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A new Burke Museum exhibit explores global diets. More >>
Veganism has been lauded by health experts, Oprah, and animal rights activists alike as a healthy lifestyle choice. Bringing up veganism, for some, conjures images of endless salads and raw... More >>
There's an old joke about a man who meets a farmer on the road. The farmer's carrying a bag marked "chickens." "If I guess how many chickens are in the bag, can I have one?," the man asks.... More >>
Forget the Champagne and sexy negligee: A small but passionate minority of Valentine's Day celebrants is pushing to make family the focus of the holiday. "Valentine's Day does not have to be... More >>
In the winter of 2009, food writer and Seattle native Martha Bayne was living in Chicago and working at The Hideout, an area dive bar and music club. Wednesday nights were the slowest night of... More >>
Walking into Cafe Munir for the first time surprised me. As the first Lebanese restaurant in Seattle to open in many years, there was a low bar of restaurant quality it needed to clear to make... More >>
Dish: Bollywood Yakisoba Place: Root Table, Ballard Price: $12.00 On the plate: Per the menu: "Stir fried Indian yellow curry with fresh egg noodles, chicken (beef or tofu), carrot, pepper,... More >>
The only class I ever failed was in Trigonometry. Sure, there were plenty of tests I bombed in my academic career. But the only entire class ever failed (I mean, really, truly, properly and... More >>
The Alaska distillery which was overwhelmed by media attention when it issued smoked salmon vodka is preparing for another press onslaught when it releases the world's first hemp seed... More >>
The Wurst Place is now open at 510 Westlake Ave. N. in South Lake Union, according to Eater Seattle. The establishment specializes in both traditional and exotic sausage, as well as... More >>
Even though most Americans don't have to worry about scoring touchdowns and avoiding sacks on Super Bowl Sunday, the game still poses significant challenges for many of them. "It's the topic... More >>
Upon learning that salmon barbecue is a non-starter in Seattle, I was beginning to worry about Washington's low and slow scene. But having spent Saturday at the judges' table for the Pacific... More >>
The Dinner: Tempura at Kiku Tempura House (5018 University Way NE) The Movie: Norwegian Wood (Noruwei no mori) at SIFF Uptown (511 Queen Anne Avenue North) The Screenplate: Tumultuous,... More >>
Hey fellow lushes! Do you ever get fed up paying 10 bucks and up for a glass of wine? I think it's high time restaurants and bars and cafes and cute little bistros start offering an... More >>
Seattle has been enjoying carbonated cocktails since Jim Romdall put them on the menu at Vessel in 2008. He worked with Evan Wallace, the designer of the Perlini system, which offers models... More >>
In The Lexicon of Real American Food, Jane and Michael Stern lament that no one has catalogued all the sandwiches in America made on tubular lengths of bread, and that there is no complete... More >>
Like children and presidential candidates, diners are forever on watch for unfair treatment. No matter how much foie gras has been piled on their... More >>
It took Tamara Murphy two years to open Terra Plata, a restaurant she thought she'd have chugging in six months. "The build-out shouldn't take... More >>
There isn't really a word in the culinary lexicon for the restaurant genre exemplified by Goldbergs' Famous Delicatessen. But if the Goldbergs'... More >>
The base model menu at Altura, chef Nathan Lockwood's new temple of Italian cooking atop Capitol Hill, is a three-course meal. At $49, it... More >>
When frozen yogurt last had a moment, the aproned kids behind the counter were the gatekeepers of the granola, sunflower seeds, raspberries, and... More >>
After I'd finished LloydMartin's huckleberry-bunkered chicken-liver mousse in a fast-forward flurry propelled by hunger and high regard, a... More >>
The first American-born eaters who ventured into New York's Chinatown for fashionable chop suey benders savored strangeness. In the company of... More >>
There is a certain kind of home cook who believes the best way to get children to eat something other than pizza and chicken nuggets is to... More >>
Christmas is coming, and with it a wave of out-of-towners who want to be wowed by something they can't eat back home. Hosts charged with making... More >>
The spatted gentlemen and bob-haired ladies leading the current classic cocktail revival don't like flavored vodka or frozen-drink machines. They... More >>
Blind Pig Bistro's Flying Fish
Like children and presidential candidates, diners are forever on watch for unfair treatment. No matter how much foie gras has been piled on their plates, restaurantgoers size up the portion… More >>
Why Salmon BBQ Is So Rare
As Gabriel's Fire co-owner Monty Slimp told The Seattle Times last week, his barbecue career started alongside a campfire. Slimp grilled a freshly caught salmon, and was so impressed with… More >>
Taco Del More!
It remains one of life's great injustices that not every American citizen gets to experience the exhilaration of having a load splattered on his or her face and/or mouth during… More >>
Chopsticks' Loyal Lushes
The Watering Hole: Chopsticks, 23025 100th Ave. W., 425-776-1196, EDMONDS The Atmosphere: Chopsticks is the Chinese restaurant our family frequented while I was growing up in Edmonds. Though as a youngster… More >>
Tamara Murphy's Melrose Plate
It took Tamara Murphy two years to open Terra Plata, a restaurant she thought she'd have chugging in six months. "The build-out shouldn't take more than 60–90 days," the James… More >>
Seattle's Cauliflower Craze
Cauliflower consumption is in a steep decline, but it's hardly evident on Seattle menus. There's cauliflower soup at Altura, brown-butter cauliflower at Terra Plata, fried cauliflower at Purple Café and… More >>
The Sexton's Sweater Weather
The Watering Hole: The Sexton, 5237 Ballard Ave. N.W., 829-8645, BALLARD The Atmosphere: The decor of this latest and greatest addition to bustling Ballard Avenue is a blend of old and… More >>
Goldbergs' Deli Double
There isn't really a word in the culinary lexicon for the restaurant genre exemplified by Goldbergs' Famous Delicatessen. But if the Goldbergs' crew was swapping licks instead of slinging pastrami,… More >>
Yes You Can . . . Tuna
When Bellingham fisherman Jeremy Brown started offering tuna-canning classes in his kitchen, he could pick up the pressure cookers needed to safely process fish at garage sales for about $5… More >>
The (Cozy) Inn Crowd
The Watering Hole: Cozy Inn Tavern, 6215 Bothell Way N.E., 425-486-4321, KENMORE The Atmosphere: The Cozy Inn Tavern sits quietly on a busy strip of Highway 522 (aka Bothell Way), all… More >>
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