Seattle Mag
Recipe of the Week: Baba Ghanoush
Eggplant is so September. Craft this easy and healthy recipe and wow your family and friends
Get your palates ready for a savory dish that originated in a land far, far away. Baba ghanoush, if you’ve never sampled it at any local Mediterranean eateries (like Petra on 4th and Wall…yum), is a Levantine dish made of roasted eggplant, garlic and fragrant olive oil. Heather Christo, Queen-Anne based chef, blogger, and enertainment…
8telier at Wear Wednesdays
W Seattle continues its Wear Wednesdays series on September 17 with 8telier, a new Seattle-based label that will very soon be well known for its chic, wearable, comfortable and slightly edgy clothing. We wrote about them in our current October issue—read all about them here then head downtown to the W for your chance to…
Gap’s #Dressnormal Pop Up Comes to Seattle
Sometimes a fashion phenomenon comes along that unexpectedly catches fire and this year, it’s Normcore. In case you’re out of the loop, Normcore is all about dressing, wait for it, normally. Which means sensibly, anonymously—conspicuously inconspicuous—in mom jeans, practical shoes, fleece and often an oversized tee shirt with a logo on it from the 90s…
A Vegetarian Goes to The State Fair
There's a light at the end of the bacon-filled tunnel for the vegetarian fairgoer
I have been a vegetarian my whole life for cultural and animal rights reasons. I am a food lover as well. This may seem contradictory to some, but I have never felt like I was missing out on anything. And Seattle, out of all the places I have ever lived, is one of the most…
Road Trip: Oktoberfest in Leavenworth
Bavarian beer, brats, oompah and polka. How very Oktobery
WHERE: The lederhosen capital of the Pacific Northwest: Leavenworth, Washington. WHY: For the 16th annual Leavenworth Oktoberfest (10/3–10/4, 10–11 and 17–18. $10–$20). WHAT: This gigantisch celebration of Bavarian beer features a bevy of both imported German beers (Hofbräu, Weihenstephan, Zwick’l) and locally crafted German-style brews (from Oroville’s Alpine Brewing and Leavenworth’s own Icicle Brewing). The…
Road Trip Idea: Go East for the Autumn Leaf Festival
Celebrate leaves in all their color-changing glory in LEAVEnworth
Where: Leavenworth, Washington. Why: The Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival (9/26-9/28, autumnleaffestival.com). What: Since it began in 1964, the Autumn Leaf Festival has celebrated the colors of the turning autumn leaves with a jam-packed, Bavarian-themed bash. What to Expect: Community and family-friendly activities, including live music from the likes of the General’s 7 Dixie Band,…
How Oil Trains Through Downtown Seattle Could Put us at Risk
With oil trains already rolling down the tracks, Seattle, and Washington state, consider the risks
The rattle and whistle of trains have long provided a soundtrack for beachgoers at Golden Gardens, salmon spotters at the Ballard locks and sports fans headed to a game in SoDo. So it’s not surprising that so few bother to watch the trains anymore. But a closer look could reveal something new—about a dozen times…
Top 5 Things I Ate Last Week
A week of eating summed up in 5 snapshots
It was another week of marathon eating and most of it was good. Here are some of the highlights of my last 7 days of feeding: Fried chicken at 99 ParkThis new restaurant just off Bellevue’s Main St. is not even a month old, yet they’ve already come to the astute conclusion that a…
Will it Work? Inside Le Petit Cochon’s Name and Menu Change
Even if it doesn't, Derek Ronspies has other plans.
There are a lot of new restaurants in Seattle. An exhausting amount, really. I suppose that’s what happens during a city’s growth spurt. And I suppose what happens next is that only a small handful of them will survive. I see it as a sort of unintentional experiment for potential new restaurants—those who plan to open…
Time in a Bottle: Next Step in the Washington State Time Capsule is Here
Knute Berger packs a time capsule for 400 years in the future
For 25 years, I’ve been waiting for the future. And it’s almost here. At least, the next step in a long chain of events leading to the year 2389 has arrived. It all started in 1989, when Washington celebrated its centennial of statehood and I was hired by the state’s Centennial Commission to come up…
Recipes for Celery Root Puree & Green Bean Salad
Tilikum Place chef/owner Ba Culbert cooks up magic with walnut vinegar
Celery Root Puree 1 large bulb celery root (or 2 small) Cream, to cover Salt and cayenne pepper, to taste Walnut vinegar, to taste Makes 4 to 6 servings Peel celery root, either with a knife or peeler. Cut into even pieces, about 1 inch. Put in a small sauce pan and cover with cream….