Garlic Gulch Days in Progress!

Anyone in the family get a cold yet? Ward off the cold and flu with some garlic at Mitchelli's! Besides with All Hollows Eve just ahead it might stave off the vampires and goblins of the night! The medicinal qualities abound in this tiny morsel - even the Egyptians noted 22 medicinal applications for the smelly bulb in their Codex Ebers. In 1858 Louis Pasteur realized it could kill bacteria. In 1983, biochemist Sidney Belman reported that by painting the skin of laboratory mice with garlic oil, he could inhibit the development of skin cancers.

Garlic subtle? No way! Subtlety is not garlic’s long suit. How such a small, delicate-looking package can pack such a wallop is a wonder. So, even if you think garlic isn’t one of your passions, and the amount of garlic called for in some recipes alarm you, go ahead and give ours a whirl - you are in for some delicious surprises! Our culinarians have created dishes for every palette. Try them out and see what suits yours best.

“There is no such thing as too much garlic” -T. McQuaid

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"The Details" at Mitchelli's

Some of our grandchildren went to Disneyland this summer.  Meanwhile, here at Mitchelli's, a sort of Disneyland (or a circus is more like it) came us! Remember the all the filming going on in Seattle this year? Well….Ray Liotta and Tobey Maguire, along with their fellow actors, were in Mitchelli’s to film several scenes for the upcoming indie black comedy, The Details! The filming all took place behind the curtain...kitchen scenes, office scenes - all in all a very exciting affair. The photos give you an idea of the intensity of their effort; we started in the wee hours of the morning and finished the shoot right before lunch. I’ve never had 15 people at once in my office before, wow! To think that I actually poked my head in the office at one point when the only person in it was Ray Liotta, and I asked him if he had remembered to place the wine order, he laughed!! All in all it was a great event and some of us even got to be “extras” in the film. It is due for public screening either at Sundance Film Festival or the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 so keep your eye out for The Details.