Eat All About It

After just a few days on this site, I can’t say how happy I’ve been to see so many readers from my days at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer join me here. Many of my former colleagues — although I still think of them as just plain colleagues — also have their own blogs and websites and other journalism projects in the works. Here’s a link to see where you can find Andrew Schneider still investigating food safety, Cecelia Goodnow still writing about children’s books, Gene Stout covering music, Meryl Schenker showcasing her photojournalism skills, and many more. Other sites are under construction, and I’ll add them as they go live.

Starting on Thursday, March 19, I’ll be blogging here with my usual mix of food news, interviews, and recipes. If you’d like to reach me in the meantime, please e-mail me or drop me a line. 

And, if you were just coming for my mom’s brownies, I don’t think she’d mind me sharing them here. I believe she originally found the recipe in a fund-raising cookbook from Delaware, my home state:

Mom’s Senate Brownies
2 sticks butter
4 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1 1/2 cups walnuts
6 ounces chocolate chips

Melt butter and chocolate in saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat.

Stir in sugar until combined.

Add eggs, 1 at a time.

Stir in vanilla, flour, and one cup walnuts.

Spread in greased 9×13-inch baking pan

Top with 1/2 cup walnuts and chocolate chips

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.