Filed under: In Sixty Seconds Eric Vellend outlines the paper-thin and delicious art of phyllo pastries. Bitchin' Kitchen's cookbook gets a bad review and a garlic-adapted recipe for Mediterranean Chickpea Stew. If you wonder about small, farm-raised pigs, check out this rundown of Blue Haven Farms'...

Geeky? Crafty? Got some time on your hands? Make your own boardgame pieces! Tutorials for making custom 3-d Settlers of Catan tiles (and gorgeous custom sets here, and here, although with no instructions,alas). Agricola more your style? Grab some polymer clay and get making resources, more resources...

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: 10 am-2 pm today in The Junction, 44th/Alaska; you can see the newest “fresh sheet” here - with greens, prawns, and mutton, among the newer offerings. DELRIDGE PRODUCE CO-OP INFO AT THE MARKET: Galena White’s been working hard to find and organiz...

For those of you who found yesterday's tale of farmhouse love a tad unrealistic (what with the lingerie-clad rolling in the hay), we've found a farmer-schoolgirl love story might be more up your alley. True, there's no real indication that this scene is taking place on a farm, rather than in some Po...

Director : John Sturges Release Date : 23 October 1960 (USA) Genre : Western, Adventure, Drama Cast : Yul Brynner as Chris Adams, Eli Wallach as Calvera, Steve McQueen as Vin, Charles Bronson as Bernardo O’Reilly, Robert Vaughn as Lee, Brad Dexter as Harry Luck, James Coburn as Britt, Horst Bu...

Buongiorno. This week one of the highlights from my farmers market visit was finding a locally-harvested couple of pounds of local Manila clams from the Point Reyes Oyster Company. Usually the clams you get here on the West Coast are width of a plum: you buy a pound and you get about 12-15. When mak...

From the West Seattle Weekend Lineup (click here to hop directly to the Sunday list): BIG GAME: As previewed here earlier this week, West Seattle Soccer Club’s GU-18 Ladyhawks play in the finals of the Commissioners’ Cup this afternoon, 1:45 pm, Starfire in Tukwila. OSCAR PARTY: When the...

Ever since the slow food movement came to prominence in the 90s, there has been a general shift in the way we perceive food and how we expect it to be produced. First, there was the whole fair trade thing, then it was all about being organic, now, it’s all about being local - and one of the la...

For any of you that have been interested in getting involved with a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), you may have had a similar experience as I have had -- I got put on a waiting list.  Now this is not a complaint, but a testament to the rising popularity of local food and fresh produce.  Th...

Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Know... Continue reading "Studies in Crap Presents Your Child's Favorite Weeping Farmer Coloring Book"...