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August 22, 2008

After Hours Dessert Desert in Bellingham

I love to eat late evening snacks. I work hard to limit it, but I want to be in charge of limiting it, not Bellingham’s early closing of eateries. Why is it sooo hard to find a place to eat fresh pie at 9:30pm?

My partner and I went driving after dinner at Nimbus to find dessert. I know: If Nimbus was so delish, why didn’t I eat dessert there? Well, so I made a mistake and didn’t want to take the elevator back up to the 14th floor again. We could have gone to the Anthony’s. Been there, done that. Arlis closed. Grace Cafe closed.

Can someone help me out here? Suggestions?

Theobroma Cacao

Filed under: Bellingham local,local — Tags: , , , — Bellinghamster @ 3:23 am

Theobroma Cacao, you ask? Food of the gods. It is the latin name for the cacao tree.

Word is Theo has some VERY special chocolate. Theo makes a premium fair trade organic chocolate. You can tour the factory in Seattle or buy it here in Bellingham. Terra Organica carries it. My birthday is fast approaching. Hint hint.

Rochelle’s homemade local Raspberry Jam

Filed under: Bellingham local,local — Tags: , , — Bellinghamster @ 3:21 am

It was gifted to me. A beautiful little jar of freshly made raspberry jam. We devoured it within days.

Rochelle picked Boxx Berry Farms‘ delectable raspberries, learned to can them from a friend and lo and behold she made something delicious. Pooh Bear would have climbed a tree to get at it.

I wonder if there are any more jars left. My birthday is coming up.

August 18, 2008

Joe’s Garden

Filed under: Bellingham local — Tags: , , — Bellingham Diner @ 11:04 pm

Joe’s Garden is a beautiful place. You drive by the fields of flowers and fruits and vegetables to arrive at the main house. The people who work there are smiling and eager to help. I think it has to do with Karol. She is a rush of happy. Her demeanor is ‘I love what I’m doing and I love to share it with you‘.

Joe's Garden

My Mother wanted to take some local blueberries home with her to Florida the next day. Karol said it would be easy to just put a top on the container; they would be good for 3 days. Oh, and Mom would like some lavender, too, please (even though the season is over). Karol cut it herself, gratis. She knows how to make my Mom happy! Is it any wonder the place was packed?

And I found more local raspberries here. Boxx Berry Farms had the last of their raspberries out on Friday – I got those. We ate them all within a day. Now we had more – happy faces. I also bought beets and cauliflower; roasted them with chicken and was lucky to get any. The corn looked great and so was the price.

Mike at Boxx Berry Farms paid me quite a compliment telling me I could be a twin to Karol. Thank you, Mike.

Related: Klipsun Magazine wrote about Joe’s Garden, Seattle Times on Joe Bertero, Joe’s Garden Bellingham  

August 16, 2008

Nimbus Restaurant

Filed under: Bellingham local,Bellingham Restaurants,local,restaurants — Tags: , — Bellingham Diner @ 9:23 pm

THE place to eat in Bellingham. The FIRST restaurant recommendation out of most people’s mouth.

Well, my Mother is in town and I get free sitter service.

What a surprise when my partner made reservations for Nimbus! A restaurant in the clouds! What a view – pick one: sunset or mountain? Sunset. Choose from an original and expansive menu? Heaven.

House made charcuterie was a delectable shared plate of meats, nuts and pickled vegetables (happens to be just like an evening snack served by my partner). My main course was Pig in a Blanket. Now, just in case you were thinking low, let me elaborate. It was a sous-vide (French for ‘under vacuum’) Carlton Farms pork loin with a root beer blanket, fennel compote, roasted beets and vanilla mashed potatoes. Every bite of it was really delicious. My partner had Steak and Crab Mojito. It was better than mine, but his food always is. It was grilled St. Helen’s ribeye, dungeness crab-lime salad, rum braised cauliflower, mint pesto and arugula. He considered it the Best Steak in Bellingham.

The service was attentive and patient (I ask a lot of questions) and the crowd was a pretty good watch.

Next time I’m going to invite 3 people I want to talk with and sit at the table with the sunset view: my yogi, needle lady and Joe. My partner can come, too.

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