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Iron Chef

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Hunt Club Creates a Wedge of Conflict

    There's been a lot of change lately at The Hunt Club. Remember a couple of years back when the restaurant did an Iron Chef-like contest to pick its new head chef for the kitchen? The winner, Matthew Mina, stayed in the position for about five months before moving on to the Salish Lodge. The current ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Woodinville Wine Makers Cook Competitively for Charity

    ​A culinary contest that challenges non-cooks to complete a task that chefs find difficult has returned to Woodinville for a second year. Iron Vintner, which pits local winemakers against one another in an Iron Chef-style competition, convenes tonight at the Willows Lodge for the contest's se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Voracious Tasting Chef Showdown Special Edition: Seth Caswell vs. Rachel Yang

    Seth Caswell, giving some love to the troops​Last week, we let two dumpling heavyweights battle it our here in the Versus arena, pitting international superstar Din Tai Fung against beloved local Mandarin chef. And despite much mewling and whining from those who thought it was an unfair, inapt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Voracious Tasting Chefs Announced!

    ​ So you know the event: The Voracious Tasting and Food Awards. If you've been paying attention, you already know the time and date and place: April 27, 7pm, at the historic Paramount Theatre. The wise among you have already cleared your calendars, bought your tickets and started letting ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    When It Comes to Making Tender Pasta, Martha's Going for the Feel of a Baby's Bottom

    Photo by Leslie KellyAll hail the pasta queen! ​You've probably heard it before, but the true genius of a great pasta maker is all about getting the right touch. Just like making bread. This isn't something that can be taught. It's something you learn over the course of making buttery-soft pas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Growing a [Modernist] Farmer

    It's time I let you in on a secret. I fantasize all the time. I have wild, indulgent fantasies that sometimes go on for days and would make a hedonist blush. They're detailed, vivid thoughts of sometimes sordid, occasionally illegal, always climactic experiences. I have these fantasies when I'm fal ... More >>

  • Food

    November 3, 2010

    Organic Cheetos, Wine Jelly, Sous Vide Salmon, and Other Geek Recipes

    The Seattle Food Geek shows you how to become a confident, cut-rate kitchen chemist.

  • Food

    October 27, 2010

    Voracious News & Notes

    Maria Hines, openings galore, and Eminem's beloved Lunchables.

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Maria Hines Announces Eastern Mediterranean Restaurant Venture, Capitol Hill Scores Two Diners and a Revamped Starbucks, West Seattle Loses (Some) Pretzels, & More

    Sorry, little girl. Heavenly Pastry and Cake is going back to wholesale and catering only. ​Here's this week's rundown of restaurant news... The biggest buzz surrounds Tilth owner and Iron Chef champion Maria Hines' announcement that she is opening an Eastern Mediterranean-inspired restaurant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Iron Chef Champ Maria Hines to Open Second Restaurant, Skillet Announces New Diner Location

    Skillet's awesome poutine: handcut fries with gravy, cheddar, and herbs.​Tilth owner and Iron Chef champion Maria Hines is opening an Eastern Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, according to The Seattle Times. Golden Beetle will feature an organic menu drawing from the cuisine of Egypt, Lebanon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Noshing At Poppy With Food Network Star Anne Burrell

    Photo by Leslie KellyThe star of this vegetarian thali at Poppy was the chard-stuffed pasta.​Last weekend, I was invited to have dinner with Anne Burrell, star of Secrets of A Restaurant Chef and Worst Cooks in America. If you haven't seen those shows, maybe you'd recognize Anne as Mario Bata ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Le Gourmand the Perfect Sexual Antidote to the Tea Party

    Teabaggers don't like me​I'm sitting in Le Gourmand, staring at a "simple" menu of five starters and five entrees, trying to figure out what to eat. I flip the menu over, and above a half-page list of local ingredient sources, there's a quote from Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin about gourmandi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Tacos and Tommy Burgers: The Chain Restaurants We Crave

    ​Once upon a time, there was a man called Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. He was a lawyer and a politician, a judge, an outlaw, a violin teacher and a gastronome--a man who gained posthumous fame partly for his great work, Physiologie du goût (also know as Physiologie du Goût, ou Méditations ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    One of Those Rare Moments In Life When Having Slept With Bobby Flay Might HELP Your Career

    Look at me! I'm an Iron Chef!​It's not often that something I read in the food world makes me snort lemon chicken out my nose. Mostly I'm researching odd spices, the history of salt, the youthful culinary indiscretions of Michael Mina or, you know, just pretending to work while I'm actually lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Best of the Best (of the Best)

    ​ This week was Best of Seattle week--a huge deal for us, hopefully equally huge for you. But since we were so focused on all things Best of Seattle, our obsession translated through to the Voracious blog in a big way, with two or three of our biggest posts being totally Best of Seattle-relat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Maria Hines Victorious on Iron Chef

    ​In case you missed last night's Iron Chef America viewing party at the Bottleneck Lounge, I can now tell you that Tilth's Maria Hines did the very-nearly-impossible by kicking the mother-lovin' crap out of Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. But wait, not only did she totally hand Morimoto his ass ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Just Because It's Awesome: Ready, Set, Bag! Movie Trailer Released

    ​There are a lot of food competitions on TV these days. There's Top Chef where the pros fight it out, Top Chef Masters where more pros do the same, but for charity. Hell's Kitchen is for barely ambulatory knuckleheads and rank amateurs competing for (wink wink) an exec chef's job at one of Gor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2010

    Tonight: Mimicking Birds at the Tractor, Jewel at Woodland Park Zoo

    Pat Graham​Mimicking Birds, with Lemolo, Wayfinders. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 8 p.m. $8. Mimicking Birds' self-titled debut strikes a balance between dynamic, sprightly melodies and hushed, languid folk lullabies. Though it was recorded in fellow Portlander and Modest ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2010

    Jewel

    Pat Graham​Mimicking Birds, with Lemolo, Wayfinders. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 8 p.m. $8. Mimicking Birds' self-titled debut strikes a balance between dynamic, sprightly melodies and hushed, languid folk lullabies. Though it was recorded in fellow Portlander and Modest ... More >>

  • Food

    May 19, 2010

    Pressure Cooker

    Emmer & Rye's crew doesn't take heat as well as its top chef.

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2010

    Voracious Tasting & Food Awards

    Emmer & Rye's crew doesn't take heat as well as its top chef.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Voracious Tasting Chef Showdown Contestants Confirmed

    ​Okay, so maybe we were getting a little bit nervous over here at Voracious World Headquarters. Our big party was just a couple weeks away and we didn't have any chefs yet for our big Iron Chef-style culinary throw-down. Was it that they feared the pressure of working in our own little (highly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Tickets Now Available for Voracious Tasting & Food Awards

    ​Hey, you. You like food, right? You like booze and live music, local food celebrities and big-ass parties full of chefs and bartenders and local grubniks all throwing elbows and stuffing their faces? Well man, do I have some news for you. We have finally announced that on Wednesday, April ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Update: Top Chef Masters Taps Seattle Chefs

    Yeah, that's Bender he's holding. I still prefer Futurama to The Simpsons​Intrepid reporter Erika Hobart already came through with the news yesterday that three of our local chefs will be packing their bags to compete in the second season of Bravo's Top Chef Masters. Thierry Rautureau from Rov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Joule's Iron Chef Viewing Party

    ​Everyone in Seattle is already in awe of the innovative, flavor-forward food cooked up by Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi at Joule. (If you go, get the agnolotti with brussel sprouts and fermented black beans. Do not ask questions, just do it.) After this Sunday, January 17, the rest of the worl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Monday Morning Announcements: Skillet Out (Mostly) for the Winter, Market Mac, Mickey Detecting Gloss

    Skillet Out - After determining the cost-to-benefit of winter business for the trailer doesn't make sense, Skillet will take a sort of hiatus this winter, effective this week. They will still do their box lunch service and cater events. They will show up for a few, select locations, if certain crite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Holly Smith Bites Dust on the Next Iron Chef

    After narrowly escaping the jaws of defeat in the series premiere of The Next Iron Chef, Cafe Juanita's Holly Smith's lackluster bouillabaisse got her sent back to her Kirkland kitchen in round two. My money's on New York chef Jehangir Mehta to win it all, but I must say I'm disappointed with the fo ... 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 >>

  • Food

    July 22, 2009

    Bottomfeeder: Catch & Release Dollar Sushi

    Not worth it, even on a dare.

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Cochon555 Roundup: Fat Ruled

    Should have posted this yesterday, but I got caught up making syrups for the Seattle Weekly Food Awards (more on that later). Sunday night's Cochon555 event happened in a beautiful little pocket of dramatic sunshine, right on the water at the Bell Harbor Convention Center. Five chefs, five special p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    The Swinery Opens, Culinary Communion Expands

    All right. More news on Culinary Communion and its cured meats, and I swear this is the last post in a while. So when I talked to Gabe Claycamp, the Beacon Hill cooking school's chef and co-owner, about the bacon delivery service he started up last week, he mentioned about 25 million projects that h ... More >>

  • Food

    October 3, 2007

    Oh, My Darling Drambuie

    It doesn’t burn going down the gullet, and it smells of wildflowers.

  • Food

    February 21, 2007

    Triple Threat

    Qube Qube Qube needs needs needs work work work.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2007

    Crush Opens Its Kitchens

    Qube Qube Qube needs needs needs work work work.

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    October 18, 2006

    Food News

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    November 9, 2005

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    November 2, 2005

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    August 3, 2005

    Organic Meat, Wild Fish

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    June 8, 2005

    June 8, 2005

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    June 1, 2005

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    May 18, 2005

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  • Food

    April 27, 2005

    Two Twos

    Caprial and John's new show and Lisa and Jonathan's new restaurant.

  • Food

    February 2, 2005

    Pressure Cooker

    Caprial and John's new show and Lisa and Jonathan's new restaurant.

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    August 4, 2004
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    October 29, 2003
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    October 22, 2003
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    May 14, 2003
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    March 26, 2003

    Too Much Is Not Enough

    Taste Washington 2003 is bigger, better, and more excessive than ever.

  • Food

    May 29, 2002

    Local boy makes pretty good

    Harbor Place may be the place to be.

  • Food

    August 15, 2001

    Side Dish

    Dough-it-yourself

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