Arts & Culture
True grit
Seattle’s rock scene has always been close-knit, so it makes sense that The Stranger would travel afar in…
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This Is Your Brain on a Frappuccino
With a Starbucks on every corner, America could be headed for a wake-up call when it comes to…
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Opera news
Seattle Opera’s season is less than half over, but these days it’s the future that fills the company’s…
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Cascadia Reconsidered
Kerry Sear's restaurant needs to bring its execution back in tune with its ideals.
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An Atlas of Taste
Most serious wine buffs own an atlas of the vine: Hugh Johnson’s classic World Atlas of Wine, now…
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The Boeing Style
You can classify Washington wine in several ways: by price point, by scale of production, by grape variety,…
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Coming Up Rosés
After decades of disdain, rosé is suddenly in fashion. Dozens of inexpensive imports from France and Spain are…
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Six degrees of… devastation?
Forget the Y2K bug. Here's a real 21st-century crisis facing the Northwest: the coming drought years.
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Water Into Wine
These are tricky times for winemakers. Used to be every few years the weather was too cool and…
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As French as It Gets
New in Madrona, Crémant begs a look at the brasseries and bistros of our past.
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Wine Up Front
Wine bars have been popular with the Vancouver, B.C., in-crowd for years, and lately they’ve been popping up…
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Golden Oldie
Last spring, one edition of this column was devoted to celebrating a notable Northwest wine success story: the…
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Flu’s Fluidity
Influenza isn’t an exclusively human disease. Many other creatures have their own versions of it, most significantly waterfowl…