Cucina Pobre, French Wine Values

When the holiday season empties the wallet and expands the waistline, the new year can be an appropriate time to explore Cucina Pobre, simple meals shaped by frugality.  Throughout history, Spain and France have had pockets of rural poverty and lower class urbanites...

Padrón Season, Great Cheeses

It’s August and Padrón pepper season is peaking. This is great news, as the price has now dropped significantly!  We carry peppers which are grown locally, in West Seattle, about 5 miles from the shop.  Our cool nights preserve the mild pepper flavor so that...