December 2015
Holiday Take-Out: Where to Buy the Main Course
The Ultimate Roast Beasts, Seattle-chef Style
If there’s one way to catch your guests’ attention, it’s with a stunning main course—which means starting with the best star player you can find. (Hint: Order ahead.) Below, Seattle chefs share their holiday habits, and which purveyors they trust. This year, spend your time and effort on the table’s masterpiece, and purchase perfect pairings…
Andrew Hoge Gets the “Attaboy” For Attire
Hoge's style is manifested in his outfits and his wedding designs at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel
Andrew Hoge honed his eye for style as the communications and assistant business manager for Seattle couturier Luly Yang before joining the events team at The Fairmont Olympic Hotel this past summer. Given the task of designing dream weddings for the city’s elite, Hoge says his take on event design is an extension of his…
South Asians are Becoming More Visible in the Philanthropic Community
Seattle’s South Asian technology workforce is changing the face of global giving
It’s a typical Seattle scene: Sunday brunch in the communal room of a downtown condo, decorated with a mid-century modern-patterned carpet and filled with recent South Asian transplants. But this is brunch with a purpose. And the dozen and a half attendees—bathed in soft gray light and munching on Top Pot doughnuts and blackened chickpeas—are…
Meet the 2015 Crosscut Courage Award Winners
Recognizing local public service, culture and business leaders
For some of us, going to work is a fairly mundane affair. But for the winners of Crosscut’s 2015 Courage Awards, it’s a mission and—although they might not call it this—an act of true bravery. Seattle magazine is proud to partner with Crosscut (crosscut.com) in recognizing these local public service, culture and business leaders whose…
Coffee Flour: The Next Great Superfood
The next gluten-free darling of the culinary world is a Seattle export
Dan Belliveau is about to change the way you think about coffee. The former Starbucks executive has created a powder from the pulp of the coffee fruit, known as the coffee cherry. (The cherry’s pit is what we refer to as the coffee bean.) And it’s this pulp—something discarded by coffee farmers for the…
The 2015 Holiday Gift Guide
Perfect local holiday gifts for everyone on your list
From the perfect hostess gift to children’s playthings, we’ve rounded up our favorite holiday finds from local stores— presents sure to surprise everyone on your list From the perfect hostess gift to children’s playthings, we’ve rounded up our favorite holiday finds from local stores—presents sure to surprise everyone on your list. Let’s dive in. FOR HER…
New Restaurant Salare Opens in Ravenna
Matt Dillon’s protégé sets his own tables at Salare, serving creative charcuterie in Ravenna
In a little more than a year, chef Edouardo Jordan has gone from rising star to local culinary celeb. He first wowed us with his rustic open-fire cooking at Matt Dillon’s Bar Sajor, where he was chef de cuisine. Now, Jordan, 35, has opened his own restaurant, Salare, in Ravenna, where he lives with his…
Winners of the Best of 2015 Readers’ Choice Poll
We asked and you voted. Here are the best of the best in every category
Our annual year-in-review story this month is always packed with editors’ picks for the best our city has to offer. But you also had a say: Back in July, you voted for your favorites–everything from casinos to CrossFit studios–in our Best of 2015 Readers’ Choice Poll. Herewith, we present the results. Want to make your…
Artisan Cookies Made Simple
With Krista's Baking Co., gourmet treats are just a cookie mix away
At 22, cookie entrepreneur Krista Nelson already understands the subtle nuances of dinner-party politics. She realizes, for instance, that full-time working parents given the task of bringing a homemade dessert to a dinner might need a little help. That is why the Ballard native and former Snoqualmie Ice Cream marketing guru launched Krista’s Baking Co.,…
Creating an Alternative Religious Community for the 21st Century
Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum cultivates a new kind of community
Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum came to this city wanting to “thaw the freeze,” she says. In Seattle, she found, meeting people and building Jewish culture and community can be a challenge. That’s why Nussbaum, shortly after arriving here in 2004 with her husband, Noam Pianko, cofounded The Kavana Cooperative, a nondenominational Jewish community. “In a transplant…
“Rebel Rebel” at SAM to Run Through December 13
Seattle couple's generosity inspires Seattle Art Museum's disruptive Rebel Rebel exhibit
This season, amid the frenzy of downtown Seattle, where shoppers descend and office workers close out the fiscal year, there is an exhibit that disrupts our notions about artists and museums while affirming our faith in generosity and inclusion. Rebel Rebel, at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), appears at first to be a modest show…
A Helping Hand for Seattle’s Homeless Veterans
At Seattle Stand Down 5, many homeless veterans will be offered much-needed services
The Seattle area has the eighth-largest homeless veteran population in the country, according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). With the help of the community, the veteran-led nonprofit One Less Mountain’s Seattle Stand Down project is working to change that. Throughout the year, volunteers have been calling on landlords and…
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