My good friend Ric Merrifield often invites me to Sequim to go crab hunting from his beach house. Here we don’t use pots. We walk to the low tide, and wade in the eel grass to hunt the crab with our bare hands. I love the views from his deck. In the early AM, when…
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HadBurger XII 🍔
It was just after my 57th birthday when I cooked up three whole prime filets for my guests. My good friend Kenny could not make it, and bemoaned that he had never had a HadBurger, please! If you’ve read my site, you know that making and eating these is an endeavor and an endurance test….
HadBurger XI 🍔
The setting for HadBurger XI was Lake Tahoe for Rhone’s 18th Birthday, which is well-documented below. Now the HadBurger requires a lot of preparation and a large grill. Fortunately, we had a grill at the rental. It was not as large as mine at home so that some culinary orchestration would be in order. His…
Copenhagen 2025 🧜🏻♀️
Our trip to Copenhagen in March was planned around Carter’s and Mitch’s birthdays, March 15th and 19th, respectively. It’s become a tradition for the Hadlands and Morgans to take a trip to celebrate both birthdays. This trip was centered around dining. I secured reservations at Geranium and Alchemist, both three-starred restaurants, which would complete our…
Boeuf Bourguignon 🥘
My take on this classic French stew, inspired by Julia Childs. Ingredients 5 – 6 lb chuck roast (I added in 3 short ribs to see how the different meats would break down) 1 lb thick-cut bacon – not peppered or smoked 1 onion diced 6 carrots 8 large crimini mushrooms sliced (3 – 4…
New Orleans Sugar Bowl ⚜️
The 2023 Huskies had a historic season, going undefeated at 13-0 in Pac-12 play, defeating Oregon in the Pac-12 playoff game, and also beating the Ducks twice in the same season – sorry, Bruce. It was the last year of the Pac-12 due to conference realignment. Never again could the Ducks win a Pac-12 Championship….
Lake Tahoe 🏔️
For Rhone’s 18th Birthday, his Mom and I planned a trip to Lake Tahoe, near his home in the Sierra foothills. We rented a house for the weekend to accommodate six of his friends, as well as his Mom, Kirsten, and his Aunt, Sue. I have never visited Lake Tahoe, so I was excited to…
Osterio di Passignano 🍷
Fresh near the finish of another YPO Supercar trip, we were faced with a dilemma at the end of the journey. The last event was cart racing at some track in the middle of Tuscany. Usually, this would not be of grave concern; however, a few of us had keys to a fleet of Lamborghinis….
Senia 👨🍳
Senia is one of Honolulu’s finest restaurants. Famous for their artful beef wellingtons, I have wanted to go here for a long time, and guess what? They were no longer making these excellent dishes. I was crestfallen. If you know me well, I love art, design, architecture, objects d’art, food, furniture, nature, and a great…
Chez Vilardi 👨🍳
Few people know how good friends Joe and I are. I have known Joe well for about 15 years, when he was in his fifties! I met Joe when he was the famed proprietor and owner of Bellevue’s esteemed Bis on Main restaurant. By far the best restaurant in the greater Seattle area under Joe’s…