Food & Drink
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A Slice Above the Rest
With grace and grit, Niles Peacock has worked his way to the top of the pizza world
“This has to be a joke.” That’s the first thing that passed through Niles Peacock’s head as he stood reading the results of the 2022 International Pizza Challenge in Las Vegas…
Photo by Steve Parent Photography
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Edible Art
Check out these elegant practitioners of pastry just in time for Valentine's Day
Whether you like Valentine’s Day because you enjoy celebrating all the ways love exists in your life, or you want an excuse to eat delicious dessert with your girlfriends for Galentine’s, plenty of Seattle pastry shops and chocolatiers will keep you well fed.
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Seattle’s Best Fireside Bars
Sip your way through winter at the city’s coziest spots
Seattle is in the heart of its dark, damp, and gloomy stretch — a season that leaves you chilled from the inside out. With plummeting temperatures and near constant drizzle, it can feel challenging to work up the motivation to step outside.
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Sweetgreen Opens First Seattle-Area Location
Popular and fast-growing healthy food chain plans more Seattle outlets
The fast-growing Los Angeles-based chain will open its first Seattle-area location in The Village at Totem Lake in Kirkland. Another location on South Lake Union may open as soon as this spring, followed by a third on Capitol Hill.
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Doing Doughnuts
Doughnuts are again having a moment. Check out these Seattle favorites.
Let’s start with a Seattle staple. I love Pike Place Market, and also love going with my son as often as possible to get a piroshky and then a doughnut from the Daily Dozen. It’s a small booth inside the market across from DeLaurenti Food and Wine. You’ll have to stand in line, but It won’t take long, and you’ll be shoveling hot fresh doughnuts made right in front of you into your mouth before you know it.
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The Sea Cowboy
Nick Mendoza wants his snacks to provoke thought as well as taste
The sea-loving part of him first pursued a career in marine science. He tagged great white sharks in California, researched ways to improve the sustainability of oyster farms in Scotland, and explored the inner workings of a large shrimp farm in Central America. He soon discovered that his advocacy for the ocean could only go so far in his chosen field, though he never thought he’d launch a seafood snack company.
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Ten Restaurants We’d Love to See More of in 2024
Changing the meaning of eating local
It’s common this time of year for year-end roundups touting the newest, “best, most exciting” restaurants, but looking ahead to 2024, I want to hone in on a different set of restaurants redefining what it means to eat local in Seattle.
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Seattle’s Guide to New Year’s Eve
A full slate of events to welcome 2024
The center of Seattle’s New Year’s Eve festivities is at the Seattle Center. More specifically, the T-Mobile New Year’s at the Needle. This year’s expanded 18-minute show will begin at 11:53 p.m. with a performance of 500 drones produced for the second year by Sky Elements. The fireworks show by Pyro Spectacular by Souza, recognized as “the largest structurally launched firework show in North America” according to a statement from the Space Needle, kicks off 2024 at the stroke of midnight.
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The Seattle Naturals
Gaurav Tiwari and Andy Comer are on an unadulterated mission: to bring awareness of naked wine to the masses
Though not a wine critic by any means, I’ve had my fair share of wine from all over the world, even geeking out over Vinho Verde for a time, but I had no clue what a pet-nat was. When a glass of sparkling white wine was placed before me, I liked that its bubbles were only mildly flirtatious, keeping me entertained by its delicate effervescence. My first sip reminded me of an apple just before it begins to ripen.
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‘The Joy of Costco’
Fans write a book detailing everything you’d ever want to know about Costco, and more
New York residents David and Susan Schwartz love shopping at Costco Wholesale. So much, in fact, that the couple wrote a book about it. The 272-page book is also full of tips for shopping at the warehouse giant, making it a handy guide for those tackling their holiday shopping at Costco this season.
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