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Renee Erickson

  • 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 19, 2012

    Dillon and Franey Head List of Seattle's James Beard Nominees

    The stage is set for another Seattle vs. Portland showdown at the James Beard Foundation awards this year. Two Seattle chefs scored nominations for Best Chef Northwest, as announced this morning in an online ceremony streamed from Las Vegas: Matt Dillon of Sitka & Spruce and Jason Franey of Canlis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    City's Top Chefs Will Cook and Run With Bacon to Benefit Fetal Health

    The mood at Eat. Run. Hope., a 5K and tasting event presented by Ethan Stowell Restaurants and Eastside Maternal Fetal Medicine, is bound to be light-hearted: The city's leading chefs will be running the course as a relay, with a strip of bacon instead of baton. But Stowell says he hopes the fundrai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Pick the Beard Finalists, Win a Prize

    Did the James Beard Foundation get it right? More to the point, can you? Beard Awards season opened this morning with the release of the restaurant and chef semi-finalists list, setting off the groundless speculation and heartfelt gripes that accompany the start of any hunting season. The Seattle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Going to the Incredible Feast?

    Eating local is practically a religious experience here in the 206, with chefs preaching the farm-to-fork gospel. Can we get an amen? And then, please pass the platters heaped with grown-here veggies, meats, cheeses, and seafood. Well, there's no better place to worship at the locavore altar than t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    The Walrus and The Carpenter Makes Bon Appetit's List of Best New U.S. Restaurants

    ​Andrew Knowlton neatly captures the essential conundrum facing The Walrus and The Carpenter diners in his capsule review for Bon Appetit's just-released "Best New Restaurants in America" list: Should I fill up on oysters? Or power through the small plates menu? Knowlton wisely chose the latt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    No Fishy Smell at the Walrus and the Carpenter

    ​Much like the characters in Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter," I stumbled upon oysters at Renee Erickson's restaurant of the same name. But this Sexy Feast isn't about oysters. (Given the oyster's alleged aphrodisiac qualities, that would be too obvious.) Instead, it's abo ... More >>

  • Food

    April 27, 2011

    Ethan Stowell, Empire Builder

    The "new Tom Douglas" couldn't be more different than the vintage.

  • Food

    February 16, 2011

    The Walrus, the Carpenter, and Ogg

    The first oyster-eater wishes every dish was that simple.

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    The Battle For Ballard: Staple & Fancy Vs. The Walrus And The Carpenter

    Ballard's hippest address, pre-gentrification​Last week, we debuted the new-and-improved version of this weekly column with a local burger battle, pitting Belltown's Dope Burger against BuiltBurger in Pioneer Square. I had some very strong opinions on which was the better burger (Built), but w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Seattle Makes The Cut: GQ's Alan Richman Picks the 10 Best New Restaurants in America

    ​Seattle has been having a pretty good year when it comes to the big-n-glossy national press. GQ named Zig Zag the best cocktail bar in America (and Needle & Thread 25th). Food & Wine tagged Jason Stratton of Spinasse as one of the best new chefs of 2010. And then there was Jason Wilson from C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Coffee, Donuts, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Cheeseburgers Shaped Like Hot Dogs

    I want this creepy, creepy little girl to be the new Voracious mascot​It was another big week here at Voracious World HQ. Here's what you might've missed while helping me to define Seattle through it's food. First and foremost, we had the debut of our new coffee columnist, bright and early Mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Recipe: Boat Street Kitchen's Roasted Turnips, Brown Butter & Marjoram

    Photo by Renee Erickson​In this final segment of our conversation with Renee Erickson, she shares a recipe for the turnips she was raving about in part one, here. (For the full interview, read part two here.) This simple recipe is just the kind of richly vegetal spring indulgence you'll find a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Grillaxin' with Boat Street Kitchen's Renee Erickson, Part Two

    credit: boatstreetkitchen.com​This is the second installment of our interview with Renee Erickson, chef/owner of Boat Street Café and part owner of the lunch and catering spot Boat Street Kitchen. Her menus highlight seasonal foods with dishes like sprig onion flan, steamed mussels, and a ric ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Grillaxin' with Boat Street Kitchen's Renee Erickson, Part One

    photo by Adriana Grant​Renee Erickson is the owner of Boat Street Café and Kitchen a pair of French, country-inspired restaurants tucked off of Western Avenue and Elliott Way, at the edge of Lower Queen Anne. (Erickson shares ownership of the Kitchen with Susan Kaplan, the owner of the the or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Throwback Tuesday: The Relish Tray

    ​Everything slightly tacky and retro has gone through a cycle of cool--meatloaf, mac-n-cheese, cheap beer. If you grew up in the 1970's you remember a little compartmentalized dish on the Thanksgiving table that contained crap you didn't want to eat, the relish tray. Olives, little pickles, pi ... 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

    March 25, 2009

    Boat Street Pickled Raisins

    Chef Renee Erickson has garnered plenty of attention for her pool of pickled products (Boat Street Pickles). Customers of her restaurant clamored for them so much she started selling them, and recently she's scaled up production to meet demand. Figs, red onion, prunes...if you order the country pate ... More >>

  • 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:

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Summer Sunday Chef Demo at Pike Place Market

    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:

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    Edible Seattle Arrives on Newsstands

    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:

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2006

    A Mac 'n Cheese Cook off (with Beer) for FareStart

    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:

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2006

    Eat This Now

    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:

  • News

    May 3, 2006

    Squid Pro Quo on the Menu

    A change in policy for the Best Places series of books has restaurateurs hot under the stove. How should food critics conduct themselves?

  • Food

    December 14, 2005

    Easy Street

    At Boat Street Cafe and Kitchen, southern French food is right at home.

  • Food

    July 14, 2004

    From Boho to Bistro

    35th Street Bistro's earthy take on Mediterranean fare gives the Still Life an afterlife.

  • Food

    May 26, 2004

    Lunch Box

    35th Street Bistro's earthy take on Mediterranean fare gives the Still Life an afterlife.

  • Food

    May 19, 2004

    Hot Dish

    35th Street Bistro's earthy take on Mediterranean fare gives the Still Life an afterlife.

  • Food

    February 18, 2004

    Food Files

    35th Street Bistro's earthy take on Mediterranean fare gives the Still Life an afterlife.

  • Food

    January 28, 2004

    Here's the Beef

    35th Street Bistro's earthy take on Mediterranean fare gives the Still Life an afterlife.

  • Food

    February 24, 1999

    Simple magnificence

    Unpretentious glory and near-perfection is served up every day under the University Bridge.

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