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I got an e-mail a couple of weeks ago informing me that Amazon Fresh was finally expanding into 98103. This now means that you can get Amazon to deliver your groceries to you if you're in North College Park (aka Licton Springs) and Greenwood.

So far, I've been happy with the service. Prices are close to QFC prices, though selection can be a little limited. The produce quality is very good. Ordering meat takes some getting used to, though -- I got 24oz of chicken breasts without any indication of how many breasts that would be. (For the record, two.) You can have them drop your groceries on your doorstep before 6am, which is nice. And they do a very good job of keeping cool things cool and cold things cold, with ice packs and dry ice in the cold bins.

The biggest drawback right now is that you must be an Amazon Prime member to get Amazon Fresh, which means you're spending $79/year on that service. We spend a lot at Amazon already, so we probably should have joined sooner, but it's clear they want frequent spenders...

As someone who grew up in Oklahoma, I do loves me some chicken fried steak. Problem is, of course, that chicken fried steak isn't something that comes natively around Seattle. Not a whole lot of Texans migrate up this way, much less attempt to cook chicken fried steak.

Last night, for instance, I tried making CFS at home, but I quickly discovered a big problem with the cube steak I bought at the Holman Road QFC: They cubed good cuts of meat. And the problem with good cuts of meat is they don't have connective tissue, and it's that connective tissue that keeps the steak from disintegrating when you pick it up with a fork. Like what happened to me last night. Awesome job, QFC.

So I've been on a quest to find a decent chicken fried steak in this town. Earlier this year, on another blog, the great music writer with awesome sauce Hannah Levin told me her pick for best CFS in town -- Patty's Eggnest, which is ironically located in the same shopping center as the above mentioned QFC. (For you old timers, it's where the...