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Alice Waters

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Urban Farmer Joshua McNichols Can Get Kids To Eat Their Vegetables

    Ballard resident Joshua McNichols is an architect turned journalist that embodies the grow-everything-you-eat movement. A regular public radio contributor, he's co-written The Urban Farm Handbook. The recently released title explains everything from grinding grain to finding local butchers ready to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Taco Time's Like The Alice Waters Of The NW

    Quick word association game: When we say Taco Time, you think... Mexi-Fries! Well, as much as we LOVE those crispy tots, Taco Time has also been going in a whole lean direction over the past year, first introducing a bunch of low-fat "Fit Hits" menu items and now, digging in the dirt with some tot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    The Art of Living According to Joe Beef Is Tops

    ​As an avid collector and reader of cookbooks, I closely follow which books garnish esteemed awards like those from the James Beard Foundation and IACP. In the last couple of years, there's been a new award race to follow--Piglet, the tournament of cookbooks by Food52.com. Last week, the brack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Taking the Local Food Movement For a Ride in the Country

    ​In a story with implications for small towns nationwide, the New York Times today reported on the relentless hardships a locavore restaurateur has encountered in southwest Virginia. Steven Hopp - an Iowa-born ornithologist married to author Barbara Kingsolver, whose bestselling memoir Animal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Top Five: Clearing Up Five Misconceptions About Southern Food

    ​One of the great joys of living in Seattle is living among educated eaters. I've shared tables with opinionated eaters in New York, ravenous eaters in Texas, and industrious eaters in North Carolina who picked, canned, and cooked their own creasy beans. When I lived in Mississippi, I met my s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Italian, My Way Is a Good Way to Go

    ​And now, the end is near, and so I face . . . the final curtain. My friend, I'll make it clear, I'll state my case, of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full . . . traveled each and every highway, but more, more than this, I did it . . . MY WAY! Applying Frank Sinatra's anthem "My ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Copperleaf Chef Mark Bodinet Kicked Some Tail At Lamb Jam

    Chef Mark Bodinet and his Lamb Jam trophies.​Mark Bodinet opened the new Copperleaf Restaurant at Cedarbrook Lodge near SeaTac this summer, bringing his commitment to using local ingredients as much as possible. He showed off his considerable skills -- this chef cut his teeth at the tres fancy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    This Is What Rich People Do: Ducasse, Robuchon, Savoy, Vongerichten and Payard at the James Beard House

    Portland's most famous son wouldn't have been able to afford this dinner at his own house​So I just got the invite in the mail today: a one-night-only dinner at the James Beard House in New York, a one-time-only chance to have a dinner cooked by not one, not three, but five of the most famous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    More on Michael Pollan's $8 eggs and $4 Peaches

    Michael Pollan at Yale. He got extra credit for the t-shirt​Back at the beginning of August, I wrote a somewhat brief and (apparently) very angry post in response to a Wall Street Journal interview with best-selling author and foodie rabble-rouser Michael Pollan. My problem wasn't with the WSJ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Grillaxin' with Zephyr Paquette, Part Two

    Photo by Nory Emori.Paquette at Smoke Farm during Burning Beast​This is the second installment of our interview with Zephyr Paquette, chef at Elliott Bay Café. (Part one: here.) Paquette runs this brick-walled basement café, which is under Tamara Murphy's stewardship, serving inspired, local ... More >>

  • Food

    April 14, 2010

    Ruth Reichl on Angelo Pellegrini, a Slow-Food Voice in a Fast-Food Nation

    Photo by Nory Emori.Paquette at Smoke Farm during Burning Beast​This is the second installment of our interview with Zephyr Paquette, chef at Elliott Bay Café. (Part one: here.) Paquette runs this brick-walled basement café, which is under Tamara Murphy's stewardship, serving inspired, local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Grillaxin' with Heather Earnhardt and Ericka Burke, Part Two

    Curt Doughty​ Part two of our interview with the ladies from Volunteer Park Cafe. You can read the first half here .

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Worth a Read: Maira Kalman's "Back to the Land"

    ​The Monday morning after a long holiday weekend is always a downer. As an antidote, consider taking five minutes to read this: "Back to the Land," an opinion piece by Maira Kalman that ran in The New York Times on Thanksgiving day.

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    The Woman Behind Amy Adams

    ​Opening today at the Seven Gables and other theaters, Julie & Julia has drawn raves for Meryl Streep's performance as Julia Child (review). Perhaps unfairly, Nora Ephron's movie seems more weighted to Child's side of the story than that of Julie Powell, the blogger-turned-author whose 2005 bo ... More >>

  • Food

    July 1, 2009

     . . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of German Butterballs

    What locavores, wine geeks, and indie rockers have in common.

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Washington at the Market, California in the Kitchen

    When I turned in my first draft of this week's review of Anchovies & Olives, my editor said, "It sounds like you're being overly polite about the place and weren't that enthusiastic about it." Not true! I replied. Smart food, smart formula, smart service -- he's got a winner of a restaurant. But the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    Tom Philpott in Seattle Saturday (Oh, and Alice Waters, Too)

    One of America's most thoughtful writers on food and sustainability issues, Tom Philpott, is coming to Seattle on Saturday to screen a new documentary titled Food Fight. (No surprise what it's about.) The screening and panel discussion will be held at Town Hall at 7 p.m. It's part of the Seattle Gre ... More >>

  • Arts

    March 25, 2009

    Books: Vegan Crusader

    Jeffrey Masson makes the slippery-slope argument.

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Who's Angelo Pellegrini?

    This year marks the third time that the Weekly has presented an Angelo Pellegrini Award honoring someone for a lifetime's worth of service to food in the Puget Sound. But many newcomers may not know who Angelo Pellegrini was. In short, he was a UW English professor, a first-generation immigrant from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    The Obamas Refuse to Replace the White House Chef

    In the weeks leading up to the inauguration, the Obama Foodorama blog has become one of the most active food blogs out there. It has just posted a whopper post interviewing former White House chef Walter Scheib on the brouhaha surrounding the Obamas' decision to keep existing White House chef Christ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Old Tom, Gelatin, and other Food News

    In the weeks leading up to the inauguration, the Obama Foodorama blog has become one of the most active food blogs out there. It has just posted a whopper post interviewing former White House chef Walter Scheib on the brouhaha surrounding the Obamas' decision to keep existing White House chef Christ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2008

    Wildebeests, Souvenir Booze, and Other Food News

    In the weeks leading up to the inauguration, the Obama Foodorama blog has become one of the most active food blogs out there. It has just posted a whopper post interviewing former White House chef Walter Scheib on the brouhaha surrounding the Obamas' decision to keep existing White House chef Christ ... More >>

  • Food

    July 23, 2008

    Spring Hill: Meet the New Northwest

    Raw and cooked, evil and sensual, earthy and candy-sweet: a luscious study in contrasts in West Seattle.

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Moonshine, Urban Farming, and Other Food News

    Raw and cooked, evil and sensual, earthy and candy-sweet: a luscious study in contrasts in West Seattle.

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Dissing Alice Waters and Other Food News

    Raw and cooked, evil and sensual, earthy and candy-sweet: a luscious study in contrasts in West Seattle.

  • Food

    February 6, 2008
  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    The Food Section: October 3, 2007

    But how much choice do we have?

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2007

    Book Review: To Buy or Not to Buy Organic

    But how much choice do we have?

  • Food

    January 31, 2007

    Close to Home

    Ferrara Ristorante focuses on local foods, cooking some of them well.

  • Food

    October 11, 2006

    But Was It Worth It?

    When you're paying $80 for a meal, how do you judge whether you've gotten a good value for your money?

  • Food

    September 27, 2006

    Foodie Nation

    Author David Kamp writes about life in The United States of Arugula.

  • Food

    August 9, 2006

    2006 Pellegrini Awards

    Calling for nominations for the Weekly's new award recognizing distinguished service to the Puget Sound food community.

  • Food

    April 19, 2006

    Europe

    Calling for nominations for the Weekly's new award recognizing distinguished service to the Puget Sound food community.

  • Food

    November 23, 2005

    Thanks-Giving

    Announcing the first stage of our annual Pellegrini awards.

  • Food

    November 9, 2005

    Future Farmers

    One wrong-headed opinion piece, one right-headed panel, and a city full of happy snobs.

  • Food

    August 17, 2005

    In Babbo's Garden

    Before Julia, before Alice, there was Seattle's Angelo Pellegrini.

  • Food

    June 29, 2005

    Rising & Shining

    Seattle's star glows bright in the international bread-making firmament.

  • Food

    December 22, 2004

    Get Sum

    Get ready to feel sorry for yourself.

  • Food

    December 24, 2003

    Bravura in the Boonies

    A winter getaway to Walla Walla's Whitehouse Crawford.

  • Food

    July 23, 2003

    THE ZUNI CAFÉ COOKBOOK

    by Judy Rodgers (W.W. Norton, $35 hardcover)

  • Food

    April 23, 2003

    Restaurants D-M

    From Dolce Vita to Mashiko.

  • Food

    October 3, 2001

    The way we eat now

    Sasquatch's new cookbook offers a group portrait of Seattle's chefs.

  • Food

    August 1, 2001

    Save the world: eat!

    An unlikely rebel band takes on global agribusiness.

  • Food

    April 25, 2001

    Our 100 Favorites (part 2)

    An unlikely rebel band takes on global agribusiness.

  • Arts

    December 6, 2000

    Bested by the Bests

    Best American collections are a treasure for readers, but the Net is diminishing their worth.

  • Food

    November 22, 2000

    Tasteful words

    A local chef shares his herb-infused secrets.

  • Food

    April 19, 2000

    Head of the table

    FareStart's new executive director settles in.

  • Food

    December 29, 1999

    Porking out

    Importing tradition and technique from Italy.

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