December 2016

A 'Show of Hands' for Enduring Seattle Artist, Mark Calderon

A ‘Show of Hands’ for Enduring Seattle Artist, Mark Calderon

Celebrated artist Mark Calderon marks 30 years in Seattle with his 10th solo show at Greg Kucera Gallery

Mark Calderon in his Central District studio

Florangela Davila

Shops That Pop

Shops That Pop

Seattle goes beyond e-commerce with good, new-fashioned pop-up stores

Alexander Wang Pop-In@Nordstrom

Brigitte Long

Road Trip: Sandpoint, Idaho

Road Trip: Sandpoint, Idaho

It’s the definitive Pacific Northwest winter wonderland

Schweitzer Mountain, whose $5 million, 9,000 square foot lodge debuts in December

Eva Seeyle

More Seattle Chefs Dine Out: LA Stories, Master Cooking Classes, and Matt & Marcus Open a Grill

More Seattle Chefs Dine Out: LA Stories, Master Cooking Classes, and Matt & Marcus Open a Grill

More stories, tips and tales from Seattle's industry insiders

The squad behind Georgetown’s Spanish-inspired grill, Ciudad (clockwise from left): Nick Coffey, Matt Dillon, Jonathan Fleming and Marcus Lalario

Chelsea Lin and Jessica Yadegaran with additional reporting by Rebcca Ratterman

Seattle's 2016 Culinary Tastemakers

Seattle’s 2016 Culinary Tastemakers

Seattle’s 2016 crop of culinary tastemakers bring something special to the feast. Clockwise from bottom left: Matt Tinder, Tarik Abdullah, Taylor Cheney, Mark Fuller, Jake Manny

Seattle Mag

Seattle Line Cooks' Family Tree

Seattle Line Cooks’ Family Tree

Ever wondered where your favorite chef got his or her start? We think you’ll find our food family breakdown a fascinating lesson in Seattle’s restaurant genealogy

Edouardo Jordan’s favorite hole-in-the-wall find: Breakfast Club in Lake City

Chelsea Lin and Jessica Yadegaran, with additional reporting by Rebecca Ratterman

Seattle Pastry Chefs' Top Sweet Spots

Seattle Pastry Chefs’ Top Sweet Spots

Where Seattle's finest pastry chefs get sugared up

Carrie Mashaney tucks into her favorite chocolate chip cookie with the right sweet salty balance, from The Wandering Goose

Chelsea Lin and Jessica Yadegaran with additional reporting by Rebecca Ratterman

Where Seattle Chefs Dine Out

Where Seattle Chefs Dine Out

In the midst of a restaurant renaissance, we tap Seattle's culinary rock stars for the best food and drinks in the city

Late-night bar food queen Monica Dimas with her favorite: Yum Yum chicken, photographed at Chungee’s on Capitol HIll

Chelsea Lin and Jessica Yadegaran, with additional reporting by Rebecca Ratterman

2016 Cookbook Gift Guide

2016 Cookbook Gift Guide

Three essential local culinary guides for holiday gift giving

COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR: Chef John Sundstrom is one of the Pacific Northwest’s culinary icons, winner of the James Beard Award for best Northwest chef in 2007 and a semifinalist for outstanding chef in 2014. His latest cookbook, Lark: Cooking Wild in the Northwest (Sasquatch, $30), published in August, is an updated version of 2013’s…

Jessica Yadegaran

2016 Crosscut Courage Award Winners

2016 Crosscut Courage Award Winners

The 2016 Crosscut Courage Award winners don't walk away from difficult conversations and challenges

Back row: Honorees Richard Romero, Courage in Business, and Stephen Tan and Joey Cohn, Courage in Culture. Front row: Colleen Echohawk, Courage in Public Service, and Martha Choe, The David Brewster Lifetime Achievement Award

Crosscut Editors

Best of 2016: Reader’s Choice Poll Winners

Best of 2016: Reader’s Choice Poll Winners

From our December print feature, "2016: The Year in Review"

From ice cream to pie, your best of Seattle 2016 picks

Seattle Mag

Seattle Magazine's 2016 Gift Guide

Seattle Magazine’s 2016 Gift Guide

Featuring finds from local stores as special as our favorite holiday songs and sayings, our 2016 gift guide proves December really is the most wonderful time of the year

The Land of Must-have Toys… Techy teens can collect the customizable smart bracelets, $69, from Seattle-based start-up Gemio, which light up when a friend, also wearing a band, is nearby. Available for preorder at gogemio.com Take Legos to go with the locally made Swoop mini bag, $26, perfect for toting toys during holiday travel. swoopbags.com Seattle-based industrial…

Jennifer McCullum