Kasee Bailey
Love in Every Dish: A Chat with Chef Sabrina Tinsley
Osteria la Spiga co-owner and chef talks traditional Italian cuisine and inspiring ingredients
Sponsored by FareStart A knife, a spatula and love for her craft. These are three essentials that Sabrina Tinsley, chef and co-owner of Osteria la Spiga on Capitol Hill, always has in her kitchen. The chef’s love for cooking originated at home at her mother’s “apron strings” as she prepared farm-to-table meals for the many…
The Letter Farmer Hopes to Renew Passion for Handwritten Letters
Seattle’s newest mobile business reinvents the art of letter writing
With a nod to the food-truck craze, Rachel Brandzel Weil launched her pop-up mobile paper, stationery and letter-writing business, The Letter Farmer, from a bright red truck in July. Weil, former owner of Real Card Company and a veteran of the local letterpress and stationery business, knows that everyone loves receiving handcrafted notes on beautiful…
How to Create Your Own Food Forest
Jeremy Puma gives us an expert lesson in permaculture
Jeremy Puma prefers not to use the word sustainable. Puma, who is certified in holistic landscape from Bastyr University, is of the opinion that the term simply means sustaining the same things. He prefers generative, meaning a system—like a garden—that produces surplus and promotes sharing. Puma is talking about food sustainability. He is one of…
Melissa McCarthy Visits Nordstrom Seattle to Showcase Designer Line
Star's line, Melissa McCarthy Seven7, aimed at bringing back feminine styles
Her work is now not only on screen, but also on the racks at Nordstrom (and other retailers). Movie and TV star Melissa McCarthy (Ghostbusters, Gilmore Girls) visited the downtown Nordstrom store Friday, promoting her women’s clothing line Melissa McCarthy Seven7 during the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. Her line features whimsical prints and feminine silhouettes, designed to help women…
Book Clubs for Every Seattleite
From current events discussions to comic books groups, the city has a book club for every taste
DYK? Seattle is in the top five for most literate cities in America (and has been for years). With that reputation comes a vibrant book club community, but mind you, you don’t have to limit yourself to what Oprah is reading. Boozy book discussions, meetups for the current event-minded, groups for ladies who like comics—the…
Local Chefs Offer Cooking Classes for Families in Need
Quarterly classes teach families the basics of cooking and eating healthy
Cooking healthy meals can be difficult, especially when you’re pinching pennies. In an effort to give back to the community and promote healthy eating, Eat Seattle founder and chef Liz McCune and fellow chef Bella Sangar (Holy Cow founder, teacher at Hot Stove Society and Pike Place’s Market Atrium) have teamed up, offering free classes that…
New Urban Garden Brings Increased Sustainability to Safeco Field
Raised bed beneath batter's eye provides food for Safeco's restaurants
Safeco Field is home to baseball, its fans and all the trappings of an American sporting event. But it also contains what represents an additional effort by Safeco Field to be a sustainably green environment: a 450-square-foot urban garden tucked discreetly beneath the batter’s eye, a dark backdrop located directly in the batter’s line of…
Free Things to Do in Seattle This Summer: The Mega List
Budget-saving activities to do around the city
An exciting summer doesn’t have to involve breaking the bank. Whether you’re pinching pennies or just looking for low-key activities, we have your ultimate guide to free events this summer, a mega-list chock-full of music, food, art and movie events to keep you busy—and within budget. Free Museum Days: Frye Art Museum – Daily; Hours are…
Blast From the Past: Old-School Activities in Seattle
Turn back time by taking advantage of Seattle's old-school pastimes
It seems that in terms of technology hubs, Seattle has got it all: Microsoft (of course), Amazon’s expansive urban campus, and now, the shiny sheen of a new Facebook office. The high-tech gizmos of Back to the Future-fame have all but become our reality. And while the city seems to be approaching a Jetsons-esque landscape at…
Pet Lover Brings Dog Film Festival to Seattle
The Dog Film Festival debuts at the SIFF Uptown Theater on June 26
It’s a B.Y.O.D. event. (Bring your own dog, that is.) The Dog Film Festival, founded by The Dog Bible author and Radio Pet Lady Network co-host Tracie Hotchner, debuts in Seattle later this month. It’s a one-day pooch party with two 90-minute showings of short films that’s designed to bring both film and dog lovers together….
Seven Questions with The Starving Artist
Sara Zin's "Starving Artist Cookbook" features recipes and her orginial artwork
A starving artist is somone who sacrifices for his or her art, says Sara Zin. She knows this, because she was one. Literally. A UW graduate, artist, designer and Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) recipient, Zin moved to New York with her husband, working relentlessly to achieve what she thought was her dream: “the ideal”…
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