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Holy Cocktail Napkins, Batman! Cool Foodie Events and Tastings on This Week
This week’s ripe with super-fun and mostly affordable eating and drinking dates, whether it involves watching chefs duke it out at the farmers market or sipping some swell suds at a neighborhood brewfest. On Saturday, Palace Kitchen’s Dezi Bonow will battle Serafina’s Josh Green in an Iron Chef-like showdown at the U-District Farmers Market. Ready,…
Getting to Know Your Neighbors in Seattle
Tonight is National Night Out! That means many Seattle neighborhoods will close residential streets and host festive block parties, all in the name of taking a stand against crime and building stronger communities (August 9, 6-9pm). After all, you don’t have much of a community if you don’t know (or like) your neighbors. Visit the…
Refreshing Summer “Mocktails”
Who doesn’t love sitting by the pool with a fruity cocktail on a hot summer’s day? It’s hard for us to imagine a better afternoon, but it’s pretty much impossible to have a yummy-looking drink in hand without the kids begging for a sip. Make everyone in the family happy by creating one of these…
Redmond Rocket Scientists Help Land Mars Rover
Aerojet, a company located in Redmond, Washington, has provided propulsion for every mission to Mars, including the one that saw “Curiosity,” NASA’s latest Mars rover touch down successfully late Sunday night. Our partners at King 5 News interviewed the gleeful scientists at the company yesterday.
Chorizo Burgers with Roasted Padron Peppers
INGREDIENTSFor the peppers:½ lb. padron peppers3 tablespoons olive oilcoarse salt, like Maldon or fleur de sel For the burgers:1 lb. ground chuck beef1 lb. chorizo, casings removed2 cloves garlic, finely dicedKosher salt and pepper Toppings:Mayonnaise, sliced jack cheese, 4 burger buns (buttered and toasted, if desired) DIRECTIONSOn a baking sheet, toss the padron peppers with…
Craving Some Soda Fountain Cool in Seattle
On National Root Beer Float Day, I cannot help feeling a little bummed. Getting in the car to drive to A&W just isn’t going to cut it. As far as I can tell, the nearest old-fashioned soda fountain is 260 miles away, at Lincoln County Pharmacy in Davenport, one of those sleepy towns on Highway…
Jamie Boudreau of Canon Shares His Sangria Recipe
The weekend forecast calls for some Sangria! And guess who shared a recipe? The fabu Jamie Boudreau, da man mixing it up at comfy chic cocktail hangout, Canon (click through for location and map). “This is a completely clear sangria that allows you to showcase beautiful seasonal fruit,” he said. Besides being as pretty as a…
Sing Along with Fly Moon Royalty, Score Vintage Finds in Belltown and More Weekend Musts
MUST HEARKEXP Concerts at the MuralPark your picnic blanket on the Seattle Center lawn for live and locally made tunes at this popular Friday-night concert series. This week’s lineup is “No Depression Night,” boasting the soulful sounds of Fly Moon Royalty (which we named Seattle’s best new hip-hop band of 2011), Sallie Ford & The…
Five Olympics-inspired Cocktail Recipes
I may not be able to help you perfect that shuttlecock serve, but I am pretty proficient at picking the right drink for the right occasion. Here’s five recipes to help make watching the Olympic games even greater. Lucien GaudinThis creative cocktail takes its continental moniker from the gold medal-winning Olympic fencer. But you should…
Best Washington Wines: 2012 Award Winners
Because we don’t need other people to tell us that Washington makes great wine.
Winners listed in their respective categories: Best Winemakers Best Red Wines Best White Wines Seven hundred and thirty-nine wineries? Only four years ago, we were celebrating hitting the 500 mark. But since then, a lot has changed. The economy tanked, real estate foundered. People cut luxuries. But surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly), wine lovers…
We Scream for Theo Chocolate’s Ice Cream Sandwiches!
Good news for ice creams fans.
Awww, sweet! Thursday is ice cream sammie day at Theo Chocolate Factory in Fremont (3400 Phinney Ave N; 206.632.5100), with the chill staff serving up cookies stuffed with dreamy Bluebird Ice Cream between 1 and 6 p.m. This is a feel-good goody, with a portion of the proceeds going to Food Lifeline. (Next week’s fundraiser involves…
Perfect Seattle Picnic Blanket
Eliminate wet blankets forever with this supersonic product from local company Fruitsuper Design
Newsflash: Seattle weather is fickle. Which is exactly why local company Fruitsuper design (fruitsuper.com) developed a new waterproof picnic blanket—to ensure that outdoor eating and seating this summer are both dry and delightful. The reversible, lightweight blanket ($98), made of soft, smooth 600 denier polyester, comes equipped with weighted corners and an integrated shoulder strap…
Tickets Now on Sale for Seamless in Seattle Fashion Show
Mark your fashion datebook, people: On August 29th the five winning designers from our 2012 Seamless in Seattle competition will hit the runway for our second annual Seamless in Seattle Fashion Show. Here are our lucky winners and their designs (you’ll just have to wait until show time to find out who takes home the…
Summer Road Trip: Trekking with Kids to Glacier National Park
Here I sit on the veranda at Glacier Park Lodge, watching the ever restless clouds dance along the spires and humps of Glacier National Park, the whole scene lit by the warm rays of the late afternoon “golden hour.” I can relate to those fast-moving clouds; in fact I feel like one of them as…
The Four Emotional Food Groups of the Olympics
Because the closest most of us will ever get to the Olympics is eating in front of a television.
Because the closest most of us will ever get to competing in the Olympics is eating in front of a television. Round out your Olympics-watching experience with these tantalizing food groups. Strength + GloryIt’s got to feel great to be a Chinese diver or gymnast—in other words, to be so good that American TV cameras…
Matthew Lewis Shows Us ‘Where He’s At’ with Roux
It’s getting so close, we can almost taste the etouffee. Matthew Lewis – the spicy guy behind the Creole-riffic truck Where Ya At Matt – is on the verge of opening his new brick-and-mortar place in Fre-lingford. Roux has been a work in progress since March, when a major renovation began of the old Buckaroo…
What Happens When You Mix Shakespeare with Gilligan’s Island?
Wooden O’s mixing it up again this summer, this time stranding Shakespeare’s shipwrecked twins Sebastian and Viola on a happenin’, hipster spring-break island, complete with straggly palms, a motorboat and beach loungers. Not since their beloved 2006 production of Taming of the Shrew—set in a trailer park—has the company so embraced a re-setting, or allowed…
Five Fab Washington Rosés for Summer
This sorta summerlike weather calls for a toast and this time of year, my glass is full of something pink. I love rosé, and Washington wineries make a bunch of really good ones. When I was sipping around at the Wine Rocks event a few weeks ago, I was so impressed with so many fresh,…
Five Refreshing Wine Cocktails
Though there are still those divisive folks who only want to drink a cocktail or a glass of wine, more people are experimenting with wine in mixed drinks. This is a tastily awesome thing, because wine cocktails tend to be very refreshing numbers that are layered in flavor—an ideal kind of combo for the end…
Shop Bellevue Arts Fair, Take Part in a Cell Phone Symphony and Other Weekend Musts
MUST GET TICKETSRed, White & BrewSeattle magazine and a gazillion local wineries and breweries including Pike Brewing, Elliot Bay Brewing Co. and several of our 2012 Wine Awards winners, are teaming up to throw a big summer bash at the Olympic Sculpture Park on Wednesday, August 1—and you’re invited. Proceeds from the party benefit Seattle…
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