Julie Jams

For years, the restaurant scene in Redmond, Washington has been woefully underdeveloped. I mean, it has it's Claimjumpers and whatnot for those craving 3 meals on one plate...

Chicken, chicken, how to make it more exciting...Well, everything tastes better with some sort of salty pork product.And there's got to be some cheese.And then we've got to mess with the presentation a bit.Channel your inner cinnamon roll and what do you have?A roulade (you know it's going to taste...

Mrs. Julie making her excellent homemade strawberry jam.

Julie Jams makes roast chicken

Julie Jams makes homemade pasta

Edible Seattle is one of my favorite publications. I'm sorry to say I still don't subscribe. Although, it's to their benefit because then I pay the higher price for each issue...

Uh, ahem...hello. Is this thing on?I know it's been a while, so let me explain. At the beginning of September, I finally left the ranks of a purely stay-at-home mom and joined the dizzying paced workforce of adjunct professordom...

Zeek's, Pagliacci...you're both great. I've had a good time with you and I really like your personality. But I think we should start seeing other people. I mean, we can still be friends, can't we? The occasional visit now and then?What...

Isn't it easy to get into a food rut? We do it all the time, mostly at breakfast. For a while it was Ancient Grain Bread toasted with butter and honey...

Like many others here in the Northwest, I decided to try my hand at a garden this summer. I always love having fresh herbs...

During our vacation to Sun River in July, I whipped up a full batch of my favorite pancakes. They were a huge hit...especially to the little birthday girl...

There are oh so many peach cliches out there dying to make there way into this post...but perhaps the most accurate one is that I'm "up to my eyeballs in peaches." My neighbor regularly visits her family in Eastern Washington, passing right through massive amounts of orchards...

Hey! Remember me? I know, it's been longer than the customary length of time between posts. There was vacation. And then I've been working on my upcoming classes for next year. And then it was 100 degrees for a week...in Seattle. I kid you not. And no one has air conditioning here...

Today was D-Day for my husband...Doctor Day. My other half is one of those people who has only visited the doctor a small handful of times in his entire life. When he was a 6 month old baby, his parents brought him and his brother on a 13 hour flight from Manila to the small casino town of Reno...