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  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Coppola's Whites Are Just The Thing For Spring

    Hey fellow lushes! The Wino's got an offer you can't refuse. Sorry, couldn't resist trotting out that line from "The Godfather", or as my husband likes to refer to it -- the greatest movie ever made. Francis Ford Coppola doesn't make films anymore, but he does crank out some mighty fine fermented ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Running Ladders with Whitehouse-Crawford's Jamie Guerin

    This week we're hanging out with the crazy talented, sweetly self-effacing Jamie Guerin. Jamie is the chef and co-owner of Whitehouse-Crawford restaurant, one of the finest dining spots in Washington wine country. Visitors to Walla Walla can't help but notice Whitehouse-Crawford - also home to Seven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Wining, Crying, and Blending Masterpieces with Foundry Vineyards' Winemaker Ali Mayfield

    Walla Walla may wear the hot pants of Washington wine but it also smolders in another, perhaps unexpected, arena - art. As the winemaker at Foundry Vineyards, Ali Mayfield is passionate about creating wine as art and tying it to the work of artists that cast at the renown Walla Walla Foundry. No sma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Seattle's Top 5 Bubbly Bruts Under $25

    This is not the only affordable Brut!​ When it comes to our Top 5 Lists, folks are frequently prone to question the methodology by which they are created. We don't want to spill any secrets, but I can assure you, that in the case of this week's Bubbly Bruts, it is a topic I have personally res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Skillet's Lemongrass Pork With Spicy Cabbage Slaw Makes a Great Sandwich (Duh!)

    Photo by Sarah Jurado​After four years in business, a thriving food truck (Airstream), a new diner, a new family, a book due out next fall, and the world domination of Bacon Jam, Skillet's Joshua Henderson is spending less time in the kitchen and more time plotting his next move: "I'm at the d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Recipe: Robin Leventhal's Summer Spring Rolls

    ​It's the perfect summer recipe: spring rolls. And this recipe is a good one, courtesy of this week's Grillaxin subject, Robin Leventhal (don't miss part one and part two of Grillaxin! Leventhal's life will not be defined by pastrami and she won't spit in your food!). The personality of this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Ten Tweeters Twittering about Wine

    Credit: @wineexpedition​Last week, a map of Twitter usage around the country made the rounds on...well, Twitter. Washington neared the top of the list with a 64% growth rate per capita. That won't come as a surprise to the hordes of people in Seattle and the surrounding areas who are addicted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    7 Reasons Why Your Sommelier Hates You

    Don't be fooled by the headline. Sommeliers don't really hate you (well, maybe they do), rather, they wish they could simply tweak the way some customers behave in order to enhance their wine experience. A good sommelier is there to make your dinner date a memorable one, not to make you feel inferio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    This Week in Pork, Redux: Cochon 555

    ​Remember a couple hours ago when I was talking about pig roasts and barbecues and three things making a trend? Yeah, well I guess I was right. So now we've got the Urban BBQ series of dinners at Joule scheduled to kick off June 6th. For those of you who can't wait that long, there's the pig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Clam Fans Will Dig This Fiery Kimchi Recipe

    Photo by Leslie KellyDezi Bonow's Kimchi Clams features a double shot of bivalves.​Dahlia Lounge sous chef Dezi Bonow likes to show off kimchi's versatility on the restaurant's ever-changing Sea Bar menu. Check out parts one and two of this week's Grillaxin for his zen approach to the fiery Ko ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Dezi Bonow's Kimchi Is a Firebomb of Flavor

    Photo by Leslie KellyDezi Bonow's kimchi has got some kick.​Dahlia Lounge sous chef Dezi Bonow has come a long way since his days slamming 3,000 burritos out for lunch at Taco Del Mar, which he talked about in part one of this week's Grillaxin' Q&A. He collaborates with Dahlia's chef de cuisin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Top 5 Late Night Happy Hours

    It's no longer an anomaly: restaurants, whether they like it or not, have come to realize that if they want to stay competitive in the culinary game, they have to offer cheap eats after the sun goes down. But what, exactly, constitutes a happy hour? For some, it's cheap food. For others, it's large ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Where Have All the Under-$10 Bottles Gone?

    ​Let's face it, we'd all love to be on the local, sustainable, organic bandwagon and say we shop at the co-op exclusively, but no denying an entire bag of groceries seems to come to a mere, magical $32 every time at Trader Joe's. We'd all love to shop at our local wine shop, too, but bottles u ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2009

    Bottle Shock

    ​Let's face it, we'd all love to be on the local, sustainable, organic bandwagon and say we shop at the co-op exclusively, but no denying an entire bag of groceries seems to come to a mere, magical $32 every time at Trader Joe's. We'd all love to shop at our local wine shop, too, but bottles u ... More >>

  • Food

    July 8, 2009

    Amazon's Grab at the Wine Business

    The online retailer could buy wine in a quantity that would bring new meaning to the word “bulk.”

  • Food

    February 11, 2009

    Search & Distill: In America, Wine Is Just a Piece of Meat

    It’s not holding up much better in France.

  • Film

    August 6, 2008
  • Blogs

    May 3, 2008

    SIFF Closer for Oenophiles

    But the movies? Not so much.

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    This Week's Trauma-Free Food News

    But the movies? Not so much.

  • Food

    February 27, 2008

    Is South Seattle the Next Napa?

    Thankfully, no. Which is why it’s a great place for an unpretentious wine tour.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2007

    Walla Walla: Wine Ghetto or the Next Napa?

    Thankfully, no. Which is why it’s a great place for an unpretentious wine tour.

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2007

    The Food Section: August 8, 2007

    Thankfully, no. Which is why it’s a great place for an unpretentious wine tour.

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2007

    Podcast: How to Become a Wine Geek

    Thankfully, no. Which is why it’s a great place for an unpretentious wine tour.

  • Food

    February 21, 2007

    Triple Threat

    Qube Qube Qube needs needs needs work work work.

  • Food

    August 16, 2006

    Asteroid Siting

    Asteroid Cafe morphs into the bigger Asteroid, both gaining and losing ground.

  • Food

    May 3, 2006

    Pimp This 'Rita

    Asteroid Cafe morphs into the bigger Asteroid, both gaining and losing ground.

  • Food

    April 12, 2006

    Don't Look Now

    Ballard's Market Street Grill puts food ahead of everything.

  • Food

    January 18, 2006

    Food News for January 18-24

    Ballard's Market Street Grill puts food ahead of everything.

  • Food

    March 23, 2005

    Bouchon

    (Artisan Press, $50)

  • Food

    March 9, 2005

    March. 9, 2005

    (Artisan Press, $50)

  • Food

    March 2, 2005

    Video Vintage

    (Artisan Press, $50)

  • Food

    March 2, 2005

    March 2, 2005

    (Artisan Press, $50)

  • Food

    February 2, 2005

    Thirtysomethings

    Portraits of the winemakers as young artists.

  • Food

    January 12, 2005

    New Bird in Town

    A Seattleite and Costco team up to deliver quality wine in a box.

  • Food

    December 29, 2004

    Chasing the Taste

    Road testing West Coast vodka against Old Country competition.

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Francophobia

    France comes to Seattle in search of American tourists.

  • Food

    June 4, 2003

    Walla Walla All-Stars

    France comes to Seattle in search of American tourists.

  • Food

    February 12, 2003

    Striking Gold With Grapes

    Vines sprout among the wheat fields of Walla Walla.

  • Food

    July 31, 2002

    Grapevine

    Vines sprout among the wheat fields of Walla Walla.

  • Arts

    March 13, 2002

    The most happy fetish

    Straining after musical ranch hands.

  • Food

    October 17, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • Food

    September 26, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • Food

    June 6, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • Food

    January 31, 2001

    Eighty percent of Northwest wines aren't worth drinking

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • Food

    September 27, 2000

    Back to the future

    The neighborhood reincarnation of a past urban favorite.

  • Food

    July 12, 2000

    Washington wine: Is supply greater than demand?

    The neighborhood reincarnation of a past urban favorite.

  • Food

    July 5, 2000

    Wine tastings: orgies in the safe-sex era

    The neighborhood reincarnation of a past urban favorite.

  • Food

    January 5, 2000

    Très bon appétit

    Where the Seine meets the Sound.

  • News

    May 26, 1999

    Ten times the fun

    Got 20 minutes? Then you've got yourself a getaway.

  • Food

    March 25, 1998

    Get out to the Lead

    This inspired downtown space serves art, wine, food

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