Seattle Mag
Scoop: Morphing Menus
How have Seattle
Category: Eat + Drink Articles How have Seattle’s longstanding restaurants survived? Perpetually popular menu items. While a “tantalizing butter sauce” from the 1950s may have been replaced by today’s “spiced mango coulis” (likewise, a mysterious “dressing” was booted by a “sherry glace”), the core entrées haven’t changed—and Dick’s is still a deal. Canlis 1950s…
Scoop: Poetry Course
In honor of National Poetry Month
Category: Arts + Events Articles Seattle, and Other Culinary Delights By Ed Skog Writer-in-residence at Richard Hugo House; his first book, Mister Skylight, will be published in July by Copper Canyon Press 1.Coming back from Port Townsendwith a bag of collards andone leek like a guitar neck,my dinner on the ferry deckis carrot washed against my…
Road Trip: Edison
Rural views and tasty foods beckon you to Edison
Category: Articles WHERE: Edison, a tiny village along Skagit County’s northern edge. WHY: To partake in this budding locavore destination. FIRST STOP: Rhododendron Café, where locally grown and raised ingredients are used in worldly recipes like Spanish paella and Indonesian Thai seafood stew. NEXT UP: Check out Slough Food’s retail selection of Seattle-made Theo…
Scoop: School of Yum
Students hunger for homework at Theo's Chocolate Academy
Category: Eat + Drink Articles It’s no accident that biting into chocolate is blissful. “There is so much rich history and science to the experience of chocolate,” explains Dr. Kristy Leissle, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in the economics of cocoa trade and the culture of chocolate in Ghana and…
Scoop: The April Must List
Our top to-do's for April
Category: Arts + Events Articles 1. Get Your Nerd OnEmerald City Comicon and Sakura-ConComics fans may want to move into the Convention Center this month, when graphic geeks will swarm the place two weekends in a row. First up (4/4–4/5) is the seventh annual Emerald City Comicon, featuring comic book writers, illustrators, gamers and…
Scoop: Cast-off Couture
The RE Store
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles The RE Store’s Eighth Annual Haute Trash Fashion Show on April 17Our economy may be in the Dumpster—but that’s not the reason one of the city’s most anticipated fashion shows features couture crafted entirely from castoffs. Timed to coincide with Earth Day festivities, the RE Store’s Haute Trash Fashion…
Bike Friendly Cities: How Seattle Stacks Up
Think we
Category: Articles So you think we’re bike-friendly? From Copenhagen to Portland, take a look at how we compare to our competition.Portland, OregonThe first version of the Rose City Bicycle Plan was drafted in 1973. Portland’s current bike master plan was written in 1995 and is continually updated by city transit agencies, a Bicycle Advisory…
The 10-year Bicycle Master Plan
Written in late 2006 and early 2007 by a consortium of bike advocacy groups, city officials, consult
Category: Articles Time to complete: 10 years, beginning in 2007Estimated cost: $240 million (in 2007 dollars)Miles of bike lanes, paths, sharrows and signed bike routes in 2006: 67.6 Miles of those facilities recommended to be completed by the end of 2009: 201.2Miles of those facilities recommended to be completed by the end of 2016:…
Recipe: Marionberry Tart with White Truffle Honey
Lorna Yee shows off her sweet side with this month's Key Ingredient recipe
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Marionberry tart with white truffle honey crème fraîcheServes 8 for dessert Sweet tart dough (pâte sable)Makes enough dough for two tarts 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour2 tablespoons cornstarch2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into half-inch cubes1/3 cup granulated sugar1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 cup heavy cream2 egg yolks Whisk the cream and…
Goods: Must-have Local Goods
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Dome DelightAlthough bicycle helmets offer much-needed noggin protection, they don’t typically do much for your image. Not true anymore, thanks to Portland-based Nutcase Helmets’ line of fun, brightly colored headwear, including this black-and-white striped dome accented with orange Gerber daisies. The creations, by company founder and graphic designer Michael…
Wellness Issue: Finding Balance
What
Category: Beauty Articles When a young kid loses his balance, he may fall—but he probably won’t break his hip. The same isn’t true of older adults, whose balance can become impaired with age and lead to serious injuries. (A 2006 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that falls are the…
Wellness Issue: Expert Advice on How to Eat Well
Eating well is always important
Category: Articles When Cynthia Lair hears people talk about eating right, she wants to tell them it isn’t complex. If you don’t have an illness related to food, this veteran nutrition and cooking teacher at Bastyr University, host of the hilarious online cooking show Cookus Interruptus (cookusinterruptus.com) and author of Feeding the Whole Family,…
Wellness Issue: Spring Retreat
A weekend wellness getaway at Cave B In at Sagecliffe
Category: Articles Eastern Washington’s gorgeous Cave B Inn at Sagecliffe, overlooking the Columbia River, is hosting a yoga and wine weekend with nationally recognized yogi Angela Gargano, April 24–26 (from $975/person). Daily yoga workshops, wine events and cooking classes with Shauna Scriver, executive chef of the resort’s Tendrils Restaurant, will leave every sense sated….
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