meetings. Sign the petitions. Text ACT to 644-33 to get involved (I did). Be so loud that you can’t be ignored, until things change. Thirteen school shootings this year. When is enough, enough?
Weekend photos in review, old school edition. Cont Weekend photos in review, old school edition.
Context: 1) Lola has zero chill in the car, 2) fulfilling request for Chicken Parm Penne with Vodka Sauce, 3) Sunday vibes 4) my favorite porchetta sandwich 5) from @butlerandtheboard 6) affirmations, 7) the sun was out today
Just like the moon, you’re whole no matter what Just like the moon, you’re whole no matter what phase you’re in. ✨ Got this one back in September and it’s one of my favorites. I sometimes forget it’s there until I get a random flash of it.
Happy #NationalPuppyDay to these two. I used to ca Happy #NationalPuppyDay to these two. I used to call Clifford an asshat, because he basically was. But there’s a new asshat in town… 🙄 Clifford is now a freaking rockstar. His tumor and age have slowed him down a LOT and he virtually never misbehaves, and we are seriously so proud of him. Lola, on the other hand, is still full blown PUPPY. Tonight I’m assembling a gate to replace the wooden one she ate through. 😂 Berners love wood and she is OBSESSED with being in the kitchen. So one new metal gate coming right up as soon as I can figure out how to put it together.
Last week when I met the owners of the new French Last week when I met the owners of the new French bakery in town, I told them how happy I was that they were opening … because now I had an endless source for gifts for my mom’s future birthdays and Christmases. She was born in Paris and we’ve grown up with a healthy appreciation for French things … starting with their pastries and baguettes, but so much more. My daughter took her first trip to Paris last year and thoroughly enjoyed the croissants there and she deemed the ones at @chocolatinenj just as perfect. No surprise there since the owner is a French pastry chef! If you’re local and haven’t been, do make a point to stop in and visit. They’re open Wednesday through Sunday and have a wide selection of sweet and savory items and a few French retail selections as well. We’ve tried the macarons, the Croque Monsieur, the croissants, the tomato tarts, the baguette … basically we’re working our way through their display case in due time. Don’t miss this one - enjoy!
People complain about how much time is spent on ph People complain about how much time is spent on phones sometimes, but if it wasn’t for phones. I wouldn’t have these awesome little snippets of them growing up. I only wish I had more. Appreciate and document the little mundane things, for they are the very fabric of your life.
happy Spring, friends! Y’all know how long I’v happy Spring, friends! Y’all know how long I’ve been waiting for the seasons to change and I’m so excited that Mother Nature was on board today! ☀️ There is nothing like the energy from the sun and it makes me happy. Hope you got some today!
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Review: Piroshky Piroshky Bakery, Pike Place Market, Seattle

August 10, 2011 · Narrative

Piroshky - Exterior Sign
Love the little bit of sun flare in that picture.  I had planned another topic for today, but couldn’t string the words together in a way that made me happy, so instead we’ll catch up on some backlog.

I happened to be on an interview this morning, and the guy interviewing me asked me “why food?”  One of the easiest questions for me to answer, but not one I am able to eloquently sum up in a nice, compact elevator speech.  Because it means so much.  From my girls trip last year to Mystic, CT, I have a giant photo hanging in our kitchen that proclaims FOOD IS LOVE.  And that’s it, really, isn’t it?  Some of my earliest fondest memories from my childhood involve food, but beyond that, it’s about coming to the table.  To share with family.  With friends.  Creating memories.  Around occasions.  And nothingness.  And that’s one thing I strive to give my kids.  Memories of love.  Food.  Family.  Laughter. After all, it’s all woven together in our tapestry.  Our rainbow cakes.  Our Feast of the Seven Fishes.  Nick’s yesteryear favorite dinner of Penne with Vodka Sauce and his sister’s first taste of grapefruit.  Our celebrations of Chinese New Year.  Even though we’re not Chinese.  I want them to remember coming together as a family, at the table, when they look back on their childhood.  And when Nick requested a homecooked meal for his birthday dinner, it just reinforces the fact that I’m on the right path.  It all starts here.

And so it is with trips too.  Since early Spring, I have taken a trip a month, largely for work, and some of them (heck, most of them!) have been intrinsically tied to food.  The memories that surround the trip are all about “Remember that meal we had at that dive?”  “Those roadstand tomatoes?”  “That waiter at such-and-such as awesome, wasn’t he?”  We share.  We connect.  We laugh.  We love.  We feed our souls from the inside out, nourishing every fiber of our being.

When I say that Sarah and I ate our way across Seattle back in May, I’m not exaggerating.  Because we totally did.  Our last meeting with the Starbucks crew was a lunch meeting.  But after that, we had a second lunch at Lola.  And then we seriously worked our way from one end of Pike Place Market to the other.  Eating.  Experiencing.  Thinking “oh, we’re not hungry,” and then an hour later we’re chatting it up with a cute waiter and two dozen oysters.  (That review is coming soon)

Piroshky - Interior Door
The day we arrived in Seattle, Beth forwarded me an e-mail with a list of Top 10 eats in Pike Place Market.  Whoever said “timing is everything” wasn’t kidding.  I saw Piroshky Piroshky Bakery on the list and it was one of our first stops.  A Russian bakery that has been family-owned since 1992, we found it easily by the small line snaking outside the front door.  And in actuality, the line gave us a chance to get the tiny lay of the land, suss out the menu, peer into the clear glass case and decide exactly how many piroshkies would be too much.

Piroshky - The Line

Piroshky - Menu
As we got closer and closer to the front, our list of “wants” changed here and there as the shopkeeper started to sell out of selections on our list.  We decided that both a sweet and a savory piroshky was the way to go, and the best way to properly review the place.  A marzipan one to bring home to my Mom.  Oh, and maybe one of those Cheddar Dill stick thingies.

Piroshky - Front Counter

Piroshky - Sarah

Piroshky - Sweet Selections

Piroshky - Their Story

A few dollars and a bulging paper sack and we were off scouting for a place to devour our feast.

Piroshky - The Purchase

Piroshky - Cheddar and Dill

The savory piroshkies were a definite highlight.  Full-on potato flavor, a teensy hint of garlic, slightly warm, a tender, light flaky crust and a hint of Cheddar cheese.  The perfect little fuel to get us to our next stop.  The Cheddar Dill stick was decidedly not a favorite.  You have to really, really, really like dill, and while we do, we found it just too overpowering.

If you happen to be hungry, or even if you’re not, and you’re wandering through the Pike Place Market one sunny afternoon, do pop into Piroshky Piroshky Bakery.  It doesn’t make the Top 10 lists for nuthin’.

Piroshky Piroshky Bakery
1908 Pike Place
Seattle, WA 98101

August 10, 2011 – Bonus Photos
My Favorite Meringues
When I’m in the mood for something sweet, I usually reach for meringues. Non-fat and not too sugar-laden, it’s the perfect thing to take the edge off. There is one particular kind I like, and I’ve only found them at one grocery store, and not even the whole chain. Just one particular location. Imagine my disappointment (and horror!) when they have been out of stock for the past two weeks. I was afraid they were discontinuing them, so tonight the kids and I headed out, intent on finding another source, and thank goodness we did. You can all sleep better tonight, I know.

Tonight at dinner, this was our conversation. Well, amongst two other topics that are decidedly not kid-friendly, nor blog-approved.

“Can I call you Cate?” Madeline asked me.

No.

“Why not?”

Because my name to you is Mommy.

“I want to call you Cate.”

No, definitely not.

“So Mommy, that’s it?”

Nick helped her out by explaining she could expand her options to Mom too.

“How about mudder?” she asked.

It never fails to make us laugh to hear her say the word “mother,” although I do cringe a bit at the word itself. It just conjures up all sorts of sass and attitude from a sixteen-year-old. Oh wait, that was a flashback.

Yes, mother is ok.

“But I really want to call you Cate. And I’m going to. Cate, I need more milk. PLEASE.”

Madeline, you may not call me by my first name.

“Ok, Cate,” followed by squeals of laughter.

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  1. Claire says

    August 10, 2011 at 10:05 pm

    Oh goodness! Piroshki! When we lived in Kyrgyzstan, you would walk down the street and hear “Piroshki, piroshki, gariochi piroshki!” Meaning “piroshki, piroshki, hot piroshki.” These were great…hot, homemade, potato rolls. The ones we had were either potato filled or meat filled. Delicious! I really need to try making them! YUM!!!

    As to Madeline…hilarious!

    Reply
  2. Sarah Caron says

    August 11, 2011 at 12:10 am

    Oh, I wish you tried the whole apple one. It was ah-freakin-mazing. Also, the potato one was really delish. But, wait. Wasn’t the stick a Cheddar Caraway Seed one? Dill might have been good … the caraways were not.

    Reply
    • Cate O'Malley says

      August 11, 2011 at 9:25 am

      Well if someone had shared the apple one… ;) No, not caraway, definitely dill. Swear.

      Reply
  3. Joanne says

    August 11, 2011 at 6:23 am

    I love the word piroshky, first of all. Second of all, I’m pretty sure 99.9% of my life revolves around food in some way or another, so I totally get it. Food is not just love…it’s also life.

    Oh Madeline…does she ever know how to push your buttons!

    Reply
  4. Ramona says

    August 11, 2011 at 11:10 am

    I’d still have the bruises if I called my father by his first name…..

    Reply

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