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    Articles by Roger Downey
    Words on Wine
    Words on Wine
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    What do the following four phrases have in common? “Raspberry fruit caressed by lush mocha, spice and toast” . . . “mint and dark…

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    Fandango's Christine Keff, undaunted.
    Last Dance
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    When bad things happen to fine restaurants.

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    Cold Facts
    Cold Facts
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The winter just ending has been comparatively mild on both sides of the mountains, but one good freeze the night…

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    Still Raising Hell
    Still Raising Hell
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

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    What’s in a Name?
    What’s in a Name?
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    For a quarter-century, American wines have been on a relentless upward trend increased production, but higher quality, greater refinement, growing…

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    The holiday lineup at McCarthy & Schiering.
    The Sweet Spot
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A spoonful of sugar can make wine magical.

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    The succulent, troll-caught King, on ice.
    Hook, Line, and Urethane
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Commercial trolling for wild salmon makes a comeback.

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    The Hot Sheet
    The Hot Sheet
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

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

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    Somewhere over the sofa
    Somewhere over the sofa
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Linda Farris’ bold new art project.

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    Filling the Gap
    Filling the Gap
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    I lived on the eastern border of wine heaven for two years. A peaceful 15-mile bike ride along the level…

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    TAs rally to be treated as employees, not students.
    Tests go on
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    An eleventh-hour compromise averts a strike by UW grad students.

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    Breaking the code at the Times
    Breaking the code at the Times
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Seattle’s newspapers like to present their town as a great big grown-up city, but sometimes they treat their readers as…

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    Citified angels Affleck and Damon.
    Dogma
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Kevin Smith’s cinema profanity.

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    Money in your genes
    Money in your genes
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    TODAY, BIOTECHNOLOGY dominates the high-tech headlines, grabbing the attention computing and communications dominated over the last 20 years. But if…

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    The kids are all right
    The kids are all right
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    But when it comes to diversity in education, adults need a lot of work.

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    It’s Apple, Jack
    It’s Apple, Jack
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Northwest orchards make a comebackwith cider.

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    Sips
    Sips
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Roots

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    Small Wonders
    Small Wonders
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    “Gee, it must be great, getting invited to all those wine tastings,” people say. And OK, it is pretty great,…

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    Gangsta Salmon
    Gangsta Salmon
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Farmed fish threaten the very waters they grow in.

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    The ABCs of A.B.C.
    The ABCs of A.B.C.
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Chardonnay is the biggest-selling white wine variety in America by far. It also is the only grape variety with its…

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