Pastry

Related Search

News Home The Daily Weekly Dategirl War Dead Archives Search Seattle Weekly Flipbook Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Music Home Reverb Duff McKagan Reverb Monthly Concert Calendar Bars & Clubs Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile Music Ads

Restaurants Home Voracious Find a Restaurant Menus Happy Hours Deals Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home Theater Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Film Home Showtimes Film Poll 2011 Film Festivals Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff On Sale Now SW Saves 2011 Happy Hour Guide Newsletters & Texts Get Mobile Deals

Post an Ad Jobs Real Estate Advertiser Index Deals Deals Newsletter Alternative Healing

MMJ Home MMJ News Toke Signals Dispensary Guide Alternative Healing

Blogs
May 7, 2012
Fat Equals Flavor In The Lard Cookbook
In a time before Crisco--a time before refrigeration was common--Americans' go to cooking fat was lard. Pork was widely consumed in the late 1800s, and the by-product of pork production was creamy and flavorful fat that could be rendered into lard for use in cooking and baking. It wasn't until a sme ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Happy Hour at Restaurant Bea Gets an 'A'
The Place: Restaurant Bea, 1423 34th Ave., 812-2901, MADRONA. The Hours: 5-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. The Digs: Formerly June and Cremant, Restaurant Bea is a charming little nook in the heart of Madrona. A welcome neighborhood dinner spot that's run by friends Kate Perry (no relation) and Tom Black. ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
Here and There Grill Serves Up Comfort Foods From Everywhere
The Truck: Here and There Grill, found at Microsoft on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and in Edmonds on Wednesdays. Find more details here or on Facebook or Twitter. The Fare: All types of food, from here and there, some from the Thai, Mexican, Vietnamese persuasions. The Stop: Julie ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Ballard Welcomes Another Barbecue Joint, Says Goodbye to Dish it Up!
The owners of local Mexican chain Matador are opening a new restaurant at 5309 22nd Ave. N.W. in Ballard this June, according to Seattle Met. Kickin' Boot Whiskey Kitchen will serve Southern cuisine, including barbecue, fried catfish, wood-fired steaks, and of course, sweet potato pie. The bar menu ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2012
Delight in the Joy the Baker Cookbook
Joy Wilson translated her professional baking career into a wildly popular and award-winning baking blog called Joy the Baker. And now there is the Joy the Baker Cookbook, which calls itself "a celebration of sugar and spice and everything nice." Wilson's wit and wisdom infuses the book. She compare ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2012
A Lunch In Hand: Slow-Cooked Fast Food
The Truck: A Lunch in Hand, found on Wednesdays in Georgetown at the Minuteman Press (11 a.m. - 2 p.m.) and Thursdays in Wallingford at Uptown Espresso (11 a.m. - 2 p.m.) with more information on Twitter and Facebook. The Fare: Slow-cooked meats and/or fillings, baked in a neat puff pastry. The ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2012
The Fearless Baker Will Turn Terrified Bakers Into Fearless Ones.
Emily Luchetti, herself an accomplished pastry chef, has long wondered why so many home cooks have a fear of baking. Even skilled, confident cooks fear the precision and risk of failure that baking can sometimes present. So, she teamed up with Lisa Weiss, a food writer and coauthor of several chefs' ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2011
Cafe Flora Lets the Bon Beignet Rule
Eve M. TaiLaissez les bons temps rouler!Brunch at Cafe Flora in Madison Park features the kind of menu you might expect at a vegetarian restaurant in Seattle. Dishes team with wild foraged chanterelles, butternut squash and baby greens dripping with vitamins. But behind the homage to all t ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 2011
Channeling Grandma is Easy as Pecan Pie
Eve M. TaiDecadence on your own kitchen counterThe days after Thanksgiving may be those of reckoning for some. Having gorged on turkey, cranberries and pies galore, we may call it quits on the feasting for a bit. For others, the holiday merely kick starts our appetite for more, especially hom ... More >>
Blogs
November 21, 2011
Bureka's at Gazala's Place in New York
Get Baked is in New York City this week, a sobering task. Choosing among hundreds, if not more possibilities here ain't a pretty prospect - even when you're talking about baked goods. Luckily, my yoga teacher took me to one of her favorite spots in Hell's Kitchen a few years ago and I've been wantin ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2011
A Very Seattle Thanksgiving: Baked Ladysmith
Voracious this year asked local food producers to provide their favorite Thanksgiving recipes. We'll run one recipe each day through Nov. 23; if you collect them all, you'll have a complete feast. Baked brie often surafces at snooty cocktail parties, but Suzanne Wechsler of Samish Bay Cheese ... More >>
Blogs
October 31, 2011
Tarte aux Pommes as Apple Turnover
Eve M. TaiApple turnover, Frenchie styleLe Fournil Bakery in Eastlake bills itself as a "True French Bakery." And indeed with sympathique offerings such as Paris Brest and items named Paysanne this and gateau that, you'd have no reason to doubt the veracity of this claim. Le Fournil consisten ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2011
Pie Day Before Friday: A Pecan Pie Recipe to Convert the Haters
Photo by Brandi HendersonThe sweet young lady responsible for Delancey's out-of-this world desserts recently took over the space behind the pizza ovens to create her very own bliss: The Pantry at Delancey. A former architect, Brandi Henderson spent years building out the concept in her mind b ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2011
Michou's Sweet Little Potato Pie
Eve M. TaiOne potato, two potato, sweet potato pie.Sweet potato pie. The words alone charm us, much the way a nursery rhyme might have enchanted us as toddlers. Maybe your mom cooed rhymes to you even as she was spooning pureed sweet potato into your little gaping mouth. (Fortunately, the swe ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2011
Serving Sweetness at Chicago's Sweet Mandy B's
Sweet Mandy B's (1208 West Webster Ave., Chicago) reminds you of a kitchen from the 1920's, perhaps one where your grandmother might have baked trays and tins full of cupcakes and cookies. After creating what she calls Old Fashioned Desserts for friends and family, owner Cindy Levine decided to shar ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2011
Bake Up Something Adorable With Cutie Pies
Dani Cone's grandma Molly was a pie-maker. At Cone's Fuel coffee shops, she has been selling pies for years, and in 2010 opened High 5 Pie on Capitol Hill. The pies received mixed reviews from customers and critics alike, most notably from Jason Sheehan, Seattle Weekly's former food critic. C ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Egg Custard Tarts Are a Piece of Cake
Eve M. TaiSwoon.A Piece of Cake Bakery & Cafe (514 S. King St.) is the Larsen's of the International District. Like its Danish cousin in Loyal Heights, A Piece of Cake dazzles with cases brimming with baked goods. Making a selection might require an app that inputs personal criteria--mousse? ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
Pie Worth Waking Up To
Pie from the Facebook "Pie Party" event, contributed by Michelle Dunkerton.Let it be known that the only reason I am awake right now is because I knew there was a pie waiting for me in the fridge when my alarm rang at 6:00 this morning. After a string of overwhelming days, there is another fu ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2011
Pain au Chocolat From Boulangerie Nantaise
Eve M. TaiCall me old-school, but pain au chocolat should be just as its name implies, bread--not pastry--with warm melted chocolate stuffed inside. But many, if not most, versions of what we call pain au chocolat are made instead with croissant dough. Though the chausson au chocolat--as thi ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Seattle Blogger Invites Bakers to Overcome Their Pie-Crust Fears
Nearly 400 people have pledged to bake a pie on July 5 because of a casual Twitter conversation that turned to the topic of pie-crust phobia. "People are so afraid to make a pie crust that they're denying their families pie," recounts Seattle's Shauna Ahern, the cookbook author who blogs as ... 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 >>
Blogs
May 18, 2011
Top Five Soul Food Desserts in Seattle
cherries jubileeIt's really difficult to find good soul food in Seattle, and it's almost impossible to find good soul food desserts. Not too many places outside of New Orleans know how to make the taste buds water for king cake or have the heart melt over a praline. Those desperately craving ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2011
Food Network Hits Up Seattle Bakeries For Pie-Making Tips
Pie is readying for its star turn this afternoon, when a Food Network crew will descend upon the Fremont bake shop to capture hours of pie-making footage. Pie is one of two Seattle bakeries slated for inclusion in the Food Network's upcoming pie special: West Seattle's Shoofly Pie Company wi ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2011
Persian Paradise Found
Back before Iran brought to mind ayatollahs, chadors, and heavy eyeliner, it sparkled as a global beau monde. I knew this even as a kid growing up in Detroit because Persian pastries rocked my world. By my way of thinking, any culture that fashioned desserts both refined and hearty had to be world-c ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
High 5 Pie's "New and Improved" Pies Disappoint
According to a triumphant release from High 5 Pie last week, the Capitol Hill bakery is now serving "better pies, with MORE butter." But a tasting of the "new and improved" pies suggests there are problems butter can't fix. I never had a chance to sample High 5's old and mediocre pies, but m ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2011
Hey, Wannabe Bakers: Get a Scale and Make These Beignets!
Photo by Leslie KellyPatric Gabre-Kidan and chef Shaun McCrain aren't afraid of the scale and you shouldn't be either.Former pastry chef and current front-of-the-house dude at Book Bindery Patric Gabre-Kidan's recipe for this week's Grillaxin is going to totally freak you out if you don't spe ... More >>
Food
March 9, 2011
Is Pie the New Cupcake?
If High 5's output is any indication, the answer is no.
Blogs
March 9, 2011
Pie Fight: Pie vs. High 5 Pie
Last week in Versus, we ran our Voracious Tasting Chef Showdown Special Edition, pitting last year's champion, Seth Caswell, against his competition for this year's battle, Rachel Yang. And even though the competitors came off fairly evenly matched (with Caswell's personal experience in the V ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2011
A Double-Shot of Pie, Hold the Cupcakes
Looks good, doesn't it?"Dani Cone, owner of Fuel Coffee, was obviously in on some of these musings about the resurgence of pie as well. And according to the creation timeline of her new Capitol Hill pie shop, High 5 Pie, she either got her information early or made one very lucky guess. She w ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
Chef Dan Gilmore's Not Crazy About Chocolate
Photo by Leslie KellyChef Dan Gilmore, left, and the crew at Urbane.Urbane's chef de cuisine Dan Gilmore's married to a pastry chef--they met in culinary school. And yet he's willing to go out on a limb and cop to not being a huge fan of the dark-brown stuff most of the rest of the world is a ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2011
Southern Pies to Stuff in Your Piehole
Welcome to 2011, otherwise known as the "Year of the Pie." If ever there were a year to learn how to make pie or to expand your pie repertoire, this is it. Pie is hot right now. Hand pies, fried pies, pie on a stick, fruit pies, cream pies, you name it. Cupcakes are out. Pie is in. January 23 ... More >>
Food
January 12, 2011
La Bete Puts the B in Superb
Chez Gaudy's successor is SUPER BADASS!
Calendar
January 12, 2011
Uncle Mike's Barbecue
Chez Gaudy's successor is SUPER BADASS!
Blogs
January 5, 2011
High 5 Pie's Dani Cone Inspired by Grandmother Molly's Recipe
The owner of Fuel was determined to bring more pie to Seattle when she launched High 5.When business major and barista extraordinaire Dani Cone opened Fuel in 2005, she soon noticed her coffee drinks were crying out for pie. So, in 2008, she launched High 5 Pie, a wholesale bakery that provid ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2011
How About a Fist Bump for the new High 5 Pie Shop?
Dani Cone's the hands-on owner of High Five Pie.Dani Cone has two great loves: coffee and business. Her entrepreneurial streak started in grade school when she and her sister got a business license so they could buy flowers wholesale for the arrangements they sold. At 15, she got her first of ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2010
Inside BuiltBurger's Beignets: Don't Ask, I'll Tell
At BuiltBurger, you don't want fries with that. BuiltBurger recently opened a Financial District (bordering on Pioneer Square) restaurant which prepares hamburger patties that they'd previously only sold frozen, albeit nationally. Reach the counter and you'll realize the challenge of figurin ... More >>
Food
December 1, 2010
Versus: Who's Got the Greater Pumpkin?
Two excellent slices of the elusive holiday pie.
Film
November 24, 2010
Kings of Pastry: Made With Real Butter
Two excellent slices of the elusive holiday pie.
Food
April 28, 2010
Low and Slow at El Mestizo
An odyssey in mole oddity.
Food
November 5, 2003
Food Events Around Town
An odyssey in mole oddity.

Now Click This

Now Available on Kindle!
Seattle Weekly and Reverb Music Monthly now available on Kindle and Kindle Fire
Free Apps
For your iPhone, Blackberry and Droid
Daily Deal Mobile App
Download Seattle Weekly's Deal Deal app on your phone!
COUPONS
Seattle Weekly Store - 50% off
50% off Restaurant GCs, Seattle Weekly Ts, Seattle's Best Dive Bars Book + more
VOICE Daily Deals
Get 50 to 90% off every day!
Ad Index
@SeattleWeekly
@swReverb
@WeeklyEvents
@swVoracious
Facebook
MySpace
Happy Hour Guide
URmomcalled
Win tickets to Wrestlemania!

Browse Voice Nation

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Food

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Food

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Food

Film

Food

Food

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This