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Cool Golden Beetle Cocktail Classes and Agrodolce Wine Classes
Sign up to learn about making yummy drinks or get the 4-1-1 on Italian wine
Want to learn a bit more about making better drinks? Or getting ready for an Italian trip and want to taste up on the country’s wines before departure? Or just wanna have a lot of fun while learning more about cocktails and wine? Check out the following upcoming cocktail-making and wine-drinking classes at Golden Beetle…
A Growing Family Sets Up in a Maltby Farmhouse
This rural sanctuary has a vintage feel with modern amenities
It’s one of the basic tenets of decorating: Where there are children, nothing shall be white. Evidently, Julie Thomas, blogger and mother of three active boys, never received that memo, as her whitewashed, vintage-farmhouse-inspired home can attest. “Everything that’s slipcovered can be thrown in the wash. I throw in a little bleach, which I couldn’t…
The Best Wines from The Rocks AVA
The soon-to-be-approved Rocks AVA has a deliciously bumpy past and a bright future
“Rocks! Rocks!” declares the December 1906 issue of Up-To-The-Times, Walla Walla’s magazine of record until 1930. “The best and largest strawberries grow in among these rocks, and such berries, too, as can’t be raised in the East. The fruit trees are growing here in abundance. The luscious clusters of grapes are still on the vine,…
Recipe for Smoked Lentil Sunchoke Cake with Black Garlic Hemp Seed Sauce
Recipes from Sutra Seattle chef Colin Patterson
Sunchoke lentil cake 1 cup dried lentils (Chef Patterson prefers Beluga or French green) 4 cups vegetable stock or water 1 piece of kombu (kelp) ¼ cup coconut cream 4 sunchokes sliced thin 1 Tablespoon olive oil salt to taste Bring lentils, stock and kombu to a boil and reduce to a simmer. (Kombu or…
Dance Company Whim W’him’s First Official Show Debuts
A local dance company turns a corner
At his rehearsal studio in Bellevue, wearing pink and red socks emblazoned with “Whim W’him,” choreographer Olivier Wevers is clearly in his element. “Push the arms, but don’t swing them,” he gently directs his dancers, modeling the subtle difference. “Focus on the wrists.” This month, the former Pacific Northwest Ballet principal presents the first performance…
Where to Grab a Delicious and Affordable Midweek Meal
Don't forget about our local culinary schools, which are cooking up incredible feasts for less
Local culinary schools are introducing the city’s next top chefs while offering a bargain meal in the process. While service is often adorably awkward, the payoff comes in the form of delicious food. Here, we highlight some of the best places to grab a midweek meal. Cafe Alki and Alhadeff GrillCulinary Arts Department at South…
Recipe of the Week: Fried Avocado Tacos
Beer-battered avocado slices with salsa verde and lime creme make these pockets shine
Set with snacks for this weekend’s Seahawks showdown against the Green Bay Packers? Get there with these fried bites by chef and entertaining expert Heather Christo. “Crispy and fragrant on the outside, [and] creamy and cool on the inside,” these pockets repurpose the avocado to tasty effect and are sure to satisfy your Sunday guests…
Grab a Seat at Bar Within a Bar, Prime 809
Tucked inside Daniel’s Broiler in South Lake Union, Prime 809 is a cozy spot for whiskey lovers
You’ll have to traverse an adventurous route amid South Lake Union traffic and construction, parking and valets, and then make a push through Daniel’s Broiler restaurant, the regular Daniel’s bar, and glass doors between glass shelves lined with bottles of fine spirits, to reach Prime 809 (809 Fairview Place N; 206.621.8262; schwartzbros.com). But the extra…
#Throwback Thursday: Horse Heaven Hills AVA Turns 10
Local winegrower supplies 25 percent of Washington's wine
In our vino-rich, buy-local-driven state, it’s easy to take our vast wine selection for granted, not to mention our myriad opportunities to go straight to the source. Whether you’re cozied up in a tasting room this time of year or picnicking at vineyards in the warmer months, Washington has more than 700 wineries to choose…
Seattle Symphony Performs World-Premiere Composition Based on Music of Pearl Jam
Composer Angelique Poteat takes her cues from natural elements
Upon being commissioned to create a new orchestral piece for the Seattle Symphony, composer and clarinetist Angelique Poteat, who turns 29 this month, immediately set to work immersing herself in the oeuvre of her musical inspiration: Pearl Jam. Having grown up listening to the band as a rock fan, she spent last January listening to…
Elegant Porcelain Pottery and Dishware from North Seattle Artist
Kristin Nelson's Vit Ceramics line includes vases, lamp bases and tableware
Clay has a mind of its own—it just needs some help making it up. So says Kristin Nelson of her Vit Ceramics line, organic-inspired porcelain pottery and dishware crafted in subtle, soothing tones of gray and taupe (the line also comes in an array of brighter colors). A longtime artist with a degree in ceramic…
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