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Sometimes in the process of producing an issue, our editors inadvertently create a “word of the issue”—a word (or words) that we are suddenly, unintentionally in love with, so much so that it pops up repeatedly throughout a story (if not the entire issue). This especially happens in stories with multiple writers, such as this…

This Friday (April 27), tickets go on sale for the annual Zoo Tunes concert series, always staged on a grassy lawn at Woodland Park Zoo. From a young virtuoso ukelele player to long-time crooner Melissa Etheridge touting a new album, the artists this year (as always) represent a good mix, if you like folk, country,…

Seattle magazine is the media sponsor for the Space Needle’s 50th Anniversary celebration (ongoing through October). And we’re glad to help spread the word about the “tastiest” event they’ve come up with since since their local brewery competition. A special tasting menu, featuring five entrees from five iconic Seattle chefs, will be available at SkyCity…

You could say that Washington Governor Chris Gregoire has started a war of wine words.On Monday, while announcing funding for a new $5 million wine research center in Richland, she uncorked a story about a recent trade mission to Europe. “Someone asked me what about California wine, and I said they make jug wine. We…

On Saturday’s Seattle Kitchen radio show, Tom Douglas dropped a bomb: He’s “getting pretty close” to opening a falafel joint right here in Seattle. Say wha? Tom said he ate the best falafel of his life at L’as du Fallafel in Paris (the New York Times seems quite smitten, too!), during his recent month spent…

If Match.com existed for hooking up architects and clients, it would surely have matched Dr. Paul Zievers and Milan Heger. (They actually found each other the old-fashioned way: Zievers fell in love with a friend’s house that Heger designed.) Both are artistically inclined. Zievers, an anesthesiologist at Swedish Hospital, is an ardent collector; Heger is…

In 1961, while studying interior design at the University of Washington, an arty kid from Tacoma experimented with melting and fusing glass. Today that kid is a world-renowned glass artist of tremendous influence—and as of this month, Dale Chihuly can boast an entire museum devoted to his career. (Tacoma’s Museum of Glass features his work…

The first thing most seattleites think about upon hearing the phrase “glass art” is Dale Chihuly. And with good reason; the history of Northwest glass has Chihuly’s name woven throughout, from its earliest beginnings to right now, as the museum honoring his work is poised to open at Seattle Center. But Chihuly would likely be…

This weekend, kicking off as early as 7:30am for some (and 10am for the rest of us), Seattle Center shall spilleth over with installations, exhibits, performances, and food trucks – all assembled to celebrate the much-anticipated 50th Anniversary of Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair (you may have heard of it). More than a chance to gawk…

In my house, Mt. Townsend’s Seastack Cheese is a mainstay. It’s not an everyday cheese—a bit too pricey at $12 for an 8-ounce wheel—but when the occasion allows for a small splurge, a few crackers, a pot of fig jam and we’re in business. Made of local cow’s milk in small batches in Port Townsend,…

What is the bronzed, round, impossible-to-pronounce pastry that’s lately popping up in the finer artisanal bakeries? Kouign amann (pronounced queen-ya-mahn) is a Breton pastry that has it all: tons of butter, sweet caramelization and a good bit of salt, like a salted caramel in pastry form. Honoré, in Ballard, makes a sensational version, with a…

There are people whose jobs require them to wake before dawn, pound cold butter and fold it into chilled dough, and then fold it, roll it, chill it, fold it, roll it, and chill it again and again until the butter is but a whisper-thin memory between weightless layers of pastry. The perfectly “laminated dough”…

Every year, when the first 70 degree day hits, Seattleites go completely bonkers. Swimming, boating and water skiing on Lake Washington, playing beach volleyball on the shores of Alki Beach in skimpy shorts and tank tops, and sunning themselves in patches of ardent green near Green Lake–it’s all about to go down. If you’re new…

Just announced on the Space Needle’s Facebook page: Our 50th anniversary is this Saturday, April 21 we’re going retro in more ways than our Galaxy Gold roof. We’re opening the doors early (7:30 a.m.) and offering $1 admission, the original price in ‘62, while supplies last. Tickets will be good for a 1-hr time block….