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Seth Caswell

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Getting Down and Dirty With Chef Dustin

    Photo by Leslie KellyChefs Seth Caswell and Dustin Ronspies (right) at Saturday's Ready, Set, Go... Cook competition.​If he wasn't a chef, Dustin Ronspies would love to be a farmer. In his cozy kitchen at Art of the Table, the Florida native does right by the hard-working men and women who rai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Seth Caswell Successfully Defends Showdown Title

    ​Basic food prep instructors are forever telling their culinary school charges that organization is the most important skill a chef can possess. At last night's Voracious Tasting & Food Awards, Seth Caswell of Emmer & Rye proved them right. Caswell claimed his second consecutive victory in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Win a Seat at the Voracious' Judges Table

    ​If you're a food critic trying to hang on to your last shreds of anonymity, judging the Chef Showdown competition at Seattle Weekly's Voracious Tasting and Food Awards requires an elaborate disguise. But all civilian eaters need to join the panel is a cell phone and a bit of luck. Ticket hol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Nick Cave and Art Institute Chefs to Join in Voracious Tasting Fun

    Nick Cave's favorite suit.​Even without the news that visual/performance artist Nick Cave's Soundsuits would be invading the Paramount, April 27's Voracious Tasting is nearly a sellout, with but 22 VIP tickets remaining. Now, with word that Cave's soundsuits will indeed be conducting an onsite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Voracious Tasting Tickets Going Fast!

    ​ Now I know that most of you out there have already picked up your tickets for this year's Voracious Tasting & Food Awards, but do you know how I know that? Because the event is more than a month away (on April 27) and tickets are already almost sold out. Which means that those of you who h ... More >>

  • 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 2, 2011

    Voracious Tasting Chef Showdown Special Edition: Seth Caswell vs. Rachel Yang

    Seth Caswell, giving some love to the troops​Last week, we let two dumpling heavyweights battle it our here in the Versus arena, pitting international superstar Din Tai Fung against beloved local Mandarin chef. And despite much mewling and whining from those who thought it was an unfair, inapt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Voracious Tasting Chefs Announced!

    ​ So you know the event: The Voracious Tasting and Food Awards. If you've been paying attention, you already know the time and date and place: April 27, 7pm, at the historic Paramount Theatre. The wise among you have already cleared your calendars, bought your tickets and started letting ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Tickets On Sale Now for Seattle Weekly's Voracious Tasting and Food Awards

    ​ Last year's Voracious Tasting event was awesome. A million restaurants, flowing booze, two chefs fighting to the death, and a couple thousand of our closest friends there to hang out and get weird on the floor of the historic Paramount Theatre. Well, guess what? We had so much fun last yea ... More >>

  • Food

    January 5, 2011

    2010's Worst Meals

    Shrimp cheesecake and other dubious failures.

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Zagat Does Seattle: New Zagat 2011 Survey Decoded Just For You

    ​The brand-spankin'-new 2011 Zagat Survey is out, and I've just finished going through all the details of it to figure out how Seattle has fared in the past year. But first, before we get to all those thrilling statistics, here's a bit of pimping and a note on how the information was gathered ... More >>

  • Food

    December 1, 2010

    "Farm-to-Table" Doesn't Always Apply to Wine

    Emmer & Rye and Tilth exemplify the locavores' dilemma.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Santa & Surly Gives Burning Beast the Thumbs Up, Declare Ron Jones Champeen

    They burned this thing after festivities were over, but I chose not to partake in such heretical pagan activity!​This is the third and final iaccount of my mystical travels through the world of the Burning Beast. With the departure from Purgatory we entered a land of clean lines and orderly be ... More >>

  • Food

    May 19, 2010

    Pressure Cooker

    Emmer & Rye's crew doesn't take heat as well as its top chef.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Under Pressure: Emmer & Rye

    ​Emmer & Rye has been open for more than three months. It's seen busy nights and slow ones, gone through a couple menu changes, has served thousands of plates to thousands of people already and has seen more than a hundred services come and go across the polished wood floors and warren of smal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Shameless Sucking Up, With a Japanese Twist

    ​The response was awesome. In just a few hours, following the announcement that I was going to be giving away one last set of tickets for the sold-out Voracious Tasting tasting event on Wednesday night at the Paramount Theatre, I received more than thirty haiku from hopeful procrastinators l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    The Wrap-Up: Voracious Tasting & Food Awards

    ​If you were there at the Paramount last night, you already know how much fun our Voracious Tasting event was. Around a thousand of Seattle's most dedicated gastronauts and night creatures came out to eat, to drink, to meet and greet and get weird all together at the biggest, coolest party aro ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 14, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

    ​If you were there at the Paramount last night, you already know how much fun our Voracious Tasting event was. Around a thousand of Seattle's most dedicated gastronauts and night creatures came out to eat, to drink, to meet and greet and get weird all together at the biggest, coolest party aro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    This Is It: Last Chance to Win Tickets to the Voracious Tasting & Seattle Weekly Food Awards

    It looks so pretty--until you translate it and realize it's all about boobies​Okay, so today's first Voracious Tasting ticket giveaway? It was over like that. Within minutes of being posted, a correct answer had come in and the tickets were gone. This time, though? This time it's going to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Talking Television, Pop Rocks and Cannibalism with Voracious Tasting Chef Showdown Competitor Jason Stratton

    ​We are in the countdown phase right now: just days away from the first ever Seattle Weekly Chef Showdown taking place at the Voracious Tasting and Seattle Weekly Food Awards this Wednesday at the Paramount Theatre. If you haven't got your tickets yet, what can I say? You're an idiot. $25 for ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2010

    Voracious Tasting & Food Awards

    ​We are in the countdown phase right now: just days away from the first ever Seattle Weekly Chef Showdown taking place at the Voracious Tasting and Seattle Weekly Food Awards this Wednesday at the Paramount Theatre. If you haven't got your tickets yet, what can I say? You're an idiot. $25 for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Talking Turtle Soup, Cotton Candy and Full Frontal Nudity with Voracious Tasting Chef Showdown Competitor Seth Caswell

    This is the only picture I could find of Caswell where he's wearing clothes...​In just a couple weeks, two brave culinary gladiators will be taking the stage for the first ever Seattle Weekly Chef Showdown, taking place during the Voracious Tasting & Seattle Weekly Food Awards event on April 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Voracious Tasting Chef Showdown Contestants Confirmed

    ​Okay, so maybe we were getting a little bit nervous over here at Voracious World Headquarters. Our big party was just a couple weeks away and we didn't have any chefs yet for our big Iron Chef-style culinary throw-down. Was it that they feared the pressure of working in our own little (highly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Will Blog for Food: Art of the Buffet Table

    Oysters​The first time I went to Art of the Table (1054 N. 39th St., 282-0942) was to interview chef/owner Dustin Ronspies when the restaurant first opened. The second time I went was this past Saturday, to celebrate the birthday of AOTT's co-owner and photographer, Laurie O'Donnell. I have ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Emmer & Rye Adds Breakfast

    ​Well, that was quick. Emmer & Rye (1825 Queen Anne Ave. N.) just got the doors open last week, but the (very) new "seasonally inspired, locally derived" concept by chef Seth Caswell is already expanding by adding on a new meal: Breakfast. Starting this weekend, the kitchen will be serving a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    So, You Wanna Eat at Emmer & Rye?

    ​ Seth Caswell is now taking reservations for his new restaurant in the former Julia's space on the top of Queen Anne. Emmer & Rye will be going through its "soft opening" January 28th through the 31st. Seth tells me, "We'll have a couple of mock services under our belt by then and we won't ... More >>

  • Food

    January 13, 2010

    Review: Pop Start

    Will “pop-up” restaurants prove enough of a force to forever alter the culinary landscape?

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Emmer & Rye to Open in February

    credit:emmerandrye.com​After a series of Tuesday night preview dinners hosted at Art of the Table, Seth Caswell's Emmer & Rye is set to open next month in upper Queen Anne. "Never in my dreams did I think that I would be opening in such a killer location in such a beautiful spot," explained Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Controversy: Alaskan Salmon, Seattle Restaurants, a Pit Mine, and a Blogger

    ​What started as a press release landing innocently in the Inbox a few days ago has erupted into a little storm, complete with an AP story featuring Seattle restaurants and local food blogger Ronald Holden being picked up by The New York Times. So, what the hell happened?

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Help a Seattle Chef Go to Farm School!

    The weeklong programs that LoraLee and Rick Misterly teach at their Quillisascut Farm School in Rice, Wash., have become the training ground for a generation of sustainability-minded Seattle chefs. Help send new cooks to the school by attending a benefit picnic on Sunday afternoon at Rainier Square ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Summer Sunday Chef Demo at Pike Place Market

    The weeklong programs that LoraLee and Rick Misterly teach at their Quillisascut Farm School in Rice, Wash., have become the training ground for a generation of sustainability-minded Seattle chefs. Help send new cooks to the school by attending a benefit picnic on Sunday afternoon at Rainier Square ... More >>

  • Food

    April 19, 2006

    North America

    The weeklong programs that LoraLee and Rick Misterly teach at their Quillisascut Farm School in Rice, Wash., have become the training ground for a generation of sustainability-minded Seattle chefs. Help send new cooks to the school by attending a benefit picnic on Sunday afternoon at Rainier Square ... More >>

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