'The Need To Feed' by Chef Robert N. Corey: Beyond Starbucks... Travels in Seattle & Whidbey Island, Washington

Day 1: Monday, 23 July 2012. 9:15 p.m. There's a plane on the runway waiting to be boarded. Headed to Seattle and then onto a ferry to Whidbey Island. The Puget Sound beckons. The Pacific Northwest is the last part of the contiguous USA to be explored. Stay tuned for the excitement is nary a day away... Peace.
~R

Day 2: Wednesday, 25 July 2012. 12:06 a.m. 'A picture is worth a thousand words'. Here's 14,000 words through my lens....

Birdhouses in Coupeville, Washington

More birdhouses...

The second oldest commercial dock in Washington, c. 1853.

Just happened upon the place...

A picture of the restaurant called 'Knead & Feed' for the blog titled 'Need to Feed'...! Best Breakfast Buns ever...

Fresly picked Loganberry (cross between a raspberry and a blackberry) - tart and sweet!

I truly love and appreciate the Maillard Reaction, which is a form of nonenzymatic browning. It results from a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar, usually requiring heat, in this example - olive bread. For taste and appearance it is vitally important in the preparation and presentation of food. The process itself is named after a French chemist, Louis-Camille Maillard, who first described it in 1912 while attempting to reproduce biological protein synthesis...

The makers of the bread, above. We're going back on Friday - for breakfast... Three chefs having lunch on the outside deck. 4, counting me...

The lighthouse keeping watch over the Mukitelo Landing Ferry. On the way to Whidbey Island.

A roadside treat. Pick-your-own raspberries. O.k. We will. Thank you.

Textures. Lichens on wood. Inspiration.

Ferry on Puget Sound.

It is, indeed, the 'Evergreen State'.

Washington potatoes. It's not just about Idaho...

Peace.

Day 3: Vacation. Camera. Imagination. Kayaking. Puget Sound. Eagles. Harbor Seals. French Bistro. Glass Blowers. Flowers. Chocolate. Sights, colors & food of Langley, Washington....