Food & Drink

BookTree Takes Root in Kirkland

BookTree Takes Root in Kirkland

An indie bookstore sprouts on the east side

Inside BookTree: the sculpture that inspired the name

Sarah Murphy

Food We Love: Hood Famous Bakeshop

Food We Love: Hood Famous Bakeshop

And a purple haze cheesecake that will blow your mind

The vividly colored ube mini cheesecakes from Hood Famous Bakeshop in Ballard

Chelsea Lin

Sir Mix-a-Lot Reflects on "Baby Got Back," the Classic Track Turning 25 This Year

Sir Mix-a-Lot Reflects on “Baby Got Back,” the Classic Track Turning 25 This Year

A quick chat with the Seattle rapper who put "backs" on the map

Seattle’s Sir Mix-a-Lot

Jacob Uitti, The Fresh Toast contributor

11 Local Cafes Participating in ACLU Fundraiser This Weekend

11 Local Cafes Participating in ACLU Fundraiser This Weekend

It literally couldn’t be easier to help out

The Smoke-Ah Mocha at Slate Coffee’s U-District shop features Askinosie chocolate and is topped with smoked sea salt. Go!

Chelsea Lin

Sarah Jio's New Book, 'Always,' Keeps Seattle's '90s Scene Alive

Sarah Jio’s New Book, ‘Always,’ Keeps Seattle’s ’90s Scene Alive

The best-selling Seattle-based author talks about her latest novel

Sarah Jio

Eva Seelye

The Must List: Seattle Museum Month, Smash Putt!, Hop Mob Triple IPA Roadshow

The Must List: Seattle Museum Month, Smash Putt!, Hop Mob Triple IPA Roadshow

Limited time remains to “put your balls on the line at Smash Putt’s last ever robotic extravaganza”

Seattle Magazine Staff

Three Impressions of Thackeray

Three Impressions of Thackeray

The Royal Shipyard is one of six intriguing choices on Thackeray’s Gin & Tonic menu

AJ Rathbun

Recipe of the Week: A Very Whole Foods Super Bowl

Recipe of the Week: A Very Whole Foods Super Bowl

Try these healthful twists on indulgent snacks to eat clean during the big game

Nachos!

Chelsea Lin

Five Ways to Kick off Black History Month

Five Ways to Kick off Black History Month

Mozart and Haydn’s inspiration: Composer Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

David Scully

5 Things You Need to Eat and Drink in February

5 Things You Need to Eat and Drink in February

Burgers, pasta, dumplings and other foods you need to get through Seattle's bleakest month

Excuse me waiter, there’s a David Bowie in my drink.

Chelsea Lin

Winemaker Charles Smith on Wine, Music: "You Don't Fly in Jerry Lee Lewis and Get Cheap on the Piano"

Winemaker Charles Smith on Wine, Music: “You Don’t Fly in Jerry Lee Lewis and Get Cheap on the Piano”

A chat with the celebrated rock star of Washington wine about the connection between music and the vine

Winemaking has been Charles Smith’s passion for nearly two decades, but it was within the music world where Smith first began professionally, managing rock bands and concert tours for the likes of the Raveonettes. Music and wine have since lived side by side in the celebrated vintner’s conceptual vision, from his uniform of black jeans…

Gwendolyn Elliott

How Thomas Pynchon Turned Seattle Into Nazi Germany

How Thomas Pynchon Turned Seattle Into Nazi Germany

Here’s big news for literature buffs: Gravity’s Rainbow, the masterpiece by Thomas Pynchon, Seattle’s most-honored and influential writer, turns out to be a savage act of vengeance against our town, inspired by our 1962 Century 21 Exhibition. “Seattle World’s Fair scenes have been exaggerated, parodied, remixed,” writes University of British Columbia scholar Jeffrey Severs in…

Tim Appelo

Century Ballroom Celebrates 20 Years

Century Ballroom Celebrates 20 Years

Century Ballroom kicks up its heels to celebrate 20 years of dance

Jazzed about Century Ballroom’s 20th anniversary, owner Hallie Kuperman (right) kicks up her heels with dancer Alison Cockrill, at the place that makes 40 feel like 20 again

D. Scully

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