Food & Drink
How Drumlin Reinvented Itself
Noted chef Zephyr Paquette brings a touch of elegance to the Shoreline restaurant
You say you’re stressed out, and you’d love some good news? Well, here’s a twofer. The first is that Drumlin, the sleek sister bar to Shoreline’s living-roomy Ridgecrest Public House, is open once again, after a longer-than-planned closure that lasted until mid-February. Even better, the neighborhood bar-resto has brought on legendary Seattle chef, restaurateur, and…
Serving Prize
Vancouver-area ninth grader wins national cookoff
Nadia has bigger plans for her college meals than just ramen and cheap takeout. Nadia — a 13-year-old from the Vancouver, Wash., area who asked that her last name not be used — whisked her way to the top of the 2024 K-12 National Cook-Off competition, besting more than 300 students from across the United…
Panorama Plates for Valentine’s Day
These Seattle restaurants all offer great food and spectacular views
Some local restaurant groups have built their reputations on waterfront locations with a view. Most offer special Valentine’s Day menus. Duke’s Seafood, Daniel’s Broiler, Anthony’s, Salty’s, Ivar’s and other restaurant groups have multiple locations with water views. Fire & Vine has two waterfront concepts, Aerlume — just north of Pike Place Market — and AQUA by El Gaucho on Pier 70. …
Chef Jan Parker is All Over the Map
As Reyna Filipina Kitchen prepares to open, the chef’s got her hands full with popups and dinner parties
Seems like wherever I turn lately, I see Chef Jan Parker’s face. Since 2018, the Tacoma-based popup and catering chef has been serving her fresh, dynamic Filipino cuisine at farmer’s markets, in wineries and breweries, at ticketed dinner parties, in holiday street festivals, even at flea markets and vintage clothing fairs. She’s also hard to…
A Changing of the Guard at Canlis
Chef Aisha Ibrahim and co-owner Brian Canlis say goodbye to Seattle’s iconic restaurant
Big changes are underway at Canlis. Executive chef Aisha Ibrahim and co-owner Brian Canlis have both announced they are stepping down. Ibrahim joined the Canlis team in 2021, making history as the restaurant’s first female executive chef, as well as its first Asian and queer chef since it opened in 1950. Her three and a…
FareStart Earns $10,000 Jacques Pépin Foundation Grant
The Seattle nonprofit is one of 16 programs nationwide to receive recognition for its community impact
FareStart, the Seattle nonprofit that trains people for jobs in the food industry, has received a $10,000 Winter 2025 grant from the Jacques Pépin Foundation (JPF). The funding will support programs that help those facing homelessness or other barriers to employment gain essential culinary and job skills. “FareStart is profoundly honored to be awarded a…
Seila: Cambodian Food, Served Haute
Canlis alum Kevin Top shows Seattle the fancy side of Khmer cuisine
The line is long in the back half of Stoup Brewing’s Capitol Hill location, but everyone’s chatting excitedly, even strangers with one another. They’re all united by curiosity, waiting to try Chef Kevin Top’s fast-casual menu of restyled Cambodian dishes, which he’s also been serving in a dinner party format as a popup called Seila….
Dry January, Straight Up with a Seattle Twist
Non-alcoholic drinks to keep your nights fun and your mornings clearheaded
For Kirstin Vracko and her husband, who have been sober since May 2023, Dry January is more than a trend — it’s a celebration of the lifestyle they’ve embraced. It means more time for the things they love, like concerts and parties, without worrying about how they’ll get home. Vracko is the co-owner of Cheeky…
The Lure of Lamb at Hamdi
New Year’s Eve dinner features special roast
I want a perfume of the air inside Hamdi. It smells like fire, black pepper, charred herbs, almonds, oak. I want to wash my hair in it. I want a little vial of it to keep in my pocket and inhale on the train. Open since late 2022 on a semi-industrial stretch of Leary Way,…
Merry Fishmas: Feast of the Seven Fishes
Once rarely seen in Seattle, the traditional Italian Holiday dinner is gaining steam, ostensibly thanks to Hulu’s The Bear
As a born-and-raised Seattleite from a lapsed Lutheran family, I’d never heard of the Feast of the Seven Fishes, a traditional Italian holiday meal. That is, until I got hooked on Hulu’s The Bear, wherein a pivotal episode shows the fractious Berzatto family disintegrating over the dinner. Traditionally, “you would fast the entire day, and…
Rise and Grind
It’s no secret that we like our coffee. Here’s how much
How often do you go to Starbucks, or one of the many other coffeehouses throughout the city? Any idea how much you spend on coffee each year? What’s your bean budget? Turns out that Seattle is the third-best coffee city in the United States. Personal finance website WalletHub compared the 100 largest cities across 12…
Seattle Baker Wins Food Network Cookie Challenge
Janet Tan’s $10,000 victory moves her closer to her dream
Seattle baker Janet Tan emerged as the winner of Food Network’s The Christmas Cookie Challenge, a victory that brings her one step closer to achieving her dream of opening her own storefront. “I was surprised when I found out that I won because the other bakers are equally talented, and this challenge was so tough,”…
Sweet Ambitions
Seattle baker Janet Tan brings her custom cookies to the Food Network
Janet Tan didn’t know how to bake when she moved to Seattle from Malaysia in 2013. With her husband busy attending culinary school, two young daughters at home, and no friends in her new city, she was looking for something to focus on. She stumbled across cookie-decorating tutorials on YouTube. Everything changed. “I had to…
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