Food & Drink
Backstory: How Pioneer Square’s Purple Sidewalk Skylights Came to Be
The lights reveal a dark network of passageways where old Seattle once stood
This article appears in print in the February 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. After Seattleites carved Pioneer Square out of lush forestland alongside Elliott Bay, businesses in our city’s first neighborhood were constantly battling floods and sewage backup caused by the bay’s tides. When the Great Seattle Fire destroyed much of the area in 1889, city officials decided…
Food We Love: The Tastiest Duck in Seattle
This rock candy duck will satisfy both adventurous diners and predictable eaters
This article appears in print in the February 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. The menu at Greenwood Chinese restaurant Chef King has a little bit of something for everyone, from Sichuan dishes heavy on offal, pickled vegetables and spice to Americanized standbys like General Tso’s chicken. Both adventurous diners and predictable eaters can find joy in the rock…
Must List: Seattle Wine and Food Experience, Grupo Corpo, ‘The Children’
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST TASTE Seattle Wine & Food Experience (2/20-2/22) Start off Seattle magazine’s three-day marathon of indulgence at Thursday night’s Comfort, featuring feel-good mainstays such as fried chicken and burgers, plus beer and cider to wash it down. Friday brings you Pop! Bubbles + Seafood, starring…
Food for Thought: Chef Renee Erickson on Sustainable Seafood in Seattle
We asked one of the city's most renowned chefs how we can feel good about eating seafood right now
This article appears in print in the February 2020 issue, as part of the 100 Best Things To Eat Seafood Edition. Click here to subscribe. Chef and restaurateur Renee Erickson needs no introduction here. Her restaurants—the most renowned being The Walrus and the Carpenter, The Whale Wins and Willmott’s Ghost—are beloved most for their preparations of seafood. But not just…
This Whidbey Island Studio Takes an Ancient Approach to Contemporary Design
Learn the art of water marbling at Coupeville's Marbley
This article appears in print in the February 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. When Ed Hodson discovered a vibrant aqueous art pattern inside some old books, he was instantly mesmerized. This art form, called water marbling, is a process that originated in 12th-century Japan as suminagashi, or “floating ink.” Hodson, a serial entrepreneur and restaurant consultant, was hooked…
This Week Then: Looking Back on Seattle’s Most Influential Union
Plus: The trial of the Seattle Seven
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Getting United On February 19, 1909, Local 174 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was chartered in Seattle. Many of its first members, then totaling around 400, drove teams of horses to deliver goods for local employers. As the auto age progressed, membership expanded to…
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