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Food Section: June 27, 2007

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Eat Food, Mostly Plants

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This Week's Food News, Special Meat Edition

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Pyramids for Children, Small-Batch Soy Sauce, and Other Food News

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Zig Zag's Murray Stenson Makes the NYT

It's just a mention and a photo in a discussion of bartending philosophies but let it serve as a reminder for everyone who doesn't currently participate in the $5 cocktail happy hour at Zig Zag--you're missing out.

The Perfidious Whole Foods, Redistribution of Party Snacks, and Other Food News

Some food news stories from the week:Politics of the Plate: Market Forces by Barry Eastabrook (Gourmet.com): If you've ever spent time in Portland, you're probably a fan of the local New Seasons chain. Now the litigation-loving Whole Foods is forcing New Seasons to hand over confidential financial i ... More >>

Washington State Can't Do Corruption With the Big Boys

Blago says: You punks aren't worthy to lick the dirt off my dollars. In response to the national Blago-mania, the New York Times posted several charts measuring the corruption of the states of the union. As Laura Onstot could have told us, Washington ranks among the least corrupt. Only five states h ... More >>

A Few Christmas Eve Food Stories

A few news stories from the food sections of the world:Nancy Leson gets the details on the new pizza place opening up on Rainier near the border of Renton. It's Pizzeria Pulcinella, from the owners of Vince's.Punch...It's Not Just for the Holidays by Steven Stern (NY Times): The advance guard of the ... More >>

Edith Macefield, Novelist

When I saw the late Edith Macefield's little house on the first page of the New York Times' National section this morning, I expected Bill Yardley's piece to be the typical bureau chief's reheating of a story that'd been thoroughly vetted by local press. But Yardley's piece, which is centered on a p ... More >>

Morning Links

Salt won't help with this: Flooding predictedSchools chief finalizes list of recommended closures.That's as good as money, sir--those are IOUs: Obama warns of trillion dollar deficits.Iraqi patriotism on the rise. (h/t Matthew Yglesias)Grand jury charges local couple with gay asylum fraud. RNC hopef ... More >>

I Need a New Spy Phone

I have a first-generation Blackberry Pearl that I've basically loved to death (OK, dropped), and the photos it takes look like I'm shooting through a dirty handkerchief. This year, I promised I would buy a cell phone with a decent camera. Normal people would simply bring along a camera and take pho ... More >>

From New York to Seattle, With a Layover in the Hudson

That jet that crashed in the Hudson was on its way to Seattle:"At the airport in Charlotte, where the flight was scheduled to arrive at 5:16 p.m. and then depart for Seattle at 6:10, the arrival board said the plane was still expected to arrive on time late into the afternoon."The flight was downed ... More >>

The Real Speakeasy, the Real-Food Starbucks, and other Food News

Food stories plucked from the ether: Bar? What Bar? by William Grimes (NY Times): Arright, all you speakeasy wannabes -- and Grimes is talking about you, Tavern Law -- do you really want to mimic Prohibition-era bars? Kill off your patrons with rotgut and bribe your local police force. Korean Tac ... More >>

Anal-Retentive Recyclers, Food Allergies, and Other Food News

Food news that caught my eye this week:Swinery Update by Rebekah Denn (PI): More on what's happening with Culinary Communion/Gabe Claycamp's Swinery, the cured-meat business that was set to start appearing at farmers markets before the health department put Claycamp's plans on hold. It's all about p ... More >>

The Next Punchline in the Culture Wars: Doga

Remember in 2003, when Howard Dean was running for President and was all the rage in our neck of the woods, how those plutocrats at the Club for Growth ran that famous ad in which an elderly couple inveighs that Dean should take his "tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, Sushi-eating, Vo ... More >>

Passive Aggressive in the Workplace

Remember in 2003, when Howard Dean was running for President and was all the rage in our neck of the woods, how those plutocrats at the Club for Growth ran that famous ad in which an elderly couple inveighs that Dean should take his "tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, Sushi-eating, Vo ... More >>

Were the Feds Trying to Spy on Doc Hastings?

Last year, Barack Obama won over civil libertarians by dissing George Bush's executive power and domestic spying policies. Then he went and supported pretty much the same policies himself. One of those policies is the National Security Administration's surveillance of American communications; basica ... More >>

Red and Blue Ink

Bush and Kerry aren't just fighting it out at the polls.

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Organic vs. Non, Food Truck Wars, and Other Food News

A few of the news stories making waves in the food world: In a fantastic essay, Russ Parsons, editor of the LA Times food section, writes that he's tired of "organic" being used as the sole measure of the worth of a fruit or vegetable. Central quote: "Certainly, there is a problem with chemical pe ... More >>

This Friday: Kim Ricketts Launches New Bakery-Book Event

Kim Ricketts' Cooks and Books series snags every A-list food writer passing through town (coming up: former NY Times critic William Grimes, Momofuku chef David Chang, and French Laundry chef Thomas Keller) for $200-a-person dinners at Seattle's A-list restaurants. This week, she's starting up a new ... More >>

Kanye May Be a Douche, But He's Not Dead (and Other Bizarre Music Notes From the Last 39 Hours)

​Pitchfork: Jack White Gives College Lecture NY Times: Run-DMC Musical Is Planned NY Times: The Beatles Rock Band not bigger than Jesus Billboard: Chris Brown Announces 'Fan Appreciation' Tour NME: 'Kanye West RIP' death hoax takes Twitter by storm LiveDaily: Wyclef lands publisher for me ... More >>

The Food Section: Local Foods vs. European Wines, Dying Trappists

​In the debate of the week, NY Times wine critic Eric Asimov challenges San Francisco restaurants: If you're so devoted to local ingredients, why are your wine lists dominated by European bottles? (The same could be said for many Seattle restaurants.) The response from one sommelier: European ... More >>

A.M. Music News: Snoop Dogg, Bill Cosby, REO Speedwagon, and Other Heavies

Digital Speedwagon​-- Sound on the Sound: Doh! Shane Tutmarc is moving to Nashville. -- LiveDaily: Your friend Bill Cosby is coming to Benaroya Hall on June 20. -- NME: Johnny Marr's writing the score for a film starring Antonio Banderas and Snoop Dogg. -- NME: Have you heard of Liam Galla ... More >>

Amanda Knox Takes the Stand: The Critics Speak

Fluent in Italian, yet trembling in her defense. Now the jury will decide Knox's fate.​Accused murderer Amanda Knox made a direct plea to the jury yesterday in her Perugia, Italy trial for the 2007 murder of fellow foreign exchange student Meredith Kercher. Is the 22-year-old Seattle native gu ... More >>

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Fluent in Italian, yet trembling in her defense. Now the jury will decide Knox's fate.​Accused murderer Amanda Knox made a direct plea to the jury yesterday in her Perugia, Italy trial for the 2007 murder of fellow foreign exchange student Meredith Kercher. Is the 22-year-old Seattle native gu ... More >>

A.M. Music News: Pearl Jam's Bootlegs, Interpol's Bassist(s), The Black Keys' Brothers

Renee McMahonFrom the Sasquatch! 2009 archives.​-- New York Times: On Sasquatch! "The West Coast's best answer to Bonnaroo, the lineup for the Sasquatch! Festival ... seems to get more impressive (and envy inducing) each year." -- NME: Interpol bassist Carlos Dengler has quit the band. The ba ... More >>

New Album From The Eels, and New Arrests for Lindsay Lohan and Suge Knight

Mark Oliver Everett of The Eels.​-- SPIN: Eddie Vedder joined Band of Horses on stage to perform "Act Together" from Ronnie Wood's solo record, I've Got My Own Album to Do. -- NME: The Eels will be supporting a new album, Tomorrow Morning, due Aug. 23, when they come to Seattle on October 8. ... More >>

Wait, You Mean Portland is NOT an Eco- Paradise Populated by Selfless Stewards of the Planet?

Image by Matt Grigsby And you always thought he was better than you.​Yep, apparently we've been all wrong about Portland. All these years we've been led to believe that its thriving bookstores, dynamic, rejuvenated historic district, enlightened growth and transportation policies, and genera ... More >>

Lilith Fair's Still Coming to the Gorge, Reznor's Keeping Busy, and It's Summer In Cities Other Than Ours

-- NY Times: Lilith Fair has now canceled a dozen dates. However, LiveNation assures us that tomorrow's Gorge stop on the summer road trip is still a go. -- Rolling Stone: NIN may be taking a respite from the road, but Trent Reznor just keeps on shelling out the goods. He just announced that he'l ... More >>

Apple Vs. the Frauds and NSFW Performances at Work. Plus, Are Steep Cover Charges Keeping the Kids From Jazz?

Michael PiazzaThe tenor saxophonist Chris Potter.​-- Stereophile: "Maybe it's not true that the new generation doesn't like jazz; maybe they just find it too expensive." -- Wall Street Journal: Is Apple doing enough about those pesky iTunes hackers? -- Pitchfork: Bits of the Mavis Staples/J ... More >>

Santana Proposes to Drummer Cindy Blackman, Dr. Dog's Coming to Showbox SoDo, and PIL Gets By On Country Life Butter

Jason Nocito​-- ShowboxOnline.com: Dr. Dog's coming to Showbox Sodo for an all-ages show on October 19. Tickets are $22 adv/$25 dos, and go on sale Friday. -- Rolling Stone: Carlos Santana proposed to his drummer/girlfriend, Cindy Blackman, at a show in Chicago on Friday. She said, "Give me y ... More >>

Happy News, Sad News, Happy News: Sufjan Stevens Delights the People, Swell Season Stage Dive is Suicide, The Thermals Make A Video

​Bandcamp: Sufjan Stevens is unexpectedly streaming his brand new EP, All Delighted People, today. Both Pitchfork and Stereogum are super effing excited about it. You can listen to it right here or download it for $5. NYTimes: Best quote from this New York Times profile of Katy Perry: "I want ... More >>

We Still Owe $83 Million for the Kingdome

​Even though it was demolished over a decade ago, taxpayers still owe $83 million on the debt left over from the Kingdome, a ransom that won't be paid for another six years at least. That's $17 million more than the initial $67 million it took to cost the concrete behemoth way back in 1976. Re ... More >>

NYT: Oregon Scientists Fattening Morbidly Obese Monkeys for Research

Leah Nash/The New York Times​Kevin L. Grove, a scientist at the Oregon National Primate Research Center tells The New York Times: "We are trying to induce the couch-potato style." He's not talking about how he spend his weekends, but how he spends his weekdays, fattening rhesus macaques to unb ... More >>

Also Tonight: Avatar Young Blaze and Araab Muzik Celebrate Danny Darko at HG Lodge

​Still young, the Estonia-born, Central District-repping, Los Angeles-residing Avatar Young Blaze has been both wildly prolific and steadily improving. And on his latest project, Danny Darko, there are still weed anthems ("Smoke Somethin''), gun tracks ("Kalashnikov"), and the same ear for top ... More >>

John Lithgow

​Still young, the Estonia-born, Central District-repping, Los Angeles-residing Avatar Young Blaze has been both wildly prolific and steadily improving. And on his latest project, Danny Darko, there are still weed anthems ("Smoke Somethin''), gun tracks ("Kalashnikov"), and the same ear for top ... More >>

The Paring-Down of Prison Dinners

The incarcerated once enjoyed boundless holiday feasts. Not anymore.