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Australia

  • Food

    February 22, 2012

    826 Seattle's Tiny Food Critics

    Can ripping on restaurants improve a child's diet?

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Why It's Worth Teaching Food Criticism to 9-Year Olds

    Grappling for ways to reduce soaring childhood obesity rates, many policymakers have settled on a kind of serfdom solution, reasoning that if kids spend part of the day with their fingers burrowed in fresh soil, they'll develop an unshakeable appreciation for fruits and vegetables. Not everyone is e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Matthew and Richard Clapham: Porn Mogul Brothers Bring BitTorrent Copyright Lawsuits to Australia

    ​Starring Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken, the forgettable mob drama Kill the Irishman grossed $1.2 million in theaters when it was released this past June, but if Richard and Matthew Clapham have their way, the film might end up being quite profitable despite its mediocre showing at the box ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    UW Study: Parents Should Never Drink With Their Kids

    ​Also, Australian kids are drunker than American kids.

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Five Extinct Animals That Would Be Way Cooler to Clone Than a Woolly Mammoth

    ​Last week a team of Japanese scientists announced that they would begin trying to clone a woolly mammoth, effectively bringing the beast back from extinction and making normal elephants seem really lame. Mammoths are cool, granted. But they're soooo cliché. Here are five extinct animals that ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2010

    Tame Impala

    ​Last week a team of Japanese scientists announced that they would begin trying to clone a woolly mammoth, effectively bringing the beast back from extinction and making normal elephants seem really lame. Mammoths are cool, granted. But they're soooo cliché. Here are five extinct animals that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Today in Sex: Surgeon Decides Woman No Longer Needs Clitoris, So He Chops It Off

    ​In a scenario all too reminiscent of the terrifying film, Dead Ringers, a 58-year-old Australian woman was diagnosed with a small patch of pre-cancerous skin on her vulva. Naturally, she wanted to get rid of it and so set up an appointment with her gynecologist to excise the thing. What Carol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Winner Chosen for John Howie Steak's "Name That Trademark Infringing Burger" Contest

    Photo courtesy Norma Rosenthal​ Behold, my friends, the former Triple By-Pass Burger--destroyer of diets, bringer of lawsuits, object of fear and desire all across the land. Remember a few weeks back when I wrote about the cease-and-desist demanded by the owners of The Heart Attack Grill in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    The Best Boeing Paint Job Ever

    ​Boeings are (for the most part) born and raised here. We love them, nurture them, cheer for them as they fly overhead. But eventually they all leave us and go on to start new lives in strange places. Some become accountants and have 2.5 kids. Others go a more alternative route. After the jump ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Of Food Trucks and Fire Bombs: Aussie Curry Trucks At War

    Photo courtesy the Daily Telegraph​ A few weeks ago--even before the record temperatures that had us all chasing the local ice cream truck around like feral children, with pockets full of change and a desperate hunger for a Bomb Pop--I reported on the short-lived ice cream truck war going on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2010

    Best of Magnuson Park

    Photo courtesy the Daily Telegraph​ A few weeks ago--even before the record temperatures that had us all chasing the local ice cream truck around like feral children, with pockets full of change and a desperate hunger for a Bomb Pop--I reported on the short-lived ice cream truck war going on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Win a Pair of Tickets to See John Butler Trio at the Moore Tomorrow Night

    ​Australia's favorite jam band, The John Butler Trio, just released their fifth album, April Uprising. The record shot its way up the Billboard chart and now the band's on a worldwide tour that's selling out most venues. Butler & co. will be at the Moore Theatre tomorrow night at 8 p.m. -- wan ... More >>

  • Film

    April 21, 2010

    Oceans: James Bond Gets Cuddly With Nature

    ​Australia's favorite jam band, The John Butler Trio, just released their fifth album, April Uprising. The record shot its way up the Billboard chart and now the band's on a worldwide tour that's selling out most venues. Butler & co. will be at the Moore Theatre tomorrow night at 8 p.m. -- wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Adventures in Proofreading: Actually, That Should Read "Freshly Ground African Americans"...

    ​The recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto in the Australian edition of The Pasta Bible was fairly straightforward. It called for fresh tagliatelle pasta, sardines, butter, prosciutto, a little parsley for garnish and then, to taste, salt and freshly ground black people. O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Celebrate Australia Day @ The Kangaroo and Kiwi

    Happy Australia Day! ​Happy Australia Day! The folks down under celebrate "the proclamation of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia" (thanks, Wikipedia) annually on January 26. In other words, it's a day for Seattle transplants to get shithoused. The Kangaroo and Kiwi, G ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2010

    Phoenix

    Happy Australia Day! ​Happy Australia Day! The folks down under celebrate "the proclamation of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia" (thanks, Wikipedia) annually on January 26. In other words, it's a day for Seattle transplants to get shithoused. The Kangaroo and Kiwi, G ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2009

    Batrider

    Happy Australia Day! ​Happy Australia Day! The folks down under celebrate "the proclamation of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia" (thanks, Wikipedia) annually on January 26. In other words, it's a day for Seattle transplants to get shithoused. The Kangaroo and Kiwi, G ... More >>

  • Film

    August 12, 2009

    PICK Not Quite Hollywood: Exploitation in Oz

    Happy Australia Day! ​Happy Australia Day! The folks down under celebrate "the proclamation of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia" (thanks, Wikipedia) annually on January 26. In other words, it's a day for Seattle transplants to get shithoused. The Kangaroo and Kiwi, G ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2009

    Youth Group

    Thursday, May 14

  • Film

    April 1, 2009
  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    The Ten Greatest Aussie Rock Songs

    Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave celebrate Australia Day On January 26, the world celebrates Australia Day. We suspect there will be more than a few Australian transplants roaming the streets of Seattle today drunk off of pride and Fosters Lager. In honor of the only country we can think of with its own ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Wine Labels: How They Speak to Us

    A few weeks ago wine columnists Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal entitled ""How to Read a Wine Label" that detailed what to pay attention to and what to ignore on a wine label. It's a good start, but the article focused on too much substance and not enou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    This Week In Wine Tastings: El Aussie Cheapo

    Wine tastings can help you accomplish many of your goals for 2009: Meeting new people, trying new things, socializing on a budget... Just remember to try AND buy. It's only polite to buy a bottle every now and again, for all the free vino and possibly cheese and crackers and other whatnot you stuff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Food News: The All Pie Edition

    Despite the fact that just this morning I received an email saying, "Cupcakes are the new pie," this week's food-news roundup is devoted to America's favorite dessert.The Old Foodie is an amazing food history blog from Australia that uncovers old recipes. The author, who's about to release a book on ... More >>

  • Film

    November 26, 2008

    Australia: Nicole Kidman Versus the Kangaroos

    Despite the fact that just this morning I received an email saying, "Cupcakes are the new pie," this week's food-news roundup is devoted to America's favorite dessert.The Old Foodie is an amazing food history blog from Australia that uncovers old recipes. The author, who's about to release a book on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2008

    Bumbershoot: Three-Sentence Review of Australia's Strange Fruit and other spectacles

    Despite the fact that just this morning I received an email saying, "Cupcakes are the new pie," this week's food-news roundup is devoted to America's favorite dessert.The Old Foodie is an amazing food history blog from Australia that uncovers old recipes. The author, who's about to release a book on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2008

    Iron Maiden

    Despite the fact that just this morning I received an email saying, "Cupcakes are the new pie," this week's food-news roundup is devoted to America's favorite dessert.The Old Foodie is an amazing food history blog from Australia that uncovers old recipes. The author, who's about to release a book on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    I Heard This: Future of the Left

    Despite the fact that just this morning I received an email saying, "Cupcakes are the new pie," this week's food-news roundup is devoted to America's favorite dessert.The Old Foodie is an amazing food history blog from Australia that uncovers old recipes. The author, who's about to release a book on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    Iron Maiden: Somewhere back in Seattle

    Despite the fact that just this morning I received an email saying, "Cupcakes are the new pie," this week's food-news roundup is devoted to America's favorite dessert.The Old Foodie is an amazing food history blog from Australia that uncovers old recipes. The author, who's about to release a book on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 24, 2007

    Architecture in Helsinki

    Monday, October 29

  • Calendar

    July 18, 2007
  • Food

    July 11, 2007

    Drink on the Sly With Wine in a Box

    No, they don't all suck.

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2007

    Rockstar, Winemaker, Blogger

    No, they don't all suck.

  • Music

    January 24, 2007

    Rocket Queen

    Knighthawks at the diner.

  • Film

    November 2, 2005

    Oyster Farmer

    Runs Fri., Nov. 4–Thurs., Nov. 10, at Grand Illusion.

  • Diversions

    August 10, 2005

    The Blunder From Down Under

    Runs Fri., Nov. 4–Thurs., Nov. 10, at Grand Illusion.

  • Food

    February 23, 2005

    Grawk!

    Runs Fri., Nov. 4–Thurs., Nov. 10, at Grand Illusion.

  • Food

    January 12, 2005

    New Bird in Town

    A Seattleite and Costco team up to deliver quality wine in a box.

  • Diversions

    November 24, 2004

    Nov. 24-30, 2004

    A Seattleite and Costco team up to deliver quality wine in a box.

  • Diversions

    May 19, 2004

    Sign Language

    A Seattleite and Costco team up to deliver quality wine in a box.

  • Diversions

    December 10, 2003

    Cookbooks 2003

    The year of back to basics.

  • Food

    July 17, 2002

    Pushing Wine

    The year of back to basics.

  • News

    May 23, 2001
  • Music

    March 21, 2001

    Outback survivor

    Raised half a world away from Nashville, Kasey Chambers shines as one of country's brightest young stars.

  • Music

    March 21, 2001

    Whadchagit?

    Raised half a world away from Nashville, Kasey Chambers shines as one of country's brightest young stars.

  • News

    March 7, 2001

    Destination: Anywhere but here

    Raised half a world away from Nashville, Kasey Chambers shines as one of country's brightest young stars.

  • Arts

    September 27, 2000

    Letter from Sydney

    Hey, there's a theme park in my backyard! Oi! Oi! Oi!

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    Fear of flying coach

    Port of Seattle officials soar high, golf far, and a "fiscal conservative" blazes the trail.

  • Music

    January 28, 1998

    Billy's kids

    Ben Folds Five and Amateur Lovers prove that Billy Joel can be cool

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