Odds & Ends: Kitchen Vignettes, Seattle Love, and the Perennial Plate

By Irene Yadao

We were delighted that our new friend, Aube, writer of the award-winning blog Kitchen Vignettes, mentioned us on her website this week. In the same post, she also offers a fabulous nettlekopita recipe that we’re dying to try, especially after the buckets of nettles that Rebecca recently procured.   We love Aube’s inventiveness and creativity, both in the kitchen and behind the lens.  Thanks for the shout-out, Aube!

Photo of nettlekopita, courtesy of Kitchen Vignettes.

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Exciting news from Seattle: Chef Renee Erickson is adding a new restaurant to her repertoire, which currently includes Seattle staples The Walrus and the Carpenter and Boat Street Cafe and Kitchen.  The Whale Wins, which will focus on wood-fired dishes, is set to open this summer in a converted warehouse in the Fremont Collective.  We can’t wait to visit next time we’re in the Northwest.

Photo of Renee Erickson, courtesy of Boat Street Cafe.

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If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of following the work that Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine have produced on The Perennial Plate — you’re missing out.  It’s an amazing web documentary series about socially conscious, sustainable agriculture and cooking.  The subjects (and the people) are diverse and wide-ranging. Each episode is relevant and revealing, and compels viewers to open their eyes to where their food is coming from.  But the show isn’t didactic.  It’s interesting.  And fun.  We’re looking forward to seeing what they have in store for their third season.

We urge you to check them out at theperennialplate.com. In the meantime, here is a link to an episode they filmed in Montana, called The Cows and the Horses, and a link to the final episode of their second season, which recaps their journey.

A clip from Perennial Plate, Season Two, Episode 70.