Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines   Reader’s choice for best restaurants 2010Restaurants with multiple locations; check Web sites for details. Best New Restaurant to Open in 2009Bastille Café & BarBallard5307 Ballard Ave. NW206.453.5014bastilleseattle.com Best BakeryMacrina*macrinabakery.com Best BreakfastPortage Bay Café*portagebaycafe.com Best BrunchSalty’s Seafood Grills*saltys.com Best Independent Coffee ShopCaffè Fiorè*caffefiore.com Best Power BreakfastThe DishFremont/Ballard4358 Leary Way NW206.782.9985 Best…

  Best Merlot under $20Milbrandt Vineyards 2006 Traditions (columbia valley, $14.99) “Classic and well made” with “earth and dark cherry” were some of our judges’ comments on this rich Merlot. As a winery, Milbrandt Vineyards is just a few years old, but its owners, brothers Butch and Jerry Milbrandt, have been growing grapes since 1997….

Best Rhone-style red blend under $20Syncline 2008 Subduction Red (columbia Valley, $18) Syncline Cellars, on the banks of the Columbia River Gorge, continues to amaze us with its excellent Rhone-style wines and their classic aromas and flavors, such as the white pepper, dried herbs, raspberry and black cherry in this Grenache/Syrah blend. Best Rhone-style red…

Tildio 2007 Malbec, Columbia Valley, $26.99, Manson Wines of Substance 2007 Malbec,Columbia Valley, $18 (sold out), Walla Walla Saviah Cellars 2007 Malbec,Walla Walla Valley, $30, Walla Walla Vin du Lac 2006 Barrel Select Malbec, Yakima Valley, $39.99, Chelan Milbrandt 2007 Malbec, Wahluke Slope, $24.99, Prosser Dusted Valley Vintners 2006 Malbec,Walla Walla Valley, $42 (sold out),…

Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines   Earlier this year, The New York Times ran an article about teriyaki in Seattle, a type of fast food that is huge here, but largely unnoticed and disrespected. Sweet, mundane, ubiquitous, it’s part of the city’s workaday life, but not its culinary consciousness, like hot dogs in Chicago or cheese…

Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines   Name: Michel VolkTitle: Seattle Majestics quarterback (and police officer)First home game of 2010: April 10 at Kent Meridian High School fieldOn being the QB: “When the team wins, whether you did good or not, you get credit, and if you lose, whether you did good or not, you get the…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Summer Godfrey brings a smart sophistication to laid-back jersey SoDo designer Summer Godfrey, 31, is slightly obsessed with jersey—fabric, that is. The flowing cloth is the foundation of her casual yet tailored designs, like the chic pullover jersey knit dress with flutter sleeves that earned her a finalist spot…

Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines   When our office was in the Pike Place Market, the second-most-popular question tourists would ask when I was making a lunch run—after “Where is the original Starbucks?”—was “Where should we go for great seafood?” It was never an easy answer, because the truth is I can’t recommend one place. Most…

Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines   New CPR recommendations take mouth-to-mouth out of the mixIn the summer of 2008, Carol Putnam was at home with her husband, Kirk, when he collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest at their Gig Harbor residence. Putnam, who had received training in conventional CPR when she was in the Army, saved her…

Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines   Lorna Yee recently discovered the sweet joy of cooking with ketjap manis, an Indonesian soy sauceWhat it is: Ketjap manis is a thick, syrupy Indonesian soy sauce sweetened with palm sugar and flavored with ingredients such as garlic, star anise and coriander. It is a versatile condiment, lending itself readily…

Macrina BakeryWith its thick, rich ribbon of Nutella circling (and sweetening) an airy knot of pastry, the Nutella brioche began as a special, but became so popular, it’s now offered daily. $2.85. Multiple locations, including Belltown, 2408 First Ave. 206.448.4032  macrinabakery.com Tutta BellaA caffé cioccolato demi, a 3-ounce hot espresso with steamed milk and Nutella,…

Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines   SAVOUR seeks to satisfy the most whimsical taste buds The next time a friend invites you to a dinner party, you might consider saying yes—and then gently suggesting she do her shopping at SAVOUR (Ballard, 2242 NW Market St. 206.789.0775 savourspecialtyfoods.com). The specialty food shop, which opened in Ballard last…

Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines   Happy hens produce super eggs at Growing Things Farm Were it not for her enterprising son, Michaele Blakely might never have become the proprietor of a thriving egg business. While still a tot, the boy sold eggs from his very own 20 chickens at the Fremont Farmers’ Market—alongside his mother,…