Food

Dinner tonight: tomatoes au tomatoes with a side of tomatoes

Have a hankering for some tomatoes?  Then you’ll want to head over to the Wallingford Senior Center tonight at the Good Shepherd, where the Wallingford Community Kitchen will celebrate that savory, botanically classified fruit that’s more commonly known as a vegetable.  The kitchen will be held this evening from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. Not only will everyone have a chance to participate in making and enjoying the meal, but here’s what else is in store for this evening: Community Kitchen leader…

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Today at the Farmers Market

Don't forget to swing by the Farmers Market today, as the season is winding down with only three weeks left to enjoy local, tasty, fresh produce and other goodies--all in one fell swoop. Iron Chef and our lady of the Tilth, Maria Hines will be on-hand for a cooking demonstration between 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., so you won't want to miss out on all the fun. Remember, too, that participating merchants in the Wallingford Center will reward you with a…

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The Street Treats truck is coming!

As a kid growing up in the suburbs, hearing the jingling bells of the ice cream truck was one of the best things about summer.  Living in a tract housing development that had 2.5 children for every home, our purchases were easily the driver’s entire take for the day.  We’d be in the middle of a kickball game in the cul-de-Sac, or building a fort in the back yard when the bells beckoned us to drop whatever it was we were…

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Is ‘Leo’ America’s Favorite Food Truck?

Seems like one more Wallingford food favorite is going up against some pretty fierce national competition.  This time, the Food Network has nominated Molly Moon’s ice cream truck, Leo, as one of the best food trucks in America.  Not bad for only being on the road for two months. Now it’s up to you, the public, to decide by casting your votes.  You can vote up to 10 times a day, now through September 10, either online or via text: FT201…

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Dick’s Gets New Digs, Voters Decide Where

The last time Dick Spady opened a restaurant in Seattle, the year was 1974, and inflation was at 11.3%. The average cost of a new house was $35k, and the average annual income was $14k. Hard to imagine, too, but the price of gas was at .55 per gallon, and a new car cost $3,750.  And while the new Queen Anne Dick's was welcomed into the community with open arms, our nation’s “Tricky” Dick was forced to resign as President of…

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Farmers Market – Wallingford Ave business perspective

The news on Thursday that the Farmers Market wouldn't be moving due to resistance from some Wallingford Ave businesses has generated quite a bit of turmoil and emotion. As of this writing, there are 59 comments on the original post, with Wallingford neighbors and businesses weighing in on both sides. We do our best to practice good, blog-style journalism here at Wallyhood. It's different from newspaper-style journalism, but ought to adhere to the same basic tenets of fairness and truth (if…

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Canning and Pickling

Have you heard about the Canvolution? It swept the blognation this past summer: a revival of the lost arts of canning, jarring, pickling and preserving. After reading about it on Tigress in a Jam (and after tasting some of Grandpa Wallyhood's delicious Concord grape preserves), Mrs. Wallyhood challenged herself this past year: she would can or preserve one food item per month. The first month, it was Ginger Pear Preserves (delicious and empowering: if she could pull that off, she was…

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