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Thanh Vi To Become Fusion World

Seattle food writer Sara Dickerman's recent contention that "fusion" is no longer a dirty word in culinary circles could bode well for an International District restaurant in the midst of a major redesign. After a decade of serving a purely Vietnamese menu, Thanh Vi has eliminated half of its class ... More >>

Ask a Mexican!

Seattle food writer Sara Dickerman's recent contention that "fusion" is no longer a dirty word in culinary circles could bode well for an International District restaurant in the midst of a major redesign. After a decade of serving a purely Vietnamese menu, Thanh Vi has eliminated half of its class ... More >>

Sara Moulton Loves Skillet's New Pumpkin Ketchup

​The Fancy Food Show is still a few days away, but Skillet's latest condiment is already making a splash in culinary circles. Good Morning America's Sara Moulton, one of the few non-Skillet staffers to have sampled pumpkin ketchup, included the spread among her "top picks" in a preview of the ... More >>

Cameo McRoberts: Bringing 'Big Ups' to Little Water Cantina

Photo by Renee McMahon​It's been a while since she's been on the line, but Cameo McRoberts finds herself--and her soul--back at home making authentic Mexican food at Seattle's newest food mecca: Little Water Cantina (2865 Eastlake Ave. E., 397-4940). After working for Rick Bayless at Frontera ... More >>

Getting a Tasty Preview of Little Water Cantina

Photo by Leslie KellyEnsalada Fresca was a promising sign of good things to come at Little Water Cantina.​There's going to be a party going on all summer long off Eastlake at the new Little Water Cantina. As first reported by the Eastlake Ave. blog last June, this restaurant will occupy retail ... More >>

Avalon's Chef Credits Superstar Rick Bayless With Helping Shape Her Culinary Career

Photo by Leslie KellyChef Deb Breuler met her sous chef Kaelon Sparks while working briefly at Hard Rock Cafe.​Deb Breuler has a pretty impressive resume. After culinary school, she worked at L'Avenue in San Francisco and then for Rick Bayless at Zinfandel in Chicago before moving to L.A., whe ... More >>

From Monster-Size Maggiano's to a Place of Her Own: Chef Deb Does It Her Way

Photo by Leslie KellyChef Deb Breuler's Carlton Farms pork tenderloin with Brussels sprouts and butternut squash, served at the brand new Avalon in West Seattle.​Show us a cook who doesn't dream of opening his or her own restaurant, and we'll faint dead away. It's in every food professional's ... More >>

Avalon Announces a West Seattle Opening

Cafe Revo is now Avalon​Well that was fast... It was only back in the middle of October that we were reporting the closure of the Italian restaurant Cafe Revo in West Seattle. Now here it is, just the beginning of December, and word has come down that an opening for Avalon, in the space once ... More >>

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 >>

Winners at the James Beard Awards: Round 1

​Last night was the big night for the nominees (myself included) in the James Beard Foundation Media & Book Awards--the "Oscars of the Food World" as everyone is fond of calling it, and a serious party for gastronomy's big time movers and shakers. David Chang from Momofuku was there (nominated ... More >>

Forbes Picks Its Best New Restaurants (Note to Self: Don't Eat With Forbes Staff)

This would be the dining room at Happy (not Noodle) in Boulder​Forbes magazine, long known for its incisive culinary reporting, has just come out with its list of America's best new restaurants. And while not one restaurant from Seattle made this year's cut, at least the Pacific Northwest as a ... More >>

Did Lou Dobbs Just Infiltrate The Mexican?

This would be the dining room at Happy (not Noodle) in Boulder​Forbes magazine, long known for its incisive culinary reporting, has just come out with its list of America's best new restaurants. And while not one restaurant from Seattle made this year's cut, at least the Pacific Northwest as a ... More >>