Fourth of July fireworks on Lake Union

The Space Needle from below at night

Tom and me on Lake Union (aka The Skipper and Gilligan). Who knew we were sailors?

Learning how to make chocolates and truffles at Theo Chocolate, an incredible fair trade-certified chocolate company in Fremont with my friend Charlotte and Debra Music, Theo Chocolate's Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Learning how to make chocolates and truffles at Theo Chocolate, an incredible fair trade-certified chocolate company in Fremont with my friend Charlotte and Debra Music, Theo Chocolate's Vice President of Sales & Marketing

My running route along the water, through Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park

Green Pea Broth with Late Summer Vegetables, Sheep Milk Ricotta and Pickled Meyer Lemon

Thank you to Chef Maxime Bilet, Nathan Myhrvold’s chef de cuisine at the lab for many years and a key to developing the recipes. He was the one who cooked us this extraordinary meal when we were there.

Passion Fruit Yolk, Lemongrass White, Quails from our Roof Garden

Thanks again, Maxime!

Emeril and me at our favorite lunch spot for king crab

Lunch!!!

Remains of a bear kill by the river

Emeril and our guide getting ready to fish

Tom and Hugh in the river