This is a lovely “starting place” hot chocolate recipe, inspired by a recipe from Cooks Illustrated. It’s perfectly tasty if you make it the way it is, but that is no fun at all. This recipe demands to be customized. Make it YOUR hot chocolate — that’s the entire reason to do this instead of just buying it at the store.
Continue readingAuthor: Kevin Schofield
Kevin Schofield is a freelance writer and the founder of Seattle City Council Insight, a web site providing independent news and analysis of the Seattle City Council.
After graduating from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts degree, he worked for Microsoft Corporation for 26 years. That culminated in a term as Chief Operations Officer for Microsoft Research, the division of the company focused on advancing the state of the art in computing. Upon leaving Microsoft in 2014 he decided to embrace his love of writing.
Kevin volunteers at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, where he also serves on the Board of Directors. He is also Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.
Beyond writing, his personal passions are his twin daughters, photography, cooking, and playing the guitar. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Two off-the-beaten-path research papers on the coronavirus, with interesting results
There have been a flood of research papers released in the last few days related to coronavirus as the world’s researchers try to understand where this virus came from and what it does. Much of the work is either clinical to understand how to properly diagnose and treat patients, or epidemiological to understand (and hopefully control) how it spreads. But there are many other research teams exploring other aspects of the coronavirus; here are two such examples, with interesting results. One looks at whether there is reason to believe that at least some COVID patients lose their sense of smell; …
Continue readingThe latest research on coronavirus transmission in King County is a much-needed sign of hope
Earlier this week the Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) released a pair of research papers (here and here) looking at the transmission rate of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in King County. It provides hopeful news for the effectiveness of the social-distancing methods being used to try to slow the spread, and it also suggests some new ways to predict how we’re doing.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
The Council asks the governor and President to suspend rent and mortgage payments, and more.
Continue readingQuarantine Life recipe: tomato soup
Tomato soup, if done well, is prime comfort food. This recipe is both tasty and quick to make. Plus, bacon.
Continue readingMore on the West Seattle Bridge
This morning SDOT briefed the City Council on the situation with the West Seattle Bridge (see the article I posted over the weekend for an explanation of what closed the bridge). Here is some additional information from that briefing, as communicated by SDOT staff.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
Here’s what went down in the Council Briefing and full City Council meetings today.
Continue readingState Supreme Court punts on I-976 for a month
Today the Washington State Supreme Court responded on the petition asking it to hear an appeal to the challenge to Initiative 976 and to extend the current preliminary injunction until the appeals are exhausted.
Continue readingSupreme Court declines to hear appeal of Democracy Voucher challenge
Today the United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the Washington State Supreme Court’s ruling last July upholding the legality of Seattle’s “Democracy Voucher” program, putting to final rest the legal challenge to the campaign finance program.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
Welcome to another “Stay at home” week. Here’s some news to get you going.
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