February 2008

!–paging_filter–pRecently, we wrote about the a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/five-essential-home-bar-tools” target=”_blank”five essential home bar tools/a, and a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/cocktail-mixers-you-should-make-not-buy-and-ho…” target=”_blank”cocktail mixers you should make yourself instead of buying/a. So now that you have the bar stocked with proper tools and the mixers made, the fun really begins–making drinks at home will charm friends and make your parties (big and…

!–paging_filter–pOh, goodie! Just got a sneak peek at the dessert lineup for Thursday’s Auction of Washington Wine Picnic, a winning combination of nostalgia-inspired sweets–root beer floats bring out the kid in everybody!–and trendy treats. Tulalip Resort Casino’s Nikol Nakamura has done it again!/ppHere’s what picnic-goers can expect:/pulliCoconut Tapioca with mango-lime salad and mango sorbet/li/ululliMini Blueberry…

!–paging_filter–pLooks like chef de cuisine ata href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/more-details-jason-strattons-new-spanish-resta…” target=”_blank” Jason Stratton’s soon-to-open Aragona/a restaurant Carrie Mashaney will be competing on the next season ofa href=”http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/season-11” target=”_blank” Bravo TV’s emTop Chef/em/a, which airs on Wednesday, October 2. You’ll remember that we named Mashaney (then sous chef at a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/restaurant-review-spinasse” target=”_blank”Spinasse/a) a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/next-wave-tastemakers-2011” target=”_blank”one of our 2011 Tastemakers/a,…

BALLARDJolly Roger Taproom Maritime Pacific Brewing Company is Ballard’s oldest brewery, having opened in 1990 at a location just west of 15th Avenue, and its pub (the Jolly Roger Taproom) is a beloved fixture in the neighborhood. The décor is an obvious nod to Ballard’s maritime history, with just enough pirate flair to get the…

There are a lot of craft beers in the world, but our current favorites include old faithfuls, new tastes and recently acclaimed local brews. Unless noted, look for these beers in the breweries’ tasting rooms, at bars pouring good beer, or find them in 22-ounce bottles at better grocery stores and bottle shops around the…

Wide open and airy, teensy Chico Madrid is such a happy place that it’s hard to know where to begin. With the tuna bocadillo on Columbia City ficelle (like baguettes, but narrower; $8), with its singing high notes of preserved lemon and its creamy house-made aioli? Or the sangria ($6), punchy, citrusy and just right,…

There are two broad schools of thought when it comes to modern cookery. On the one hand are the modernist cooks, whose use of molecular gastronomy techniques and equipment—immersion circulators, sous vide machines, agar-agar and so on—can make diners feel like they’ve been rocketed into outer space. That plate dotted with what looks like blackberry…