tom douglas comes to the office
i’ve been slack in making grandma’s cookies because i have a plan: i’m going bake them this week for a christmas gathering hosted by another hollenbach grandkid. i thought it would be a nice treat to have on hand. i’ll probably post about it this weekend.
in the meantime: i met tom douglas!!
yes, the man that potmandu insulted unknowingly at his restaurant. the man who owns a number of restaurants in seattle (two of which are featured on eater.com as must eat restaurants: Brave Horse Tavern and Serious Pie) and may have single-handedly created the worlds most perfect coconut cream pie.
sadly, i’ve not had said coconut cream pie but a colleague of mine gets one every year for his birthday. which speaks volumes to the quality, since he rarely eats sweeets. but that’s not all: his wife is gluten- and dairy-free and this is her single exception.
so i’m a tom douglas convert. though, his food does not blow me away, i realize he accomplishes what he sets out to do: serve real food. everything in every restaurant is made by hand – be it main courses, breads, salad dressings, even the ketchup. if they serve it, they made it. that surprised and impressed me. i’m definitely the type to buy condiments but now i want to try making some of my own and then bring it all together by serving a meal that i made entirely from scratch.
(bonus: i know potmandu would help as well since he’s determined to become the mustard king of the world!)
now i’ve added his dahlia bakery cookbook to my list of books to buy – even though i’ve said i’m not going to buy any more books. i really want to try his sugar cookies which would be an interesting comparison with my grandma’s recipe. i can also try the frosting trick we were shown: using parchment paper shaped into a cone with a fine hole cut out to allow more detailed designs. because, seriously, how cute is this cookie?
