Taste of Tulalip: Big Bites at the Small-mouthed Bay

... strange to be at the Tulalip Casino, aware of the native people that were and are still here, taste wines from France, Italy, Cali, Washington and Oregon, see the very dapper Chef Marcus Samuelsson (an Ethiopian born, Swedish-adopted New Yorker) demo his coconut-milk/buttermilk fried chicken, served in his Soul Food restaurant Red Rooster in Harlem (named after a neighborhood in Amsterdam). Whew!

A Dash of Salt Spring Island

When we first got off the ferry in Fulford Harbor, we curved down a little road on the way to the main town on the island, Ganges. The first person we encountered was a little Quebequois guy on the side of the road selling lobster mushrooms. Huge bins of bright orange mushrooms were stacked all around him, and he knelt beside a little Sterno where he had a saute pan sizzling with butter, garlic and mushroom. His lunch, and taste samples ensured a sale...