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Food Manufacturing

  • Food

    April 18, 2012

    Halal Is the New Kosher

    Muslim populations fuel a restaurant race for certification.

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    State's Cheese Makers Gather for Tasting Event

    There are six beer festivals on the Washington Beer Commission's calendar, but the state's artisan cheese makers have never before gathered for a public tasting. "I thought it was really weird there was nothing to showcase them," says Lisa Miyashita, a beer industry alum. "And I was surprised, beca ... More >>

  • Food

    March 14, 2012

    Cutting the Cheese

    A proposed set of new state regulations have cheese retailers freaked out.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Cheese Makers Say Revisions to State Food Code Could Decimate Their Businesses

    Washington cheese makers and retailers are protesting a proposed change to state law which would require them to trash cut-into soft cheeses after seven days. The state periodically revises its food code to bring its provisions in line with scientific knowledge and federal standards. Many of the dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    UW Study Links SPAM to Increased Diabetes Risk

    In a study which could have significant implications for food policy in rural areas, a team of University of Washington researchers has demonstrated consumers of processed meats, such as SPAM, hot dogs and breakfast sausages, are twice as likely to develop diabetes. The association between processe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Potato Expert Sees a Future in "Microchips"

    ​With the potato chip industry continuing to consolidate, a University of Idaho agricultural economics professor thinks micro-chipperies could help save potato farms too small to deal with international conglomerates. "The good thing is, as you give consumers more choices, the total demand in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Which Pies to Eat During National Pizza Week

    ​Does the U.S. really need a National Pizza Week? In 1986, Ronald Reagan -- intent on distracting voters from the simmering Iran-Contra affair - thought so. Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng observed the first-ever pizza week by commissioning "Why I Like Pizza" essays from elementary school ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Theo Chocolate Hopes to Produce Fair-Trade Gelt for Hanukkah 2012

    ​If Theo Chocolate can sort out how to produce foil-wrapped circular chocolates in a facility designed to make chocolate bars, fair-trade Hanukkah gelt could be available in Seattle as early as next year. "It's a little bit of a puzzle for us," says Debra Music, vice president of sales and ma ... More >>

  • Food

    November 2, 2011

    A Little Raskin: Gelt by Association

    Seattle Jews work for more ethical Hanukkah candy.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Seattle Leads Charge for Fair-Trade Chanukah Gelt

    ​The chocolate coins that Jewish parents give their children on Chanukah can be big or small, and wrapped in silver or gold foil. But almost all gelt is made from chocolate grown by child slaves, Seattle abolitionists say. According to Robert Breiser, Repair the World director at the Universi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Oregon Cheese Guild to Create Statewide Cheese Trail

    ​Oregon cheesemakers are hoping a new grant will allow them to replicate the successes of the state's craft beer and wine industries. The Oregon Cheese Guild this week received $50,400 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop and promote a statewide cheese trail linking dairies, res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    7 Must-Have Movie Snacks

    Thank God for 3D glasses--the true equalizer, making everyone look equally cheesy and bringing all sorts of unsavory characters off the screen and into your lap.​Spring has been so nonexistent this year that Seattle will basically jump from the dead of winter right into the moderate Northwest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Candy for Sugar Addicts and Pink Enthusiasts at The Confectionery

    The Confectionery Storefront​The Confectionery is a 40-year-old family-owned locale that offers margarita-flavored Jelly Beans and poker-chip chocolate coins, which are less devastating to lose than hard-earned money and more fun to gamble with. Betting with a buffet of sweets ensures entertai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Alpha Bits: A Cereal For The Newspaper Age

    ​Cereal Philanderer is a weekly feature in which Jason Sheehan talks about cereal more than he probably should. Cereal du Jour: Alpha Bits, an analog cereal for our digital age. History: There are two separate histories for Alpha Bits, the ancient and the modern. The ancient history goes so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Human Breast-Milk Cheese Returns, This Time as an Art Exhibition (Kinda)

    ​It was almost a year ago that chef Daniel Angerer set the web ablaze by making cheese out of his wife's leftover breast milk. This is how things looked on the boob-cheese front back in March: "Pretty much the minute that New York City chef Daniel Angerer decided that he was going to make che ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    A Poor Woman's Chocolate Tour of Seattle

    Victoria Holt​I'm perpetually broke, largely due to the fact that I'm a college student. I enjoy spending my money or food and other supplies intrinsic to my survival, and I long for the day when I'll be able to enjoy the finer things in life. Like, for example, Savor Seattle's Food Tours' " ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    Nuclear Power Plants Are Due for a Makeover

    The industry seeks to retire the "flour mill" look.

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Nuclear Reactors to Get a Whole Lot Prettier

    ​Back in March, Laura Onstot wrote a cover story about the people trying to bring about the dawn of a new nuclear age and the image problems still associated with atomic energy. World Nuclear Association (WNA) director-general John Ritch understands those image problems. Which is why, when ind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Ladysmith and Other Local Cheeses Take Home Honors

    ​Last week I raved (again) about Samish Bay's Ladysmith cheese. And I promise that after this week, I'll move on to another great regional product. But it deserves mention that the lovely Ladysmith just won a first place prize at the American Cheese Society's annual competition held last week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Health Department Writes Up Greenwood Restaurants, Chocopolis Gives Free Tastings

    ​It's supposed to get warm again this week--ideal weather to hit the beach at Green Lake. But if you're headed for that neck of the woods, you might consider packing a lunch. Several Greenwood restaurants scored poorly in recent King County Health Department inspections, according to the Phinn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Speaking of Chicken, Is Yours Worth $10,000

    All I see are about twenty different recipes with feet​I've always figured that, when everything else in my life finally, inevitably falls apart--when I have grown too old and too slow to survive in a kitchen any longer, when the editors of the world tire of my shenanigans and I become too jad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    Milkmakers: Cookies that Make Their Own Milk

    ​Emily Kane knew it was going to be difficult to return to her job as a finance recruiter after she had her first daughter, Isabel, three years ago. But she didn't expect this additional problem: Her milk production dipped drastically. Always a baker, she had heard of cookies that were suppos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    The Birth of a New Stinky Cheese: Kurtwood's Dinah

    ​To those of us who've forced our entire family to take a field trip to Camembert -- the one in France -- and badgered flight attendants to let us store a particularly funky taleggio in the airplane fridge during a cross-country trip, the appearance of a new local farmstead cheese is something ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    A Bird of One's Own

    ​As part of the movement to better understand where our food comes from, growing numbers of carnivores are looking to get acquainted with the animals they eat before said animals shuffle off this mortal coil. To that end, the last few years have seen more and more farm tours, farm dinners, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Pollan's Take On Health Care & the Food Industry

    Micheal Pollan's last piece in The New York Times was unfocused and cringe-inducing (think elitism, feminist scapegoating), but his op-ed this week is definitely worth a read. Pollan argues that any form of health care reform is incomplete without taking a serious look at the rise of chronic disease ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    An Interview With Tami Parr, Northwest Cheese Guru

    In honor of the upcoming Seattle Cheese Festival this weekend at Pike Place Market, I interviewed Tami Parr. Since its launch five years ago, Parr's Pacific Northwest Cheese Project blog has become the preeminent source for local cheese news, producer profiles, and cheese reviews. Now she's just c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Stay Cheesy

    There are certain things we should not have to give up during even the hardest of times, and we believe cheese is one of those things. If you've been bypassing the dairy section in order to save money, Cook's World's Home Cheesemaking Workshop may be a budget-friendly solution.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    New: Curio Confections in the U-District

    Curio Confections will enter the Seattle dessert scene next month, just a few blocks north of the home of the University District farmers market on University Avenue... 

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Culinary Event: The Big Roast

    Image: www.caffevita.comCoffee and chocolate, both bean-based luxury commodities, share many similarities in preparation, most notably in the roasting process. Local purveyors Theo Chocolate and Caffe Vita Coffee have teamed to offer a two-part roasting tour, beginning at the chocolate factory, trav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    A Revolutionary in American Chocolate Dies

    Image: www.caffevita.comCoffee and chocolate, both bean-based luxury commodities, share many similarities in preparation, most notably in the roasting process. Local purveyors Theo Chocolate and Caffe Vita Coffee have teamed to offer a two-part roasting tour, beginning at the chocolate factory, trav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Even More Chocolate at the Chocolate Box

    Image: www.caffevita.comCoffee and chocolate, both bean-based luxury commodities, share many similarities in preparation, most notably in the roasting process. Local purveyors Theo Chocolate and Caffe Vita Coffee have teamed to offer a two-part roasting tour, beginning at the chocolate factory, trav ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 4, 2008

    Survive the Recession With the 2008 Summer Guide

    You don’t have to be broke to be cheap.

  • Food

    May 21, 2008

    Army Brand Chopped Pork Pattie Loaf

    Pure coagulated, heart-stopping pig.

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Dissing Alice Waters and Other Food News

    Pure coagulated, heart-stopping pig.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    Just Say Cheese

    Pure coagulated, heart-stopping pig.

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2008

    Chicken Class at the Seattle Free School

    Pure coagulated, heart-stopping pig.

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2008

    Tour de Chocolat!

    Pure coagulated, heart-stopping pig.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    Swag Alert: Eco-Friendly Packaging

    Pure coagulated, heart-stopping pig.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2007

    All Chocolate, All the Time

    Pure coagulated, heart-stopping pig.

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2007

    Beecher's Wins Big in the American Cheese Society Awards

    Pure coagulated, heart-stopping pig.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2007

    Glacial Corruption

    Pure coagulated, heart-stopping pig.

  • Food

    August 16, 2006

    Spilling the Milk

    Local markets charge into the national battle over standards for organic milk. Should you?

  • Food

    April 20, 2005

    Red in the Face

    Taking my inner kid back to the Old Spaghetti Factory.

  • Food

    July 14, 2004

    The Food Lover's Guide to Seattle

    By Katy Calcott (Sasquatch Books, $16.95 paper)

  • Diversions

    December 10, 2003

    Local Brilliance

    These Northwest-made gifts are good enough to eat.

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Not a Nice Fish Story

    Seattle fishermen fighting to stay in business get their day in court.

  • News

    April 17, 2002

    Fishy accounting

    Whistle-blower Stephen Taufen claims state officials are ignoring an accounting scandal on the scale of Enron.

  • News

    March 14, 2001

    Frankenbeans

    Whistle-blower Stephen Taufen claims state officials are ignoring an accounting scandal on the scale of Enron.

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    More strange boatfellows

    Whistle-blower Stephen Taufen claims state officials are ignoring an accounting scandal on the scale of Enron.

  • Food

    November 11, 1998

    Pricey butter

    Whistle-blower Stephen Taufen claims state officials are ignoring an accounting scandal on the scale of Enron.

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