Food & Drink

Cocktail Lover’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Non-Local Edition

Cocktail Lover’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Non-Local Edition

Spirited gift options for the cocktail lover in your life

Last week, we showcased locally-made gifts for the cocktail lover in your life. While I like the idea of stuffing stockings with Washington-made products, there are definitely some choice items made outside our state lines that would also bring a smile to that home (or pro!) bartender who you’re shopping for, starting with the six…

AJ Rathbun

A 'Show of Hands' for Enduring Seattle Artist, Mark Calderon

A ‘Show of Hands’ for Enduring Seattle Artist, Mark Calderon

Celebrated artist Mark Calderon marks 30 years in Seattle with his 10th solo show at Greg Kucera Gallery

Mark Calderon in his Central District studio

Florangela Davila

Shops That Pop

Shops That Pop

Seattle goes beyond e-commerce with good, new-fashioned pop-up stores

Alexander Wang Pop-In@Nordstrom

Brigitte Long

The Must List: Sweet Honey in the Rock, Menorah Mania, Buttcracker II

The Must List: Sweet Honey in the Rock, Menorah Mania, Buttcracker II

The cast of the Buttcracker II promise plenty of parody at Erickson Theatre Off Broadway

Seattle Magazine Staff

Recipe of the Week: Fennel-Beet Borscht

Recipe of the Week: Fennel-Beet Borscht

We tend to overindulge during the winter holidays. Keep up your energy and spare yourself holiday pounds by opting for healthy home-cooked meals when possible, like this light, but filling soup

Warm up with a sweet, savory bowl of borscht

Amy Pennington

Looking Back at the Queen City Grill, Set to Close in January

Looking Back at the Queen City Grill, Set to Close in January

A landlord dispute ends the run of an iconic Belltown restaurant with a storied past

Sheri Schultz (center), wife of Starbucks’ Howard Schultz, at the Queen City Grill’s bar in the late ’80s.

Helen Freund

More Seattle Chefs Dine Out: LA Stories, Master Cooking Classes, and Matt & Marcus Open a Grill

More Seattle Chefs Dine Out: LA Stories, Master Cooking Classes, and Matt & Marcus Open a Grill

More stories, tips and tales from Seattle's industry insiders

The squad behind Georgetown’s Spanish-inspired grill, Ciudad (clockwise from left): Nick Coffey, Matt Dillon, Jonathan Fleming and Marcus Lalario

Chelsea Lin and Jessica Yadegaran with additional reporting by Rebcca Ratterman

Seattle's 2016 Culinary Tastemakers

Seattle’s 2016 Culinary Tastemakers

Seattle’s 2016 crop of culinary tastemakers bring something special to the feast. Clockwise from bottom left: Matt Tinder, Tarik Abdullah, Taylor Cheney, Mark Fuller, Jake Manny

Seattle Mag

Holiday Party Prep: Ready Your Supplies

Holiday Party Prep: Ready Your Supplies

This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. Why wait until the day before your party to find out you’re short on coffee mugs and the silver is tarnished? Get a jump on things by sorting out your entertaining supplies, shopping for missing pieces and making room in your kitchen … before you come home with five…

Laura Gaskill, Houzz Contributor

Land of the Sweets, The Burlesque Nutcracker: A Q & A with Creators Verlaine and McCann

Land of the Sweets, The Burlesque Nutcracker: A Q & A with Creators Verlaine and McCann

The Arabian coffee scene, burlesque style

D. Scully

Seattle Line Cooks' Family Tree

Seattle Line Cooks’ Family Tree

Ever wondered where your favorite chef got his or her start? We think you’ll find our food family breakdown a fascinating lesson in Seattle’s restaurant genealogy

Edouardo Jordan’s favorite hole-in-the-wall find: Breakfast Club in Lake City

Chelsea Lin and Jessica Yadegaran, with additional reporting by Rebecca Ratterman

Seattle Pastry Chefs' Top Sweet Spots

Seattle Pastry Chefs’ Top Sweet Spots

Where Seattle's finest pastry chefs get sugared up

Carrie Mashaney tucks into her favorite chocolate chip cookie with the right sweet salty balance, from The Wandering Goose

Chelsea Lin and Jessica Yadegaran with additional reporting by Rebecca Ratterman

Band of the Week: Star Anna

Band of the Week: Star Anna

Star Anna performs this Friday at the Georgetown Holiday Bash at Charles Smith Wines Jet City

Gwendolyn Elliott

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