August-time, and the finding of bounty is easy
Look at your bookcase. Rummage in the free movies of Netflix. Eat tomatoes. Look up from your smart phone at the plenty around you.
Peter Miller
Peter Miller is owner of Peter Miller Books, a store in Seattle specializing in architecture and design books. You can reach him in care of editor@crosscut.com.
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Think before you drink
You'd think the Northwest would know how to find good spring water, and to stay away from the purified stuff.
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The high privilege of a perfect Washington strawberry
The moment is about to come, and it lasts only 12 days at most.
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Seattle Sounders are playing stiff and stern
Maybe it's the coach. Maybe it's the striverland of Seattle. But a soccer team needs to play with more rhythm and looseness.
In search of real American cuisine
A cookbook out of New Jersey evokes the true American cooking we lost and haven't rediscovered yet.