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Manufacturing Sector

  • 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

    January 17, 2012

    Final Score for 2011: Airbus, 1,419 New Orders; Boeing, 805 New Orders

    For the fourth consecutive year, Airbus has won the new-orders battle with Boeing. The European jet maker believes its success over its American rival can be largely attributed to strong demand for its revamped single-aisle plane.

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Pretty PNW Cheeses Pose for The Calf & Kid's New 2012 Calendar

    The Calf & Kid's Sheri LaVigne enlisted a professional photographer friend to shoot the pictures for her first-ever Pacific Northwest Cheese calendar, but it was up to LaVigne to select the cheeses. "It was agonizing," recalls LaVigne, who promises different cheesemakers' products will be featured ... More >>

  • Food

    November 2, 2011

    A Little Raskin: Gelt by Association

    Seattle Jews work for more ethical Hanukkah candy.

  • 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

    July 21, 2011

    Is Boeing Heading from Second Place to First Loser?

    image sourceThe 737 is dead! Long live the 737!​Imagine this scenario: Sometime in the mid-1990's, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox managed to muscle out or swallow up every other team in Major League Baseball, and since then have played every game of every season, from spring train ... 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 31, 2011

    WTO: Boeing Received Some $24 Billion in Illegal Subsidies From U.S. Government

    ​The latest ruling in the Europe/America-gives-illegal-money-to-its-principal-aircraft-manufacturer saga has been handed down. And the score stands at 1-1.

  • 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 >>

  • 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

    December 2, 2009

    Reader: Used Car Salesman May Be Shady, but They're Nothing Compared to Bail Bonds

    Flickr"Do I have a deal for you!"​Reader chickenhead responds to Bail Bonds Outfit That Sprung Maurice Clemmons Also Passing the Buck. He says that in the hierarchy of shady industries, used car salesman have the right to feel superior to the lowly bail bondsman. "Comparing Jail Sucks to used ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    GM Hands Boeing Perfect Opportunity to Restore Company Goodwill

    Saab--to be reborn from a maker of jets?​We, along with every other editorial voice in the Northwest, have repeatedly bashed Boeing for opting to build its 787 Dreamliner in South Carolina. But now struggling General Motors is handing Boeing a perfect PR gesture to earn the goodwill of enginee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Monday Announcements: Free Fries, Energy Drink Nannying, Ragin' Amber

    Free Fry! This Friday, November 20th, and every 3rd Friday of the month from now on, Pike Street Fish Fry (925 E. Pike St.) will give away boats of fries and offer $2 pints of New Belgium beer (the co-host of the event). Lest this make you think of those old 1950s pictures of people stuffed into a p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    This Day in History: Microsoft Bails Out Apple

    Uncle Bill got a chilly welcome from Apple's shareholders​It was August 6, 1997, Microsoft was being sued by the federal government, and Apple was struggling. No one had even heard of an iPod. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced to the company's shareholders that Microsoft was buying $150 million i ... More >>

  • News

    August 5, 2009

    Mommy, Where Do Bobbleheads Come From?

    Wanda Sykes, Ken Griffey Jr., and other immortalized characters get dolled up just up the street.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    NYT Lauds Seattle E-Waste Efforts

    Americans are scrapping their pre-digital TV sets in astonishing numbers, and Seattle is at the vanguard of the e-waste movement. As The New York Times reports, local companies like tech salvage shop RE-PC and commercial recycling operation Total Reclaim are doing booming business. We reported on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    The Dow of Shrooms

    Within four days of shopping at the market, I saw the price of morels and porcinis fluctuate more than Apple stock on a Jobs death watch. The four day high for morels came to $40 per pound on Thursday, though that may have been pay back to me from the vendor who I made cut my porcinis in half on T ... 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

    January 21, 2009

    Free Trade Is Good, Democrats

    It's not often that I find myself agreeing with a former Republican party state chair, but Chris Vance is right that Democrats are headed in the wrong direction on the issue of trade. Clinton and Obama made a lot of noise in the primaries about their opposition to NAFTA, but protectionism is not the ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2008

    Land Rover and Friends vs. Seattle

    We want our $700,000 back.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Todd Will Build New Ferry for Port Townsend/Keystone Route

    WSF announced the $65.5 million deal today. Todd Shipyards will build a 64-car/750-passenger ferry to be delivered in 18 months. In April, WSF rejected Todd's $26 million bid to build a 50-car ferry that was $9 million over the agency's estimate. Full press release after the jump.

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Neil Young Offers Advice To Auto Industry

    Basically, his opinion echos that of many of forward-thinking Americans: Pull your head out of your ass, Detroit, and start manufacturing goddamned green vehicles! How To Save A Major Automobile Company Auto manufacturers taking advantage of a government bailout must only sell clean and green v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    TONIGHT: Traditional Ethiopian Coffee Roasting Ceremony and Dinner

    Image: http://www.tougocoffee.com/wwwEthiopiacom; Photo by Brian Wells Brian Wells, the proprietor of the Central District's Tougo Coffee is hosting a traditional Ethiopian coffee roasting ceremony this evening, to raise funds for the Blue Nile Children's Organization. This Seattle-based organizat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    A Revolutionary in American Chocolate Dies

    Image: http://www.tougocoffee.com/wwwEthiopiacom; Photo by Brian Wells Brian Wells, the proprietor of the Central District's Tougo Coffee is hosting a traditional Ethiopian coffee roasting ceremony this evening, to raise funds for the Blue Nile Children's Organization. This Seattle-based organizat ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 4, 2008

    Survive the Recession With the 2008 Summer Guide

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

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    Jones Just Can't Get a Break

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

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    While The Shoe Companies Are At It...

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

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    Poor WSF Just Can't Catch a Break

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

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    An Evening with a Nose

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

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2007

    PCC makes Seattle proud

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

  • News

    October 17, 2007

    When It Comes to Biodiesel, How Pure Is Too Pure?

    Enviros cry foul at Ford’s pump-perplexing warranty policy.

  • Diversions

    November 24, 2004

    Pocket Jukebox

    iPod might be the best known, maybe even the best, but it's not the only digital-music option.

  • News

    July 28, 2004

    Airbus America

    The European plane maker wants to build aerial tankers in the U.S. So Washington state is wooing Airbus to locate here, as it did with Boeing, right? Right? Wrong.

  • Diversions

    December 17, 2003

    Cheap Gifts!

    Last-minute items for stressed-out wallets that will make you, the giver, look shrewd.

  • Diversions

    November 19, 2003

    Thanks For The Digitally Enhanced Memories

    The HP DVD Movie Writer takes home movies into the 21st century.

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    Toxic computers

    Manufacturers agree a fee might encourage computer recycling.

  • News

    February 13, 2002

    Smoke out

    UW students fight the (Marlboro) Man.

  • News

    February 6, 2002

    Heads/Tails

    UW students fight the (Marlboro) Man.

  • News

    May 30, 2001

    Wired but wireless

    Without much ado, Starbucks edges toward 'unwiring' its coffee shops.

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    More is less

    Without much ado, Starbucks edges toward 'unwiring' its coffee shops.

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    No-tell Mattel

    Without much ado, Starbucks edges toward 'unwiring' its coffee shops.

  • News

    March 22, 2000

    Chemical cops

    Critics charge too little is known about the health effects of the tear gas and pepper spray used by Seattle police during the WTO demonstrations.

  • News

    November 17, 1999

    Down the tubes

    Europe may ban today's toxic-laden computers, if the US and WTO don't block it.

  • Food

    November 11, 1998

    Pricey butter

    Europe may ban today's toxic-laden computers, if the US and WTO don't block it.

  • News

    July 1, 1998

    Smoking kills in court, too

    Don't look for the KO: Washington state's case against tobacco companies figures to die out.

  • News

    May 6, 1998

    Vive la differFrance

    Don't look for the KO: Washington state's case against tobacco companies figures to die out.

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