Food & Drink

Food Event: Catch a "Bizarre Foods" Taping in Seattle and Get a Taste of "Black Gold"

Food Event: Catch a “Bizarre Foods” Taping in Seattle and Get a Taste of “Black Gold”

Coffee heads take note: Seattle Coffee Works is serving up FREE samples of Columbia Cup of Excellenc

Coffee heads take note: Seattle Coffee Works is serving up FREE samples of Colombia Cup of Excellence–a coffee that typically goes for $100 a pound–this Friday at 1 p.m. Why pour the good stuff for free? It might have something to do with the fact that Andrew Zimmern, the wild and hungry TV personality–with a…

Eat Rural at Local Farm Dinners

Eat Rural at Local Farm Dinners

My ultimate dream of living off five acres of lush organically-farmed land (preferably in southern France) surrounded by happy farm animals who are all friends and adore me even though I’m going to someday eat them has yet to become a reality. So until then, I’m just going to have to invite myself over to…

Fashion + Style Friday: Favorite fall finds from the editor’s desk

Fashion + Style Friday: Favorite fall finds from the editor’s desk

As we finish up our fall fashion and shopping issue this week, I seem to have accumulated quite a few pretty things on my desk, which will appear throughout the September issue. And while I am going to make you wait on the other 50 finds until the issue comes out, here’s a sneak peek…

Brave Horse Tavern, a Fun and Noisy Pub

Brave Horse Tavern, a Fun and Noisy Pub

Tom Douglas's rowdy beer hall, where the food's better than it needs to be.

South Lake Union is a neighborhood that barely existed five years ago, and so we’ve watched as the essentials have been checked off steadily over the years. Good coffee at Vivace. Check! Cozy lunch spots: Nollie’s, Yellow Dot, Row House Cafe. Check! And now, thanks to Tom Douglas, we can check rowdy college pub (for…

Uneeda Burger is Addictive

Uneeda Burger is Addictive

Burgers and more with an eye on every detail.

I’ve been waiting since deep, dark winter, when Uneeda Burger opened, to plant myself on its sunset-facing patio on a warm summer night. With a burger made from local meat topped with, say, roasted chile relish, pepper jack cheese and cilantro (that’s the Sonora, $8) and a pint of Odin’s ruby ale, it’d be tough…

Grilled Vegetable Salad with Sweet Poppy seed Dressing

Grill baby grill

(Darrell missed the talk)Sun promised for the weekend. FInally grilling weather, eh? Sear some  zucchini, portobella mushrooms, eggplant and red pepper. Toss with fresh salad greens, feta and a mustardy sweet dressing for pleasing summer meal. Printable recipe?  Click here. Cookus Interruptus is devoted to educating viewers about how to cook fresh local organic whole foods…

2009 Spotlight Award Winners

2009 Spotlight Award Winners

In case you just emerged from 12 months of living “off the grid,” we’re sorry to be the first to tell you: It’s been a rough year for the arts. (Also: Michael Jackson is dead. Seriously!) Not surprisingly, when the economy takes a dive, so do theater and arts attendance numbers. But it’s not all…

2007 Spotlight Award: Seattle Art Museum

2007 Spotlight Award: Seattle Art Museum

Meet the behind-the-scenes heroes at SAM.

If the Seattle Art Museum had sat in psychotherapy five years ago, its diagnosis would have been simple: Patient suffered from severe identity crisis. With a collection that was neither encyclopedic nor specialized–and trapped in an outdated building–SAM was best defined by a sense of fragmentation. To quote Gertrude Stein out of context, there was…

March to Marché with Greg Atkinson; Momiji Brings Sushi to the Corridor

March to Marché with Greg Atkinson; Momiji Brings Sushi to the Corridor

March to MarchéWhen the news broke last fall that Greg Atkinson, the former Canlis chef and Seattle Culinary Academy instructor and current cookbook author, would be heading back into a restaurant kitchen at Kailash, local foodies were abuzz. But while that concept died, another idea was brewing. Atkinson will open Restaurant Marché, a bistro focusing…

The Local Renaissance Faire Gets a Makeover

The Local Renaissance Faire Gets a Makeover

Regal knights, saucy wenches and eye-pacthed pirates.

The Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire cometh—now with pirates! This year, in addition to ye olde lineup of regal knights, saucy wenches and creepy jesters, organizers have added eye-patched, “arrrg”-spewing mateys to the mix. We suspect it’s a blatant attempt to widen the crowd appeal, and we’ve got a few ideas of our own for how…

Seattle's Third Wave of Fro-Yo

Seattle’s Third Wave of Fro-Yo

Frozen yogurt is back, and this time, every ounce counts.

You may remember Seattle’s last frozen yogurt explosion back in 2008, when national chains like Pinkberry and Red Mango hit town and spawned countless imitators. Way back then, it was all about the flavor—frozen yogurt that actually tasted tart, like yogurt (as opposed to previous ice cream imitators a la TCBY). Now fro-yo is back…

So You Want to Own a Boat?

So You Want to Own a Boat?

A look at the hidden costs of owning your dream boat.

Thinking about taking the plunge? Here’s a look at what kind of cash you’ll sink into boat ownership—first the purchase price, then the combined annual expenses of insurance, maintenance and moorage.   Illustrations by Vidhya Nagarajan Intex Excursion 5 Boat: $450 + $0/year 16-foot Bayliner 160 OB Bowrider: $13,000 + $3,800/year 35-foot Tiara 3500 Sovran LE:…

Scoop: Full-Court Press

Scoop: Full-Court Press

The School of Visual Concepts takes letterpress to the streets.

Keep your fingers and toes (and children) close—for the 10th year in a row, the talented kooks at the School of Visual Concepts (SVC) are putting on a letterpress wayzgoose, and that means the 2-ton steamroller will be back in action. A letterpress tradition since the 17th century, a wayzgoose was originally a feast to…

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