Try This Now: Squid Jiggling

Why professional forager Langdon Cook hits the waterfront after midnight

No, it’s not a new dance craze. Starting right around Labor Day and continuing into the new year, the inner bays of Puget Sound are host to a voracious predator that swarms in by the millions: squid. These aren’t the giant squid of lore. Called market squid, they’re a more manageable size of 10 inches…

Seattle Mag

5 Hot New Shops in the Chinatown-International District

An array of new and classic shops specializing in global goods from the Far East to Scandinavia

1. King Street Supply Co. (666 S King St.; 206.650.2367; plankandgrain.com) acts as the bricks-and-mortar showroom for owners Erick and Apryl Waldman’s thriving furniture brand, Plank & Grain. In addition to rustic tables crafted with old-growth Douglas fir reclaimed from warehouses and buildings (starting at $1,300), the shop, which opened last April, also offers the…

Kate Calamusa

The Best Vegetarian Restaurants in and Around Seattle

Meatless Mondays may be a trend, but these vegan and vegetarian spots keep everyone happy

Bainbridge Island Emmy’s Vege House This cash-only Bainbridge takeout joint is the truest definition of a hole-in-the-wall—just a walk-up window from which you can glimpse the owners cooking inside. But despite its diminutive size, or perhaps because of it, the restaurant has a cult following among locals and tourists, more than a few of whom…

Chelsea Lin

A Light and Bright Remodel in Madrona

Father-daughter architects give a 1904 Madrona house a bigger, brighter style

It’s hard to imagine a truer window into an architect’s mind than wandering the rooms of his own home. That’s exactly the scenario Crystal Bernstein lucked into while visiting a friend who was house-sitting for Rick Sundberg, FAIA, of Seattle’s SKL Architects. “I remember really liking it,” Bernstein says, “and thinking everything was very elegant,…

Shannon O'Leary

Local Mom Launches Service to Fight Hunger

A Laurelhurst mom aims to teach kids how they can help drive away hunger one car ride at a time

For Jennifer Porter, thinking inside the box led to inspiration: Two years ago, the mother of two elementary-age schoolchildren stashed a leftover box from a gingerbread decorating party in the trunk of her car, thinking to fill it with donations for area food banks. “Having it in the car kept it top of mind,” says…