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)

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  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?

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