Outside my window, the world is a sea of green. They don’t call Seattle the Emerald City for nothing! And inside my kitchen, freshly snipped mint waits for its symphony partners: pistachio and lime. This green trio is perfectly accompanied by–just about anything: drizzled over roasted vegetables; mixed into pasta, rice, or tabouli; plopped on […]
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Newly minted: Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
When I was a little girl, my two favorite flavors of ice cream were coffee (I was destined for Seattle) and mint chocolate chip. So when I asked our cousins which flavor ice cream they’d like me to make for an upcoming Dad and son birthday party (yes, both born on the same date), I […]
Visualize whirled peas: Pea-mint risotto
Peas are plentiful at the Urban Cabin. And so is mint.Visualize all that gorgeous greenness in a bowl and you have pea-mint risotto, the perfect summer meal for Seattle, aka the Emerald City, a green-filled city if there every was one. A lovely local fume blanc (thank you Facelli Winery!) to sip on, and herbed […]
Spas: Armenian yogurt soup
“I’ll have the spas,” is what I frequently said when we went out for lunch in Armenia. Spas (spahs) is a creamy, tart, filling and soup served warm in the winter and chilled during summer months. This soup, sometimes called tahnabour or madzoon abour, is classic Armenian cuisine. It’s made with yogurt and wheat grain […]