Luna Cafe Bellevue

Its a wonderful way to live, looking forward to each seasons gifts, stalking the farmers markets for the best of the best, scouting roadside stands and U-pick farms, chatting with growers and sellers, creating new dishes (really focusing on a specific palette ofaromas, flavors, textures, and colors), and then moving on to the next season and an entirely new palette of ingredients. Because we are living and cooking in the 21st century, we are blessed to have access to a wide range of culinary traditions-from books, travel, and the web. We gravitate to the cuisines of France, Italy, Spain, the Mediterranean, Mexico, Latin America, and the regional cooking of the United States. However, classicism and authenticity are not our goals. Instead, we utilize these cuisines as a base of knowledge and technique, and then give imagination and curiosity free reign. And of course, cooking like this is sustainable and supports the ecosystem of local growers and culinary artisans. Without these dedicated folks, our source ingredients would soon be gone and we would be left with the packages, bottles, and cans of largely dispirited, typically over-processed foods that are available in the average grocery store today. There is no joy in this. So if we want our culinary heritage to thrive and continue to evolve in wonderful ways, we must do all we can to support those folks who make a robust culinary culture possible. LunaCafe champions and celebrates Northwest regional food growers, producers, artisans, chefs, cooks, food writers, and entrepreneurs. About LunaCafe