You are What You Eat: Spice up your life with flavors from around the world

bryanz — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:23:49 +0000

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

I like to think I am an adventurous cook. Then someone gave me a huge, restaurant-sized container of Chinese five-spice powder. I must admit, I was stumped for a while, but there is nothing like a challenge to bring out some tasty and low-salt recipes.

Five-spice powder is a staple in Chinese cooking. It’s used to season duck, chicken and sometimes fish. You can easily make your own powder to season chicken – see the recipes below.

Another spice mix I have been experimenting with is from the Middle East. Like five-spice, it’s an ancient seasoning. Called Za'atar, it is a mix of thyme, dried sumac, sesame seed and, often, salt.

Dried sumac is a bit hard to find so homemade salt-free Za’atar might be a bit tricky. But it is available online. One local source is Seattle’s World Spice Merchant shop, which offers a prepared Israeli Za’atar that has less than 140 milligrams of sodium per half cup. The shop’s Syrian Za’atar is about five times more salty, so stick to the Israeli style to keep your kidneys and heart healthy.

Teenagers recreate Fight Club at Golden Gardens, are broken up by police

bryanz — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:34:29 +0000

Apparently a bunch of teenagers decided to make like Edward Norton in the movie Fight Club and start their own real-life Ballard-based version. As you can imagine, police were not pleased. SPD's Jonah Spangenthal-Lee writes a compelling (read: sarcastic) report ripe with allusions to the movie. The original title? "The First Rule of Fight Club Is: Don't Join Fight Club." Read it below.

Seattle police broke up a teenage “fight club” at Golden Gardens over the weekend, proving once again that teenagers just aren’t ready for R-rated movies.

Officers working an emphasis patrol in Golden Gardens pulled into the park’s upper parking lot just after midnight and spotted a crowd of about 40 juveniles cheering on a group of two or three people fighting (although, spoiler alert, it might’ve been one person fighting themselves).

Once officers flashed their lights and sounded their siren at the group, the crowd scattered into the woods, leaving behind garbage, beer bottles, and several cars.

Ballard High student awarded with leadership scholarship

bryanz — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:48:26 +0000

From the Comcast Foundation

Anna L. Cechony, a senior at Ballard High School, is among the 90 recipients of the Comcast Foundation’s annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program awards in Washington State, the Comcast Foundation has announced.

Among Cechony’s past and present achievements: a vice president in student government and president of the Student Lives Always Matter Club and volunteer for Link Crew and Inspiring Girls Now Into Technology Evolution Club. She received a Varsity Letter for swim and dive and was Boys Swim Team manager. She has received several academic and community service honors including Trevor Simpson "Lifesaver" Award for Youth Suicide Prevention. At the time the school nominated her for the scholarship, Cechony was planning to study chemistry at Scripps College in Claremont, Calif.

DUI driver collides with police car in East Ballard, tries to flee

bryanz — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:27:10 +0000

From SPD Blotter

An officer on patrol in North Seattle was struck by a hit and run drunk driver early this morning on 3rd Avenue Northwest.

At approximately 3:12 a.m. a uniformed patrol officer in a fully-marked Seattle Police car was driving northbound in the 6700 block of 3rd Avenue NW when the suspect driver suddenly cut across 3rd Avenue NW traveling westbound and collided with the police car. The female suspect/driver then fled the scene. The suspect was located soon afterward at 15th Avenue NW and NW Market Street and taken into custody.

The suspect was processed for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

Neither the officer nor the suspect were injured in the incident.

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