Food & Drink
Decolonizing dining in Seattle
Hillel Echo-Hawk is at the forefront of Seattle’s Indigenous food movement
In 2022, an Indigenous-owned restaurant serving a precolonial menu — Owamni, in Minneapolis — earned a James Beard Award as the best restaurant in the country. Names like Sean Sherman and Crystal Wahpepah (respectively, a Beard award finalist for best emerging chef, and the first Native American chef to compete on the Food Network’s Chopped)…
Sea to shining snack: Seattle’s seaweed syndicate
Hot superfood kelp has arrived in Seattle by way of an unexpected treat
Travis Bettinson wants people to fall in love with kelp. His organic, gluten-free, and vegan puffed kelp snacks, Seacharrones, hit the market last March with a mission to create a sustainable product that bucks the stereotype that seaweed can’t be crave-worthy. With consumers a lot less salty about the idea of sea-based snacks, thanks to…
Dining in Seattle – Back to the Table
The growth of Seattle's Indigenous food space reclaims the origins of North American cuisine
At Seattle’s newest Indigenous-owned restaurant, ʔálʔal Café (the Lushootseed word means “home” and is pronounced “all-all”), diners can enjoy dishes from tribal nations across the United States. There’s wild rice from the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota; chocolate from the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma; maple sugar and syrup from the Passamaquoddy Tribe in Maine; blue…
Seattle’s Street Seen – Hair Apparent
These vibrant styles all make the cut
This month’s “Seattle Seen” puts a special focus on the most beautifully hair-endowed amongst us. If hair is 75% self-esteem, then this segment of Seattle’s population would assuredly be plenty self-possessed. These trendsetters exhibit a vibrant display of personal style, grooming, make-up, and a distinctly Pacific Northwest attitude. These are the round pegs in the…
Fave Five: Eggs, Gin, Books, Clothes
Discover, or reintroduce yourself, to these noteworthy Seattle treasures
1 BRUNCH is practically a competitive sport for restaurants in Seattle and one of the top contenders is Single Shot. This Capitol Hill dinner spot offers a sophisticated twist on familiar late morning fare: avocado toast, bacon hash, and a tight selection of things made with eggs. Plan for tricky parking, and the entrance discreet,…
Arts: From Screen to Stage at Pacific Northwest Ballet
As part of its 50th anniversary, Pacific Northwest Ballet presents work from its pandemic choreographers, including two world premieres
Three years ago — like much of the world — Pacific Northwest Ballet was forced to shut its doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Company members, choreographers, and musicians hunkered down in their homes, hoping for a short quarantine that would allow them to get back into the studio quickly. As we now know, that…
Preserving Family History | Sponsored
Letters and documents help us understand where we came from and the hard work and love our ancestors endured to provide a life for themselves and others. But precious photographs allow us to see firsthand that same sparkle in the eyes or fun twist in a smile we inherit. It moves us and connects us…
Books: R&B and the origins of Northwest rock-‘n’-roll
‘Stomp and Shout’ details how Black and youth culture shaped the Northwest sound
YOU KNOW THAT SEATTLE was the birthplace of grunge. You may not be aware that the city also boasts a distinct offshoot of rockin’ R&B that took hold back in the late 1950s. In his newest book, Stomp and Shout: R&B and the Origins of Northwest Rock and Roll, historian Peter Blecha tells the story…
MOHAI honors Black Architects
Traveling Exhibit Highlights Innovators Who Broke Barriers
Seattle’s iconic Museum of History and Industry, or MOHAI, is the first venue outside Chicago to host the national traveling exhibit, From the Ground Up: Black Architects and Designers. The exhibit runs through April 30. The exhibit serves as a narrative of the evolution of architecture produced by African American architects across the U.S. and…
How to Fix Seattle’s Music Scene
Why Seattle isn't the music city it once was and how we can change that
In September 2017, I founded Dan’s Tunes, a small publication focused on showcasing Seattle’s local music scene. Throughout the past five years, I have spent countless hours talking with musicians, artists, and other industry folks about the state of the current music climate in Seattle. When we’re on the record, everyone always has nice things…
Min Jin Lee on taking 28 years to write a novel
Insights on life and writing from the bestselling author of Pachinko
Min Jin Lee is a little freaked out about her next novel — a “stupidly” ambitious project about what education means to Korean people across the globe. “I want to stop,” she told me on a call, laughing a bit at her own obsessive nature. As with her previous two books — Pachinko and Free…
Your Favorite Authors Might Very Well be in Seattle this Weekend. Here’s How to Catch Them
The nation’s largest literary conference will be hosted March 8-11, and includes hundreds of offsite events around town.
Book lovers, rejoice: there’s a good chance one of your favorite writers will be out and about Seattle in the next week. You may even be able to catch them giving a free talk at one of your local bars or cafés. From March 8-11, more than 8,000 authors, poets, educators, and editors will descend…
Most Influential, Arts: E.J. Koh
The talented Seattle writer E.J. Koh is carving her own niche in the literary world
E.J. Koh is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential If the writing profession were anything like a game of bingo, Seattleite E.J. Koh would be nearing a fully stamped row, if not an all-board blackout. At 34, she’s already racked up several impressive literary accolades, published a book of poetry…
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