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Food News: Nathan Myhrvold’s Modernist Cuisine
Three and a half years ago technologist/chef/inventor/photographer/physicist Nathan Myhrvold (whom we wrote about in last month’s Nerd issue) set out to write the definitive book on modernist cooking and molecular gastronomy, a la elBulli’s Ferran Adrià, Alinea’s Grant Achatz, and The Fat Duck’s Heston Blumenthal. Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking (available March…
Video: From Farm to Fashion with Adrienne Antonson
When I asked Seattle mag videographers Alex Kummerow and Dylan Priest to shoot this video, I had no
Seattle mag videographers Alex Kummerow and Dylan Priest headed to Vashon Island last month to tour the alpaca farm that inspired artist and designer Adrienne Antonson’s exclusive new clothing line for Capitol Hill shop NuBe Green. If you’re unfamiliar with Antonson’s work, you’ll know that she sources her line exclusively from items sourced from within…
Coconut Peanut Sauce
Dreamy creamy stuff for dipping, pouring, licking
(Steve imagines roasting a turkey)Dreamy creamy Thai-flavored sauce made from coconut milk, peanut butter, maple syrup, fresh ginger and toasted sesame oil. Pour it over fried tofu, cooked, greens, rice, grilled chicken, blanched vegetables and more. Printable recipe here. Cookus Interruptus is devoted to educating viewers about how to cook fresh local organic whole…
Outdoors: Climbing the Walls
Jonesing Rock Climbers Head Inside
If you’re climbing the walls in your house with all the bad weather this winter, maybe you should check out one of Seattle’s indoor rock climbing gyms. Vertical World (daily rate for non-members: $16; monthly membership: $70) started it all off when it opened the doors on the world’s first indoor climbing gym in Ballard back…
New Column Alert: Cook’s Adventures Debuts This Month!
Fat of the Land author Langdon Cook will write a bi-monthly column on foraging, fishing, crabbing an
I’m thrilled to announce that Fat of the Land author Langdon Cook is our newest columnist at the magazine. Lang, as he’s known by friends, is the kind of guy that, when he says he’ll be “off the grid,” really means it; he’s known to disappear down the coast and up to the wilds of British Columbia for weeks…
Finding Edible Weeds in Your Garden and Lawn
Seattle author and expert forager Langdon Cook on how to see your backyard as an exotic produce aisl
Adventurous eaters need not stray far from home for a unique meal. Just step outside. It’s springtime, and the eatin’ is easy. Here in the Puget Sound region, with its temperate climate, we can harvest a bumper crop of nutritious and toothsome weeds from our gardens and lawns nearly year-round. If that sounds gross, consider…
Recipe: Lorna Yee’s Crispy Sweetbreads with Tarragon and Lemon
Ingredients:2 whole veal sweetbreads, weighing about ½ pound each1 tablespoon saltJuice of 1 lemonWater (for soaking) 1 cup flour1 cup panko bread crumbs1 teaspoon salt½ teaspoon ground black pepper6 tablespoon vegetable oil or peanut oil for frying For the herbed mayonnaise sauce:1 shallot, finely chopped1 clove garlic, finely choppedJuice of half a lemon (or to…
Fashion + Style Friday: Spring fashion from Built for Man and Lizzie Parker, plus a fun wine accessory
A new Built for Man showroom, shop watch on Queen Anne and Joan Kelly checks out fashion in Issaquah
We’re playing with numbers this week on Fashion Friday, it’s like good ol’ Sesame Street says: ‘The number of the day is 5.’ As in five, exciting, fun tidbits for share with you this week: 1. The ice and snow held off long enough Tuesday (not spring yet apparently, harrumph) for me to bop up…
An Oscar Party, Dealing with Your Mommy Issues at SIFF Cinema and More Top To-do’s
Must Quote AlongMommy Dearest quote-a-long at SIFF CinemaSaturday (2/26) – See Faye Dunaway channel Joan Crawford in this epic 1981 flick that gives readers an insider’s peek at old school Hollywood and the over-the-top parenting style of a Hollywood starlet. Who wouldn’t want to spend a Saturday night unleashing those pent up mommy issues with…
Cookus Interruptus: How to Use a Pressure Cooker
Save time and increase flavor using a pressure cooker
Today’s pressure cookers are safe and efficient. I love using mine to cook beans, grains and root vegetables, even applesauce. Here’s how. (for printable instrutions, click here) Cookus Interruptus is devoted to educating viewers about how to cook fresh local organic whole foods via 140+ short humorous videos. Visit cookusinterruptus.com to find printable…
Outdoors: Shelter from the Storm
Head into REI to Learn to Snowshoe and Take Kids Climbing
If you’ve always wanted to try snowshoeing, a winter sport for truly everyone, now is your chance to learn the basics from the experts in a warm dry environment before your own first trip out into the wilds. REI staff will walk through the basics of selecting approriate gear and finding out where to go…