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VIDEO: In the Woods with Lang Cook, Foraging for Stinging Nettles
Seattle magazine’s Alex Kummerow and Dylan Priest ventured out into the wilderness to spend a day with local forager and author Langdon Cook. Join as he teaches us to identify, harvest, and prepare stinging nettles. Foraging Stinging Nettles with Langdon Cook from Seattle magazine on Vimeo.
Cap off Your Climb with Kelley Moore’s al Fresco Essentials
Lay out a spread of cheese, crackers and grapes on a colorful oilcloth, instead of a cotton blanket,
If you’re lacking a few Boy Scout badges, pave the path for your next hike with chic tools fit for a hilltop lunch break. Celebrate the breathless elation of a good climb (you’re still alive!) with an easy-to-tote lunch stashed in a sturdy canvas bag. Easy to fit in any standard backpack, bento-box-style lunch pails…
Spring Risotto with Morels & Asparagus
The hunt for these coveted mushrooms, as our resident forager knows, is addictive.
2 dozen thin asparagus spears 20 medium-size morels, halved 1 cup Arborio rice 1 small onion, diced 1 to 2 garlic cloves, diced 1/2 cup dry white wine 4 cups chicken broth 1/2 cup Parmesan, grated 2 tablespoons butter, divided use Olive oil Salt and pepper, to taste 1. Reserve 2-inch tops of asparagus, cutting…
Poquitos on Capitol Hill Is a “Little Bit” Awesome
“Poquitos” is about as fitting a name for Capitol Hill’s new Mexi-palace as “Tiny” is for a 300-pound man. I got the chance to soak it all in at the pre-opening party on Friday, and nothing owners Deming Maclise and James Weimann (the powerhouse duo behind Bastille Cafe & Bar) have done with their latest…
Ted Danson Talks About the Health of the Oceans with Grist’s Chip Giller
Perched on a red chair at pseudo-Mafioso bar Vito’s on First Hill last week, giraffe-legged, rock-jawed Ted Danson presented me with an environmental riddle: He does not surf. Or dive. Or even go sailing, unless someone he likes insists on it. Yet he spends most of his time on the water. That’s because the…
Cookus Interruptus Video: White Bean and Kale Minestrone
Not soup-less in Seattle
(Can’t run with scissors!)Cooked white beans, fresh sage and a touch of tomato paste create the creamy base for this nourishing soup. Ribbons of kale add color, texture and major nutrients. Serve with Pumpkin Pecan Muffins or a bit slice of warm bread and butter. Who can resist? Printable recipe click here. Cookus Interruptus…
Outdoors: Spring Is In the Air
Seattle Tilth Helps Us Keep On Growin'
Learn a few tips and techniques from Seattle Tilth this spring that will make your garden the envy of the neighbors. Some of Tilth’s upcoming classes that might be of interest in this regard include: Build Unique Raised Beds (April 2, 10 am – 1 pm at Tilth’s HQ at Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford;…
All Hail the Return of World Pizza!
The Belltown pizzeria reopens after 15 years, and yes, that potato pizza will be on the menu, too.
I recently happened across an online commenter lamenting the pizza options in Belltown. The post was entitled “Bring Back World Pizza.” Well commenter: wish, granted. Brothers Adam Cone and Aaron Crosleycone (a mashup of his last name and new wife Wren Crosley’s maiden name) are reopening the pizza joint that fed the musicians playing the Crocodile and…
The Best Restaurants in Seattle at Every Price Point: The Value Issue
Every year I come at the big April Best Restaurants issue from a different, hopefully fresh angle. This year, my inspiration was former New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni’s farewell piece, at the end of which he argues that there is value at every price level. It’s was an aha! moment for me. I’d thought this way for…
Fashion + Style Friday: West Seattle is hopping with shopping sales and tax-day deals, plus a sweet soap of the month club
Cynthia Rowley sale at Promesse in Kirkland; Sweet Petula soaps all year long; and a Spring Fling sa
Alright, shoppers and deal devotees, start marking your calendars because the next couple of weeks are chalk full of sale parties (and geez people, get out to West Seattle!): Next Thursday, March 31st, West Seattle shops Clementine, Edie’s, Carmilia’s and Sweetie are teaming up for a big ol’ Fashion Spring Fling, staying open late from…
A New Exhibit at Gage, Alvin Ailey at 5th Ave., All My Sons at Intiman and TASTE! Washington
Must DanceAlvin Ailey American Dance TheaterFriday – Sunday (3/25–3/27) – This mixed-repertory program includes a celebration of 50 years of “Revelations,” Ailey’s signature work, in which dancers trace the African-American transition from slavery to freedom via movement set to blues, gospel and spiritual music. By far Ailey’s most heralded, popular work, “Revelations” displays the company’s…
Food Writer Shuffle: Scoop On Eater Seattle’s Editor, and the Seattle Weekly’ Gets A New Restaurant Critic
Out with the old, in with the new? Not exactly!
There’s a lot to be said for an outsider’s view of things. Frankly, there’s just less baggage. He/she doesn’t take sides, doesn’t play favorites, doesn’t have a history (good or bad), so the opinions are pure. Or purer. When it comes to, oh, I don’t know, a food writer from another city’s take on restaurants here in…