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JAN 18, 2011


Kurt Timmermeister BOOKS
Kurt Timmermeister
Elliott Bay Book Company

Kurt Timmermeister used to own Cafe Septieme on Broadway, but by the end of his time there, he had a shameful little secret: He would not eat the food at his own restaurant. Financial exigencies had led him to cut food costs, and the pallets of pale, slimy food-service pork cutlets turned his stomach. He sold Septieme and bought a farm on Vashon Island, with very little idea of what the hell he was doing. His new book, Growing a Farmer, tells the great story of how he figured it out. (Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave, 624-6600, 7 pm, free) by Bethany Jean Clement

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mr. herriman 1
"slimy food service pork cutlets" is the most nauseating thing i've read in a while. thanks for that :-{
Posted by mr. herriman on January 18, 2011 at 11:20 AM · Report
Bauhaus I 2
Can't wait to read it. I remember when Kurt had Septieme over on 2nd Ave in Belltown. I lived very nearby. He'd pull up in an actual Land Rover, for chrissake, with his veggies and such. I thought...hmmm, trust-fund baby. But Septieme was excellent and I miss those days and my times there. He certainly knew what he was doing in the kitchen, and he was a significant contributor to what made Seattle so very exciting then.

I wondered why he abandoned (is that the right word?) his restaurant after all the work he put into it - both on 2nd Avenue and then moving it up to Broadway - for the wilds of Vachon Island. And financial problems? Wow. That's news. I thought the restaurant did very well. Who knew?
Posted by Bauhaus I on January 18, 2011 at 2:43 PM · Report

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