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Tamara Murphy

  • Food

    March 21, 2012

    Voracious Dining Guide

    Our 2012 neighborhood snackdown!

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Reviewing the Review: Choosing the Right Words, by Gum

    I usually use this column to dissect a dish which didn't make my current review, or to reveal an incident that helped solidify my impressions of the featured restaurant. But nothing odd or disagreeable occurred at the thoroughly wonderful Terra Plata: The only near-misstep, which involved a bungled ... More >>

  • Food

    January 25, 2012

    Tamara Murphy's Melrose Plate

    Terra Plata's amazing potato chips are worth the wait.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Terra Plata Opens on Capitol Hill, Green Leaf Expands to Belltown, & More

    Green Leaf​Tamara Murphy's highly anticipated restaurant Terra Plata is now open at 1501 Melrose Ave. on Capitol Hill, according to Eater Seattle. It features Mediterranean-influenced "earth to plate" cuisine that changes based on what ingredients are in season. In other news, Seattle Met rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Canlis Baker to Open Shop on Capitol Hill, Portland Sustainable Sushi Chain Expands to Seattle, & More

    Crumble and FlakeComing to Capitol Hill: cream puffs with coffee filling created by a former Canlis baker.​First off, in Ballard, Po Dog owner Laura Olson is launching gourmet wiener eatery no. 3. No other details have been released. Also in the neighborhood, a new Italian restaurant called Th ... 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

    February 24, 2011

    A Parsnip Soup Recipe from Tender

    ​Throughout Tender, readers will find inspiration for using the freshest ingredients they can find. Some recipes are just simply written as the photo captions. Alongside a two-page spread showing spaghetti squash, it says, "Cook it whole, without splitting it. Just place it on a sheet pan and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Back to Basics With Tamara Murphy's Cookbook Tender

    ​Tamara Murphy has long been committed to quality ingredients and the connections among food producers, chefs, and diners. When she owned Brasa in Belltown, she chronicled the life of a pig she would ultimately slaughter and serve, on a blog called Life of a Pig. Today, between running two loc ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • 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

    April 14, 2010

    Grillaxin' with Zephyr Paquette, Part Two

    Photo by Nory Emori.Paquette at Smoke Farm during Burning Beast​This is the second installment of our interview with Zephyr Paquette, chef at Elliott Bay Café. (Part one: here.) Paquette runs this brick-walled basement café, which is under Tamara Murphy's stewardship, serving inspired, local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Grillaxin' with Elliott Bay Cafe's Zephyr Paquette, Part One

    Photo by Adriana Grant​Zephyr Paquette is the chef the Elliott Bay Café, Tamara Murphy's cozy, wholesome, and delicious café in the basement of what had been (since 1973) The Elliott Bay Book Company. The much beloved bookstore is reopening in its Capitol Hill location this Thursday, but EBC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    You Have Three Weeks Left to Say Goodbye to the Eastlake Sitka & Spruce

    Joey Anchondo​It has been no secret: Matt Dillon is planning on moving Sitka & Spruce this spring to 1531 Melrose Ave. to become neighbors with Tamara Murphy's new Terraplata. But Dillon's just announced, via S&S's website, that the original location will shut down as of December 30 to prepare ... More >>

  • Food

    October 28, 2009

    Seattle's Happy-Hour Hall of Fame

    For some restaurants, it's a promotion. For others, a way of life.

  • Food

    October 7, 2009

    Search & Distill: A Rookie Winemaker in France

    The rest of us talk about it, but Doug Graves really did sell all his belongings and buy a vineyard.

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    Openings & Closings: Fresh Flours Moves, Urban Opens

    ​Sweet aromas will soon be floating through the air in Ballard -- Fresh Flours, the boutique pastry shop located in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood, plans to expand into the space next to Bastille on Ballard Ave. My Ballard News spoke with owner Etsuko, who hopes to serve a bigger menu, possibl ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2009

    An Incredible Feast

    ​Sweet aromas will soon be floating through the air in Ballard -- Fresh Flours, the boutique pastry shop located in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood, plans to expand into the space next to Bastille on Ballard Ave. My Ballard News spoke with owner Etsuko, who hopes to serve a bigger menu, possibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Review Roundup: Who's at the Judges' Table This Week?

    Here are this week's restaurant reviews: At the Times, Providence Cicero shows some love to the crawfish boils at Crawfish King, the Vietnamese Cajun restaurant in the ID. Meanwhile, over in the Dining Deals section, Nicole Tsong gives props to the Elliott Bay Cafe, Brasa owner Tamara Murphy's new ... More >>

  • Food

    March 11, 2009

    Favorite Restaurants: A Serious Splurge

    How it tastes to spend more than $50 a plate.

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Cochon555 Roundup: Fat Ruled

    Should have posted this yesterday, but I got caught up making syrups for the Seattle Weekly Food Awards (more on that later). Sunday night's Cochon555 event happened in a beautiful little pocket of dramatic sunshine, right on the water at the Bell Harbor Convention Center. Five chefs, five special p ... 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

    February 12, 2009

    Yet Another Good Bookstore Cafe Opens

    As I mentioned in yesterday's review of Tamara Murphy's Elliott Bay Cafe, Seattle's (remaining) bookstores are giving their cafes some love. (Movie theaters need to stop whining about declining profits and take a tip from these places. I'd gladly buy a $5 snack if it wasn't crappy nachos.) A few mo ... More >>

  • Food

    February 11, 2009

    Elliott Bay Cafe and the Gravity of Lunch

    A great food city needs more than five-star evenings. It needs the midday manna of Tamara Murphy.

  • Food

    October 1, 2008

    Is Seattle Currently Experiencing a Restaurant Bubble?

    Do we have enough human resources to fuel the high-end restaurant boom?

  • Food

    April 23, 2008

    Circus

    Elephantine decor, culinary feats of daring

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    Cheap Eats, Traveling Abattoirs, and Other Food News

    Elephantine decor, culinary feats of daring

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    At Tilth: Prix Fixe with a Purpose

    Elephantine decor, culinary feats of daring

  • Food

    October 11, 2006

    How Do They Do It?

    Secrets of Seattle's most successful chefs.

  • Food

    July 13, 2005

    July 13, 2005

    Secrets of Seattle's most successful chefs.

  • Food

    July 6, 2005

    July 6, 2005

    Secrets of Seattle's most successful chefs.

  • Food

    April 27, 2005

    Two Twos

    Caprial and John's new show and Lisa and Jonathan's new restaurant.

  • Food

    February 16, 2005

    Feb. 16, 2005

    Caprial and John's new show and Lisa and Jonathan's new restaurant.

  • Food

    January 19, 2005

    Jan. 19, 2005

    Caprial and John's new show and Lisa and Jonathan's new restaurant.

  • Food

    July 7, 2004

    Food Files

    Caprial and John's new show and Lisa and Jonathan's new restaurant.

  • Food

    June 30, 2004

    Food Files

    Caprial and John's new show and Lisa and Jonathan's new restaurant.

  • Food

    April 21, 2004

    Belltown

    Caprial and John's new show and Lisa and Jonathan's new restaurant.

  • Food

    February 25, 2004

    Food Files

    Caprial and John's new show and Lisa and Jonathan's new restaurant.

  • Diversions

    December 10, 2003

    Tools of the Trade

    The kitchen gadgets these chefs can'tor won'tcook without.

  • Food

    October 22, 2003

    Food Events Around Town

    The kitchen gadgets these chefs can'tor won'tcook without.

  • Food

    October 8, 2003

    Food & Beverage News

    The kitchen gadgets these chefs can'tor won'tcook without.

  • Food

    August 13, 2003

    Food & Beverage News

    The kitchen gadgets these chefs can'tor won'tcook without.

  • Food

    June 4, 2003

    Food Happenings Around Town

    The kitchen gadgets these chefs can'tor won'tcook without.

  • Food

    July 10, 2002

    Hot Dish

    The kitchen gadgets these chefs can'tor won'tcook without.

  • Food

    June 26, 2002

    Brasa Minichefs

    The people who actually make the food get to realize their visions.

  • Food

    October 24, 2001

    Side Dish

    Comfort zone

  • Food

    September 26, 2001

    Side Dish

    Belltown on a budget

  • Food

    August 1, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

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

  • Food

    July 11, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

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

  • Food

    April 28, 1999

    Split decision

    An established heavyweight in the kitchen can't deliver a knockout punch.

  • Food

    April 14, 1999

    Romancing the palate

    Menu writing 101.

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