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Maria Hines

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    April 25, 2012

    Veg-Friendly Golden Beetle Is A Butterfly In Training

    American casual dining culture is so attuned to cheap, fast, and large when a curve ball (like high prices and small portions) arrives sometimes we handle it poorly--especially in Seattle, as entitled diners, and more so for vegetarians, the perennial "cheap date." But that curve ball flies both w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Assessing the "Where Should I Eat?" Apps

    Urbanspoon last week released a redone version of its popular app, supplementing its shake-to-suggest slot machine with interactive maps and lists of restaurants favored by Eater or helmed by James Beard-nominated chefs. Another new feature notifies registered users when they're in the vicinity of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes: Beef Fat Fries at Golden Beetle

    Beef fat endows ordinary potatoes with so much irresistible richness that McDonald's was wiling to deceive vegetarians, Hindus and Jews in order to keep tallow in its top-secret French fry recipe. McDonald's ultimately had to pay $10 million for its ethical breach, but slathering fries in rendered b ... More >>

  • Food

    January 11, 2012

    Tom Colicchio's Fat Chance

    Why the Top Chef host should have called a fat girl fat.

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Tom Colicchio Whiffed a Teachable Moment

    A longtime foe of childhood obesity, Tom Colicchio in 2010 addressed a Congressional committee on the subject of improving school lunches. "I find myself in the slightly surreal position of being able to comment on issues of importance to me to a public willing to listen," he told the legislators. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    The Year in French Fries

    Safeco Field's fry scene improved considerably with the 2011 arrival of Ethan Stowell's frites in The 'Pen.​Congress this year declined to scale back the amount of french fries served in school cafeterias, perhaps fearing they'd be accused of hypocrisy. Adults eat a lot of fries, too: Per cap ... More >>

  • Food

    November 30, 2011

    Golden Beetle Juice

    What's Maria Hines doing behind the bar in Ballard?

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Hines Sighting Behind Golden Beetle Bar

    ​The Watering Hole: Golden Beetle, 1744 N.W. Market St., 706-2977, BALLARD The Atmosphere: Golden Beetle feels like a neighborhood bistro. Owner Maria Hines is in the process of painting the blue walls an eggshell color. Well, actually, the lighting is pretty dim inside the restaurant, so it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Snackdown! Wallingford vs. Fremont

    ​Our third Neighborhood Snackdown semi-final match pits Wallingford (vanquisher of Madrona) against Fremont (decisive champion of the Fremont-Mt. Baker brawl.) Which is the better neighborhood for eating?

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    RN74 Sous' Soup: Corn Bisque

    Photo courtesy of RN74​Larkin Young admits he must be part robot, fueled by PBR, to complete the tasks he's responsible for each day as the p.m. sous chef at RN74, where the kitchen hierarchy is more brigade and less organic than it was working as Maria Hines' chef de cuisine at Tilth. "With ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Larkin Young: RN74's Sous Chef, But You Can Call Him The Mayor

    Photo by Julien Perry​He's one of those guys you may not have heard of, but you've likely tasted his food. For three years, Larkin Young was the Chef de Cuisine at Tilth before sliding over into a Sous Chef position when Maria Hines opened Golden Beetle in February. The intention was to help H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Golden Beetle Invents Burger to Pair With Its Fries

    ​Golden Beetle, Maria Hines' salute to the Eastern Mediterranean, is readying to serve a burger-esque gyro to match its much-lauded fries. "The hope is this is kind of our GB burger," says Hines, who this morning took to Twitter to announce the sandwich's weekend debut. The gyro, which will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Reviewing the Review: Just Like Grandma Used to Make

    ​Reviews aren't the right platform for prattling on about myself, but since blogs are the official medium of narcissism, I figure this is the proper spot for a story about Golden Beetle and my personal culinary history. Golden Beetle, which I reviewed this week, serves dishes from across the ... More >>

  • Food

    June 22, 2011

    Maria Hines' Beetle Juice

    Tilth's buzzed-about Ballard sibling could soar if it fixes some flubs.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Ponti's Binuya Has Been a Mentor to Some Very Haute Chefs

    Ponti Seafood Grill owner Richard Malia and chef Alvin Binuya go way back. ​Ponti Seafood Grill has a new chef. Well, not exactly new. Veteran chef Alvin Binuya has returned to the kitchen he helped set up after Madoka, his restaurant on Bainbridge Island, closed. He has updated the menu, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Is Everybody Moving to Ballard? Full Tilt's New Location Opens There This Spring

    Photo by Leslie KellyJustin Cline's getting on board the Ballard Express.​Holy smokes, Ballard is hot, hot, hot. Earlier this week, we learned that Maria Hines is opening a new Mediterranean place in that humming 'hood soon. And Justin Cline at Full Tilt just told me he's going to sign a le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Maria Hines to Open Golden Beetle in Ballard

    Photo by Frank HusterChef Maria Hines doing research in Istanbul.​Anybody have a good restaurant recommendation in Cairo? Chef Maria Hines was just wondering on Twitter. The James-Beard-award-winning Hines, who runs Wallingford's Tilth, is traveling right now in Istanbul, Beirut, and Cairo, do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Thanks Grandma! Chef Angie at BOKA Gives Props To Early Mentor

    Photo by Leslie KellyChef Angie Roberts, left, loves to cook for special events.​Angie Roberts, the chef at Hotel 1000's BOKA, gives credit a whole lot of credit for her successful cooking career to her earliest kitchen influence, her grandmother. (No matter how many times we hear that one, it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Give the Gift of Kitchen Smarts

    ​You avoided the Black Friday sales and managed to focus on work all of Cyber Monday, and what do you have to show for it? You haven't put a dent in your holiday gift buying, that's what! Lucky for you, we have lots of suggestions for the cooks, bakers and cocktailers on your list. Last week w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Lisa Dupar's Got a New Cookbook, and It Just Pops

    Lisa Dupar digs her Southern roots.​Lisa Dupar might be the best under-the-radar chef in the region. She's been catering upscale comfort food with a Southern accent for years and her Pomegranate Bistro in Redmond is weekend brunch central for Eastsiders, the fare tasty enough to coax folks fro ... More >>

  • 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

    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

    August 2, 2010

    Hines Beats Morimoto: Updated

    photo courtesy eater.com, via Food Network​ As mentioned earlier today, Tilth chef Maria Hines took down Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto in the Iron Chef America battle Pacific cod last night. And that's all well and good. But there are some things that simply can not be done justice by words alo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Top 5 Surprising Chef Facts

    What do we really know about the chefs of restaurants we patronize? Usually, after reading an article or two, we learn where they grew up, went to school, where they buy their produce and what inspired them to start cooking in the first place. We dug a bit deeper and found some fun and intriguing de ... 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

    February 10, 2010

    Morning Food News: Three Seattle Chefs Compete on Bravo, Cheap Wine Tastings at Meridian Market

    Maria Hines of Tilth​Three Seattle Chefs will complete on season two of Bravo's Top Chef Masters: Maria Hines of Tilth, Thierry Rautureau of Rover's, and Jerry Traunfeld of Poppy. On the sho-w, established chefs from across the country compete against one another for charity--think Top Chef wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    This Week's Recipe: BOKA's Halibut with Braised Artichokes and Tomato Cardamom Broth

    ​Chef Angie Roberts is a Pacific Northwest native who grew up on a family farm in Northern Idaho. Roberts cooked for six years the W Hotel's Earth and Ocean Restaurant, working alongside James Beard Award-winning chefs Johnathan Sundstrom (now chef-owner of Lark and Licorous) and Maria Hines ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Chaco Canyon Goes Completely Organic, BOKA Stays at 85%

    ​Six weeks ago, Chaco Canyon Cafe, the mostly organic, partially raw-foods, all-vegetarian restaurant in the U District, went whole hog and got USDA organic certification. That makes it one of only a handful of certified restaurants in the country. Like Tilth Restaurant, Maria Hines' Wallingfo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Monday Morning Announcements: August Brings Two Big Tasting Events

    An Incredible Feast - For the last four years, this event has been a sleeper among shopping loyals of local farmers markets, topping out last year at nearly 400 people. Chef Tamara Murphy of Brasa Restaurant developed An Incredible Feast as a sort of chef and farmer block party benefiting the Good F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Blogwatch: Bites, Pizza, Doughnuts

    Check out the Bite of Seattle Culinary Events for this weekend (July 17-19), especially the lineup of guests chefs and sommeliers for the Bite Cooks! program, an all-day extravaganza of cooking demos that takes place in the Alki Room in the northwest corner of Seattle Center. Emceed by Thierry Rautu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Tilth's Brunch: So Good You'll Want to Slap (OK, Hug) Your Mama

    Taken from Choconancy1's Flickr photostream Soak Spot: Tilth, 1411 N. 45th St., 633-0801. When: A few Saturdays ago. Hangover level: Since I brought my mom to Tilth, I'm going to gloss over the multiple cocktails I drank the night before and say 0. The Soak: In almost two decades of eating goor- ... More >>

  • Food

    March 11, 2009

    Favorite Restaurants: Fine Dining for the Flush

    How to eat for between $30 and $50.

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    Seattle Semifinalists for the 2009 Beard Awards

    The list was just released. There are two more rounds of judging before the awards are presented May 4, but here's who made it from Seattle:

  • Food

    July 30, 2008

    Perfectly Served at Branzino

    Even in uptight Seattle, sometimes it’s a delight to be waited on well.

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2008

    Some National Awards for Some Local People

    Even in uptight Seattle, sometimes it’s a delight to be waited on well.

  • Food

    April 23, 2008

    Living Room

    Put up your feet . . . just not on the table

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    At Tilth: Prix Fixe with a Purpose

    Put up your feet . . . just not on the table

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2006

    She's Not Crazy, She's Certified

    Put up your feet . . . just not on the table

  • Food

    November 15, 2006

    In Good Taste

    Maria Hines' all-organic Tilth Restaurant is virtuous without being preachy.

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2006

    Seattle becomes a two certified-organic restaurant town

    Maria Hines' all-organic Tilth Restaurant is virtuous without being preachy.

  • Food

    May 3, 2006

    Invitational Classic

    Earth & Ocean's Maria Hines is the latest local to guest at New York City's Beard House. We were there.

  • Food

    April 5, 2006

    Food News for April 5-12

    Wine dinners, special meal deals, and cooking classes.

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    July 13, 2005

    July 13, 2005

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    July 6, 2005

    July 6, 2005

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    April 20, 2005

    You Go, Girl

    Wine dinners, special meal deals, and cooking classes.

  • Food

    April 20, 2005

    Dinner

    Wine dinners, special meal deals, and cooking classes.

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    January 26, 2005

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    Wine dinners, special meal deals, and cooking classes.

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    January 19, 2005

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