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  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Henry Ku of Henry's Taiwan Plus: the Restaurateur We'll Soon be Talking About

    Henry Ku once owned the Taiwanese restaurant 168 in Kent's Great Wall Mall and the Rocking Wok in Wallingford, but his current Taiwanese mainstays, the two Henry's Taiwan restaurants - one in Bellevue, and one in the International District - and the new Henry's Taiwan Plus has put Taiwanese food on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Steve Elliott, SW's "Toke Signals" Columnist, Opens His Little Black Book of Marijuana

    ​Despite communist China's best efforts, Seattle Weekly's own "Toke Signals" columnist Steve Elliott's The Little Black Book of Marijuana will indeed be made available to humankind. We got a green hit of the book before it gets passed around to store shelves nationwide this week.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Real Science Debunks Myth that Pacific Northwest Babies are Dying from Japanese Nuclear Meltdown Fallout

    ​A recent "report" was published by physician Janette Sherman and epidemiologist Joseph Mangano that showed some scary numbers relating to the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. According to the essay, which was picked up by Al Jazeera English as fact, there's been ... 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

    April 13, 2011

    Things We Get In the Mail: Basic Rope Bondage

    ​We get all kinds of things in the mail at Seattle Weekly. And each day, after we throw out all the packages containing bombs, anthrax and press releases from Tim Eyman, we read them. Sometimes they say stuff like this.

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2010

    forgetters

    ​We get all kinds of things in the mail at Seattle Weekly. And each day, after we throw out all the packages containing bombs, anthrax and press releases from Tim Eyman, we read them. Sometimes they say stuff like this.

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Fake Degree Holding Troopers Sue State for Defamation, Saying Degrees Were Fake, But Not THAT Fake

    ​There on dozens of websites out there from "universities" like "University of Berkley" and "Almeda University" (not to be confused with Berkeley and Alameda) where people can log on, plug in a bunch of info on their "life experience," then pay a fee and wait while the website shits out a "deg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Shopping With Famous Authors: Michael Pollan on $8 Eggs and $4 Peaches

    Creepiest. Carrots. Ever.​Michael Pollan has written about Chicken McNuggets and high fructose corn syrup (in The Omnivore's Dilemma). He has written about apples, tulips, potatoes and weed in The Botany of Desire, about eating plants in In Defense of Food and about the wisdom of grandmothers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Tonight: We Are Scientists, Jeremy Burk, The Toadies, Menomena (For Free!)

    ​We Are Scientists, with Black Whales, Rewards. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $15. In 2005, around the time that similarly cheeky rock outfits like Art Brut and the Arctic Monkeys were surfacing, Berkeley's We Are Scientists released their hooky debut record, With Love and Squalor; ... More >>

  • Music

    June 9, 2010

    UW's School of Rap

    Why the University of Washington created a class that's bigger than hip-hop.

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2010

    Last Friday Night: The Morning Benders Miniature Tigers: A Concert Report Card

    Berkeley's The Morning Benders headlined the Crocodile on Friday night.​On Friday night I made it to the Crocodile just in time to see the Phoenix quartet Miniature Tigers open for the Morning Benders. One of these bands I'd never heard of; one I've been following for a couple weeks now. One o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    KBCS Launches New Weekly Schedule

    ​This past Monday, KBCS 91.3 launched their slightly contested new programming schedule. The changes include the addition of several syndicated programs, including: the new weekly show by Michael Eric Dyson, noted cultural scholar and author based out of Baltimore; the Berkeley-based Hard Knoc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Organic vs. Non, Food Truck Wars, and Other Food News

    A few of the news stories making waves in the food world: In a fantastic essay, Russ Parsons, editor of the LA Times food section, writes that he's tired of "organic" being used as the sole measure of the worth of a fruit or vegetable. Central quote: "Certainly, there is a problem with chemical pe ... More >>

  • 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 19, 2009

    The Asparagus (Self-) Debate

    I was at Fred Meyer in Ballard on Saturday, and noticed a huge mound of asparagus on sale for $1.99 a pound. I thought: Hmm...I want asparagus...March 15 is spring in the warmer states...perhaps it's not shipped from Peru or New Zealand... So I looked at the tag on the asparagus, and it read "Altar ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2009

    The Bugs, the Rock N Roll Adventure Kids

    Friday, January 9

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    New Farmed Salmon, Angry Liberals, and Other Food News

    Friday, January 9

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    A Revolutionary in American Chocolate Dies

    Friday, January 9

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    Last Night: We Are Scientists (and friends) at Neumo's

    Friday, January 9

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Dissing Alice Waters and Other Food News

    Friday, January 9

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    The Food Section: September 19, 2007

    Friday, January 9

  • Food

    July 26, 2006

    Fresh Faced

    The Weekly's new food critic explains himself.

  • Arts

    May 10, 2006

    The Organic Phoner

    Expensive eggs, the value of vegans, and the dubious virtue of driving your SUV to load up at Whole Foods—we ask the author to help us make sense of America's shifting food culture.

  • Arts

    March 22, 2006

    Hot Stuff

    Are you willing to read this book by candlelight?

  • Arts

    January 4, 2006

    Tacoma Confidential

    Plus I'm No Saint, and A Mouth Like Yours.

  • Film

    November 16, 2005

    Bee Season

    Opens Fri., Nov. 18, at Seven Gables and others.

  • Food

    September 28, 2005

    Find That Wine!

    Opens Fri., Nov. 18, at Seven Gables and others.

  • Arts

    June 8, 2005

    High Art, Lowbrow

    A historic visit from Japan's leading Kabuki troupe may not be as stuffy as you think.

  • Food

    April 13, 2005

    Critic Confidential

    It's tough being The New York Times' food critic. No, really.

  • Arts

    April 6, 2005

    Eyes Wide Open

    Also: the Helio Sequence, Margie Livingston & Reuben Lorch-Miller, Garth Fagan Dance Company, and Greil Marcus.

  • Food

    May 19, 2004

    Hot Dish

    Also: the Helio Sequence, Margie Livingston & Reuben Lorch-Miller, Garth Fagan Dance Company, and Greil Marcus.

  • Music

    February 26, 2003

    LogoCentrist

    Some parting words on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.

  • Music

    August 21, 2002

    Sampler Platters

    Punk rock compiled for your listening pleasure.

  • Food

    July 17, 2002

    Hot Dish

    Punk rock compiled for your listening pleasure.

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    The Phish Factor

    Trying to understand why so many lefties support Palestine.

  • Music

    April 3, 2002

    Rock Study

    Eric Weisbard brings a world of music intellectuals to EMP.

  • Arts

    January 9, 2002

    Book briefs

    Growing up under stars; climbs that thrill and kill.

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    Black, white, and sepia

    Troubling pages in the old family photo album

  • Film

    October 3, 2001

    Retread

    Once-reliable vehicle finds itself running on empty.

  • Arts

    September 12, 2001

    Small World

    Pauline Kael, 1919-2001

  • News

    December 27, 2000

    What were we thinking!?!

    Regrets? We have a few too many.

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    "You didn't interview the real Satan. The real Satan is just that: Real."

    Regrets? We have a few too many.

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    Boycotts

    Burma, sanctions, and the attorney general.

  • News

    December 8, 1999

    Real Gross

    The show that showed seven people getting "real"—let's just hope they did their laundry.

  • News

    November 3, 1999

    Patently mine

    The US Patent office has opened the door to all kinds of new patent claims. Microsoft and Amazon are in the first test cases.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Bean There

    That form-fitting, ultra-comfy bean-bag chair is here to stay

  • Arts

    December 16, 1998

    A place to be seen

    That form-fitting, ultra-comfy bean-bag chair is here to stay

  • Arts

    August 26, 1998

    Go figure

    California's figurative painters brought the body back into art.

  • News

    March 11, 1998

    Affirmative Reaction

    Whether or not Initiative 200 passes, the legal bell is tolling for race-based preferences. What kind of university will that leave us?

  • Food

    January 14, 1998

    Sunset Hill Greenmarket:
    Mister Rogers would shop there

    Whether or not Initiative 200 passes, the legal bell is tolling for race-based preferences. What kind of university will that leave us?

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