Subject:

Insects

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Bug Chef Serves Mealworm Brioche and Cricket Orzo at Insect Feast Tomorrow Night

    ​Insect-eating was odd and icky, until a pair of Dutch entomologists began touting the practice as a way to save the world. According to an op-ed essay published last February in the Wall Street Journal, insects require less feed, less water and less space than conventional livestock - and pr ... More >>

  • Film

    August 31, 2011

    The Afterlight: A Poor Imitation of Terrence Malick

    ​Insect-eating was odd and icky, until a pair of Dutch entomologists began touting the practice as a way to save the world. According to an op-ed essay published last February in the Wall Street Journal, insects require less feed, less water and less space than conventional livestock - and pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Vij's at Home Includes Indian Food Favorites

    ​Vij's restaurant in Vancouver, B.C. is well regarded as one of the region's best and most inventive Indian restaurants. Owners and husband-wife team Vikram Vij and Meeru Dhalwala released their second cookbook last year, Vij's at Home, to share recipes tailored for the home cook. The subtitle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Sunflower Project Recruits an Army of Bee Counters

    ​More than 100,000 people have registered to spend 15 minutes tomorrow counting bees, but some bee defenders have expressed skepticism about the project. The Great Sunflower Project asks participants to purchase a Lemon Queen sunflower - "You can either get these at a local store or through u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    City Hostel Installs Beehive on Its Roof

    Cold, wet weather has made homebodies of City Hostel's bees this week.​The Fairmont Olympic Hotel's new rooftop hives may be among the first downtown beekeeping operations, but - contrary to project organizers' initial belief - it's not the first urban apiary in central Seattle. That honor ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    The Fairmont Olympic Welcomes Honeybees to its Roof

    Roof-dwelling bees at the Bastille Cafe got ornery last summer.​Bees will soon be guests of The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, which plans to install five honeybee hives on its rooftop next week. According to Ballard Bee Company's founder Corky Luster, an urban apiarian who's serving as a project co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Grasshoppers Inspire a New Kama Sutra at Poquitos

    ​Last week, I reported on Milagro Cantina in Kirkland, paying particular attention to its avocado dishes (and what they tell us about how old you have to be to have sex). This week, Poquitos, another new Mexican restaurant, opened in Capitol Hill. The guacamole was good here, too, and I also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Beaver Massacre Turns Into Beetle Feast, Thanks to Roadkill Hobbyist

    ​Last week we told you about the "Beaver Bloodbath" in Mill Creek in which seven beavers--some 40 pounds or more--were killed along a stretch of 132nd Street Southeast on a single gruesome morning. So what happened to the dead rodents? Were they made into hats? Buried near their dam? Mounted o ... More >>

  • Film

    March 2, 2011

    Queen of the Sun: Why Are All the Bees Dying?

    ​Last week we told you about the "Beaver Bloodbath" in Mill Creek in which seven beavers--some 40 pounds or more--were killed along a stretch of 132nd Street Southeast on a single gruesome morning. So what happened to the dead rodents? Were they made into hats? Buried near their dam? Mounted o ... More >>

  • News

    December 8, 2010

    Seattle's Basketball Name Game

    We could do worse than "Hornets."

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    An Inmate Who Rehabs Frogs Rehabs Himself

    ​Onetime Walla Walla state pen warden Bobby Rhay liked to say that, while every inmate wasn't bad, most of them "aren't in here for pushing ducks into water." He meant they were not nice people. But yesterday the state Department of Corrections announced that some of its inmates have been push ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Holly Smith Surives Iron Chef Elimination...Barely

    ​When you hear people speak of "food porn," they're likely speaking of the Food Network in general, and Iron Chef in particular. Just finished a huge dinner? Not to worry: After an hour of watching Iron Chef, you'll be ready for round two--not exactly good news for that plan to practice tough ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    The Food Section: Fresh Fruit, Canning Across America, and Other Warm Fuzzy News

    Because Voracious has been feeling mighty cranky all week, this week's news roundup is devoted to stories that warm our hearts. First off, the Seattle Times has two interesting articles: Linda Mapes writes that while European honeybees, the species most used by farmers to pollinate, are still dy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Photo of the Day: Dragonfly Attack

    A backyard dragonfly in Gig Harbor on Easter Sunday.

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    The JOC: Stuffed Celery

    Ants on a log (red ants--cherries--on a log variation); grubs(sunflower seeds) on a log; ant on a stump; ants on a log ,on my catThe hors d'oeuvre chapter in Joy of Cooking is truly a thing of wonderment, filled with the kinds of things that now populate books such as The Gallery of Regrettable Food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    The Henry Art Gallery Hosts Mirah, Spectatrone International and Britta Johnson

    A snippet of Britta Johnson's stop-motion animation Last Thursday, Mirah and Spectratone International performed at the Hentry Art Gallery for the DVD release of Share This Place, their collection of songs and stop-motion animation by Britta Johnson. I already had plans to go see Jonathan Richman, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2008

    Bug Blast

    A snippet of Britta Johnson's stop-motion animation Last Thursday, Mirah and Spectratone International performed at the Hentry Art Gallery for the DVD release of Share This Place, their collection of songs and stop-motion animation by Britta Johnson. I already had plans to go see Jonathan Richman, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2008

    Hansi Singh: “Mantidae”

    A snippet of Britta Johnson's stop-motion animation Last Thursday, Mirah and Spectratone International performed at the Hentry Art Gallery for the DVD release of Share This Place, their collection of songs and stop-motion animation by Britta Johnson. I already had plans to go see Jonathan Richman, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2008

    Local Traffic Scholar Gets NYT Nod

    A snippet of Britta Johnson's stop-motion animation Last Thursday, Mirah and Spectratone International performed at the Hentry Art Gallery for the DVD release of Share This Place, their collection of songs and stop-motion animation by Britta Johnson. I already had plans to go see Jonathan Richman, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 4, 2008

    I Ate This: Nachos at Alki Tavern

    A snippet of Britta Johnson's stop-motion animation Last Thursday, Mirah and Spectratone International performed at the Hentry Art Gallery for the DVD release of Share This Place, their collection of songs and stop-motion animation by Britta Johnson. I already had plans to go see Jonathan Richman, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Thai 65: Roach Free Food Downtown?

    A snippet of Britta Johnson's stop-motion animation Last Thursday, Mirah and Spectratone International performed at the Hentry Art Gallery for the DVD release of Share This Place, their collection of songs and stop-motion animation by Britta Johnson. I already had plans to go see Jonathan Richman, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2008

    Keep It Down: Worst Food Ever

    A snippet of Britta Johnson's stop-motion animation Last Thursday, Mirah and Spectratone International performed at the Hentry Art Gallery for the DVD release of Share This Place, their collection of songs and stop-motion animation by Britta Johnson. I already had plans to go see Jonathan Richman, ... More >>

  • Food

    January 30, 2008

    Do I Taste Worse Than Jin Yang Silkworm Pupa?

    I don’t have a ready vocabulary to describe what’s taking place inside my mouth.

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    Live Music Tonight: Mirah and Spectratone International

    I don’t have a ready vocabulary to describe what’s taking place inside my mouth.

  • Calendar

    January 9, 2008

    Mirah and Spectratone International Present “Share This Space”

    Wednesday, January 9

  • Food

    December 5, 2007

    Mead: Nectar of the Nerds

    If your favorite Michael Jackson didn't sing “Don't Stop Till You Get Enough,” you're one of them.

  • Arts

    October 10, 2007

    "Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art"

    If your favorite Michael Jackson didn't sing “Don't Stop Till You Get Enough,” you're one of them.

  • Diversions

    August 29, 2007

    This Week's Horoscope

    If your favorite Michael Jackson didn't sing “Don't Stop Till You Get Enough,” you're one of them.

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2007

    Summer Camp for Foodie Kids

    If your favorite Michael Jackson didn't sing “Don't Stop Till You Get Enough,” you're one of them.

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2007

    When I Grow Up

    If your favorite Michael Jackson didn't sing “Don't Stop Till You Get Enough,” you're one of them.

  • Film

    January 4, 2006

    One: The Movie

    Runs Fri., Jan. 6–Thurs., Jan. 19, at Varsity

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    Killer Mosquitoes

    West Nile Virus has arrived in the Northwest.

  • Film

    July 17, 2002

    Young Guns

    Area directors show their stuff.

  • Film

    May 29, 2002

    Day for night

    Real life and movie fantasies blur together in 1969 Paris.

  • News

    April 17, 2002

    Spraying trouble

    Real life and movie fantasies blur together in 1969 Paris.

  • News

    March 20, 2002

    The air war

    Real life and movie fantasies blur together in 1969 Paris.

  • Music

    March 28, 2001

    Soft Boysmania

    Robyn Hitchcock says his old band's new tour zigzags past the reunion problem.

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Pinup Prizes

    While the very idea may bug some folks, it'll please others

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    The bugs are back

    But this time "nuke 'em!" may not be such an easy call.

  • Arts

    July 26, 2000

    Tree of life

    A florid coming-of-age novel set in Martinique.

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    Answers to Questions from Individuals who Oppose the Gypsy Moth Program

    DRAFT

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    Bugged in Ballard

    State bureaucrats bungle the spraying for gypsy moths by downplaying the scientific evidence in their favor.

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    Nuke the moths!

    Ballard protests the Department of Agriculture's plan for aerial spraying to prevent a gypsy moth infestation.

  • Film

    December 29, 1999

    Cremaster 2

    An art film out West.

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    BEETLE-MANIA

    The global economy is also booming for invasive, habitat-wrecking pests. Will the WTO cause even more damage?

  • Arts

    October 27, 1999

    Insectisidedish

    Haute cuisine and the grasshopper.

  • Food

    October 13, 1999

    Family Affair

    Haute cuisine and the grasshopper.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Dead Ant, Dead Ant

    Don't wait! Exterminate!

  • Arts

    April 21, 1999

    Au naturel

    Two shows contemplate our uneasy relationship with nature.

  • News

    January 28, 1998

    Infestations

    Musseling in

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