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    Articles by Roger Downey
    Liquid Love
    Liquid Love
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A candlelit corner; a table for two; gleaming glassware. But what to put in the glasses? How many people, after…

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

    Silver Lake Winery.

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    Who needs words when an image is enough?
    He Done Her Wrong
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    After seven decades, pioneering graphic novel still doesn’t need any words to tell its story.

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

    Champagne and spring rolls

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

    Oysters, wine, & thou

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    Is George Clooney too tall to play the heroic Bogdanos?
    Can Do! And Did.
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Action-hero Marine plays archaeological detective in Iraq.

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    Bugged in Ballard
    Bugged in Ballard
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    State bureaucrats bungle the spraying for gypsy moths by downplaying the scientific evidence in their favor.

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    The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels
    The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories (Norton, $95).

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    Show Us the Money
    Show Us the Money
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The not-so-bright future of the world economy.

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

    It has all happened very quickly. Ben Smith released the first wines made under his new Cadence label a little…

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

    Braising!

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

    When you hear the term “chain restaurant,” you probably think of someplace like Burger King or Denny’s or IHOP. But…

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    Seastar's John Howie: a good listener, and a grand chef.
    Look to the East
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Those longing for fine dining across the water, yearn no longer.

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

    In a famous blind tasting a generation back, some California wines trounced the best the French had to offer. The…

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    Curse of the K-Man
    Curse of the K-Man
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Is the Northwest’s oldest resident getting fed up with his tormentors?

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    Washington = Merlot
    Washington = Merlot
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    How the wine craze of the century started, right in our own backyard.

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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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    News Clips— One Reel drops WOMAD
    News Clips— One Reel drops WOMAD
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    One Reel, the local event producer that worked for 10 years to bring the first North American edition of WOMAD…

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

    It’s a wine world clich麠As soon as the days start growing shorter, you begin hearing that it’s time to break…

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    A display at the Burke Museum.
    A Very Fuzzy Fossil Record
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A scientific report traces unprofessional conduct, bad science, and possible lawlessness at the University of Washington.

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