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VIDEO: Squash and Raisin Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Each week Seattle mag video blogger and host of Cookus Interruptus Cynthia Lair brings us selections
(Steve sells home plate) Stuffed chicken breasts sounds difficult and gourmet – not true. A fantastic way to renovate leftovers like roasted squash and extend a pound of chicken to feed a family. Very pretty morsels too! Need a printable recipe? Click here. Cookus Interruptus is devoted to educating viewers about how to cook fresh…
Outdoors: Steel Yourselves Winter Warriors
Why not make this the winter you explore the snowy backcountry on your own terms? It’s a whole different mountain range out there when it’s covered in multiple feet of the white stuff. Backcountry skiing, snowshoeing and camping don’t come without risks, though. Besides needing the right warm gear, you should also be aware of…
Storefronts Seattle Project Makes Space for Art
Pioneer Square and the International District welcome new tenants.
This past fall, Pioneer Square and the International District got a face lift, thanks to some local artists. A new art installation project, StoreFronts Seattle (made possible by nonprofit arts organization Shunpike), allows artists (including local quilt artist Luke Haynes and couple Charles and Cindy Martin who boast an impressive pinball machine collection) to showcase…
Styled: Ian MacNeil Gets Tuxed Up
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Ian MacNeil punches up black-tie attire with bold, splashy jackets.
Why we love his look: Ian MacNeil is always the life of the party. As chair of multiple galas around town (often sharing the honor with wife Laura), the Montlake-based business executive (he owns Lachselian Holdings, an aviation leasing firm) is always clad in preppy, boldly colored suits. “I like to dress appropriate to the…
Weekly Must List: December 2 – 8
MUST SEEA River Runs Through It Through 12/30 • Ryan Molenkamp’s work is instantly captivating, but not always immediately clear. His large-scale oil and graphite paintings beckon viewers to look closer. Is that a desert? Or a city? Are those buildings or boxcars? Is this a place that’s cracking open, or healing itself? In the…
Holiday Dining at ART Restaurant
Ho! Ho! Ho! 'Tis the season for chocolate buffets and holiday celebrations at the Four Seasons hotel
Searching for a classy way to fete the holidays, without messing up the kitchen or risking setting the turkey on fire? Enjoy a delicious Christmas Day meal at ART Restaurant at the Four Seasons hotel, or ring in the New Year in style with a champagne-themed dinner that’ll leave you waltzing into 2011. (And in…
Tom Douglas Cookbook Social Tonight!
Mark your calendars for Dec. 1st and meet local authors, buy books, and nosh on tasty treats!
What better way to spend a chilly Wednesday afternoon than at the Palace Ballroom for the Tom Douglas Cookbook Social? Tonight (Dec. 1st), from 4-7pm, you’ll meet a slew of northwest authors, and sample delicious bites from recipes straight out of their cookbooks. (Full disclosure: I’ll be there with The Newlywed Kitchen, a cookbook I co-authored…
Rosemary Red Soup
Each week Seattle mag video blogger and host of Cookus Interruptus Cynthia Lair brings us selections
(Jane helps Darrell with his letters) A gorgeous looking soup that boasts local winter vegetables and herbs. Beets, carrots, red lentils and rosemary marry for love. For a printable recipe click here. Cookus Interruptus is devoted to educating viewers about how to cook fresh local organic whole foods via 100+ short humorous videos. Visit cookusinterruptus.com …
Outdoors: The Spawn Is On
If you really consider yourself a Seattlite but haven't seen salmon spawning in local streams, now i
If you really consider yourself a Seattlite but haven’t seen salmon spawning in local streams, now is your chance. For the next few weeks chum and coho salmon will continue to return to the gravel beds of their youth at Pipers Creek, Thornton Creek and Boeing Creek on the north side of town, as well…
Blue Glass, Madison Park Conservatory Opening
Ballard and Madison Park get noteworthy nosheries this week. Plus, news on Thai Curry Simple's Capit
Last week was a blur of getting snowed in and ramping up for Thanksgiving, so there’s a little news to fill you in on. I told you about the restaurant replacing Sostanza back in October. Well, there’s finally more news on the place. Last Saturday marked the Madison Park Conservatory’s “open house”; they’re doing a “soft opening” starting today….
Massaged Kale Salad with Apples and Gorgonzola
Each week Seattle mag video blogger and host of Cookus Interruptus Cynthia Lair brings us selections
(The buck stops here) The perfect local, organic, nutirent-rich Thanksgiving side dish. By massaging salt into kale, the bitterness disappears and the leaves become tender. Dress it with olive oil and apple cider vinegar after adding fresh apples, currants, nuts and crumbled cheese. A HUGE favorite among both my students and friends. Need printable recipe? …
Weekly Must List: Thanksgiving Edition
Our top to-do's for the week
Must TasteThe Herbfarm‘s American Harvest DinnerThursday – Sunday (11/25-11/28) • Lazy cooks, the The Herbfarm is cooking up an ode to the fall Harvest in this seasonal dinner featuring heritage turkeys rasied by Mad Hatcher Farms in Euphrata. Details on the dinner’s menu were still being finalized when when thiys blog was posted but you…