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India

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Hey, Kids: Eat With Your Hands at Habesha, Roti, and Taki's

    A New York Times article from a few months back profiled a new crop of restaurants with menus built around utensil-free dining. In the piece, Julie Sahni, who was raised in India, mentions how using her hand as a tool for eating can be an act of emotional expression. In her traditional Indian cultur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Today Reverb Recommends Supporting a Good Cause at Tonight's "Rock the Village" Benefit Concert

    Fox and the Law will play tonight at the Nectar Lounge as part of the "Rock the Village" benefit concert series.​ "Rock the Village" is a series of benefit concerts designed to raise money and awareness for global humanitarian causes like education in Ghana and clean water in India. Mario Abat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Trophy Cupcakes to Open Pop-Up Shop in Pacific Place, Cactus Expands to South Lake Union, & More

    Trophy Cupcakes​Short and sweet week in restaurant news! First off, downtown, Trophy Cupcakes is opening its first pop-up shop in Pacific Place from Monday, November 14 to Saturday, December 31. Customers can expect the popular bakery to feature two seasonal flavors during its stint in the sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Cactus Sets South Lake Union Opening Date, Taste of India Owner Expands in U-District

    Cactus​Local Mexican chain Cactus is opening its fourth location at the northwest corner of Terry Ave. N. and Harrison St. The restaurant was originally scheduled to launch late summer, but Seattle Met reports the date has been pushed to "around November 15." In other news, U District Daily s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    "Gulab Jamun" Is How You Say Holey Shit! in Hindi

    Paneer tikka masala and gulab jamun makes for a heart attack, India-style.​The Place: Maharaja Cuisine of India, 4542 California Ave. S.W., 935-9443, WEST SEATTLE. The Hole: What with Dunkin' Donuts and most buddy-cop movies, it's easy to think of the donut as an American dessert. But really, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Seattle's Top 5 Indian Lunch Buffets

    ​Complaints run high among Seattleites when it comes to Indian food. "Too authentic," "not authentic enough," "overspiced," "underspiced," and traits as simple as the quality of basmati rice seem to prompt much debate. Maybe this is because aside from the proliferation of independent eateries ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Gates Foundation Project Saves 100,000 Indians from HIV, Study Says

    ​Using counseling, outreach, needle exchanges, a whole lot of condoms and a whole lot of money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a project in India was able to stop more than 100,000 people from getting HIV.

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Washington Wine Makers Launch Marketing Campaign in India

    ​Many wine drinkers in India, the latest target of the Washington State Wine Commission's marketing efforts, can't find Washington on a map. But spokesman Ryan Pennington says the state's growers aren't daunted by potential fans' weak grasp of geography. "To be honest, that's sometimes the ca ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2011

    Eye on India: Words Over Water

    ​Many wine drinkers in India, the latest target of the Washington State Wine Commission's marketing efforts, can't find Washington on a map. But spokesman Ryan Pennington says the state's growers aren't daunted by potential fans' weak grasp of geography. "To be honest, that's sometimes the ca ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2011

    Outsourced

    ​Many wine drinkers in India, the latest target of the Washington State Wine Commission's marketing efforts, can't find Washington on a map. But spokesman Ryan Pennington says the state's growers aren't daunted by potential fans' weak grasp of geography. "To be honest, that's sometimes the ca ... More >>

  • Food

    October 13, 2010

    Empire Plate Building at Mayuri

    ​Many wine drinkers in India, the latest target of the Washington State Wine Commission's marketing efforts, can't find Washington on a map. But spokesman Ryan Pennington says the state's growers aren't daunted by potential fans' weak grasp of geography. "To be honest, that's sometimes the ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Skip the Praying and the Loving

    ​ The Dinner: Daal maharani at Jewel of India (4735 University Way N.E.) The Movie: Eat Pray Love at the Meridian. Eat Pray Love is like that friend who won't stop showing you vacation photos. For the first five minutes, you're mildly engaged--hey, there's that famous landscape/building/ster ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Today in Sex: Men Only Get Three Hours of Orgasm? What a Gyp.

    ​This really doesn't seem fair, but according to a story reported in the Times of India this week, most men spend only three hours out of their entire lives in the grips of an orgasm. Considering we spend one-third of our lives sleeping and an average of 45 hours a week working, a mere 180 min ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    India Outsourcing Its Storms to Seattle

    Why couldn't she be what gets sent to us?​Seattle may get half of all of its expected June rainfaill by the end of the week thanks to a storm with origins in India. According to KOMO weatherman Scott Sistek, the squall set to soak our city tonight began as Cyclone Laila in the almost-coastal t ... More >>

  • Food

    December 2, 2009

    Legal Tandoor

    Garam Masala clears up America’s complex relationship with Indian food.

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    The Find: Sona Masoori Rice at Apna Bazaar

    ​Apna Bazaar (2245 148th Ave. N.E., Bellevue) is the best-smelling market in the Puget Sound. Walk down the aisles and the smell of cumin gives way to fennel seed gives way to jasmine-scented soap. It's easy to drive there for cheap pulses and fresh curry leaves and walk out with a quarter-pou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Beveridge Place's IPA Cask-O-Rama Begins Tonight

    With Washington the hop center of the beer-making universe (or so it can seem), tonight through Saturday Beveridge Place Pub hosts a wholly democratic IPA (India pale ale) tasting. If it's made in Washington, it's been invited to be part of this year's Fourth Annual India Pale Ale Cask-O-Rama. No wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    The Music of Floripa, Brazil

    The august Wax Poetics' latest issue is dedicated to the music of Brazil, and though I haven't scooped up a copy yet, the interviews teased on the site make me want to drop my deadlines and go get one now. Besides an intellectual curiosity in the contents, I also have personal reasons for wanting to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    The Oft Repeated I.P.A. Myth

    I'm guilty of it myself... You've heard this old chesnut, probably; I.P.A. (India Pale Ale) counts as a subset of pale ale because of the extra hopping, which came about in part so the beer would survive the long journey from England to India. Yeah, well... Another Nail in That I.P.A. Myth via beer ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2008

    Outsourced

    I'm guilty of it myself... You've heard this old chesnut, probably; I.P.A. (India Pale Ale) counts as a subset of pale ale because of the extra hopping, which came about in part so the beer would survive the long journey from England to India. Yeah, well... Another Nail in That I.P.A. Myth via beer ... More >>

  • Film

    May 28, 2008

    Before the Rains: Colonialism still bad, still photogenic

    I'm guilty of it myself... You've heard this old chesnut, probably; I.P.A. (India Pale Ale) counts as a subset of pale ale because of the extra hopping, which came about in part so the beer would survive the long journey from England to India. Yeah, well... Another Nail in That I.P.A. Myth via beer ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2008

    Shots Seen Around the World

    Radical bands blow their own horns

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2008

    Warning: Neti Pots Aren't All That

    Radical bands blow their own horns

  • Calendar

    January 16, 2008

    Eric Weiner

    Who’s happiest where, and why

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2007

    Foreign moments in music video history

    Who’s happiest where, and why

  • Film

    July 18, 2007
  • Blogs

    July 11, 2007

    Foreign moments in music-video history

    Who’s happiest where, and why

  • Diversions

    May 30, 2007
  • Film

    May 10, 2006

    Water

    Opens at Seven Gables, Fri., May 12. Rated PG-13. 114 minutes.

  • Film

    January 18, 2006

    Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

    Opens Fri., Jan. 20, at Metro and Meridian

  • Food

    August 31, 2005

    Destination Restaurants

    No passport needed for these epicurean adventures.

  • Arts

    June 22, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    James Frey and Amitava Kumar.

  • Food

    June 15, 2005

    Mother India

    James Frey and Amitava Kumar.

  • Diversions

    June 1, 2005

    June 1-7, 2005

    James Frey and Amitava Kumar.

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    The New Abolitionists

    Freeing 'sex slaves' is now at the top of the human rights agenda, thanks to Christian evangelicals, the Bush administration, and two former Washington politicians, Linda Smith and John Miller. How did the anti-trafficking crusade evolve, and is it being overhyped?

  • Diversions

    February 18, 2004

    Horoscopes

    Freeing 'sex slaves' is now at the top of the human rights agenda, thanks to Christian evangelicals, the Bush administration, and two former Washington politicians, Linda Smith and John Miller. How did the anti-trafficking crusade evolve, and is it being overhyped?

  • Food

    December 10, 2003

    Raga vs. Ragù

    Bellevue melting-pot hasn't quite melded.

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    XPorting Tech Jobs

    The impact of sending work overseas is hitting home for area technical workers.

  • Food

    August 13, 2003

    Beirut-Bombay Express

    Cedars plays the fusion card and takes the pot.

  • Food

    March 5, 2003

    You, Me, and H1-B

    Udupi Palace brings South India to Bellevue.

  • News

    June 12, 2002

    Thinking nuclear war

    Udupi Palace brings South India to Bellevue.

  • Arts

    March 6, 2002

    Novice No More

    How to write a successful first book? Try, try again.

  • Food

    December 26, 2001

    Extra hot

    Good news: Great Indian food at Northgate.

  • Arts

    October 4, 2000

    Lama-rama

    Monks who sing and dance.

  • News

    December 8, 1999

    The battle within

    WTO's Third World delegates say labor and environmental standards will hurt the poor.

  • News

    December 8, 1999

    Getting Global

    Corners of the earth where you won't be seeing tinsel or Rudolph.

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    Enlightened exploitation

    An Indian's message to the WTO: Hands off free trade!

  • Food

    May 19, 1999

    Uffdanistan

    An Indian restaurant in Ballard conjures up visions of lefse pappadams.

  • Arts

    April 14, 1999

    Bodies electric

    Traditional Indian dance captures the reverence for culture and movement.

  • News

    February 3, 1999
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