Food & Drink
Seattle’s First Woman of Whiskey
Carolyn Sellar is blazing new ground as one of only a few Asian women in the world of whiskey
By day, Carolyn Sellar looks after apes, primates, lions and tigers. By night, she’s one of the country’s foremost authorities on whiskey. Sellar, a zookeeper at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, also owns Adventures in Whisky, a Seattle company that has produced hundreds of whiskey-themed events across Washington state. Sellar is also a brand and marketing…
Fiction: The Windless City
A work of flash fiction set in Seattle in 2042
Editor’s note: Brenda Cooper is a Kirkland-based short-story writer, poet and futurist who has written 10 novels. Her most recent books are “Edge of Dark” and its sequel, “Spear of Light.” The former won the 2016 Endeavor Award for science fiction or fantasy by a Northwest author. In this piece of fiction, Cooper imagines a…
Seattle’s Mushroom Queen
First, it was a cupcake empire and cannabis edibles.
Now, Jody Hall is focused on liquid mushrooms.
If there’s a trendy new culinary craze in Seattle, chances are Jody Hall is behind it. Hall, of course, founded Seattle’s iconic Cupcake Royale back in 2003. At the time, it was one of the first cupcake cafés west of New York City. She then became what “Money” magazine called “The Weed Queen of Washington”…
Books: ‘Seattle’s Streetcar Era’
Riding a streetcar in the 1930s was nothing like today
Seattle has a mixed history with transportation solutions. A new book, “Seattle’s Streetcar Era, An Illustrated History, 1884-1941,” details almost six decades of Seattle’s streetcars, from the 13 private companies that once ran streetcar lines to one of the nation’s first publicly-owned transportation systems. The author, Mike Bergman, is well-versed in both transportation and history….
Seattle Restaurant Week kicks off
Expect a broader range of dishes at several different prices
At times referred to as “Restaurant Weak” for menus limited in scope and portion size, Restaurant Week is coming of age after 20 years. In the beginning of what would become Restaurant Week, chefs and restaurateurs often compromised on portion size and sometimes quality. Chef and restaurateur Brian Clevenger, who owns General Harvest Restaurants (Vendemia,…
What are the benefits of a virtual arts education?
Interlochen Online offers students unique opportunities
When Interlochen Online launched in 2020, the program was built upon a foundation of arts innovation of Interlochen. Now, two years later Interlochen Online continues to finetune its offerings and pilot new virtual programs. What once was a pandemic pivot has turned into a permanent program, offering unique programming for young artists looking to take…
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