Seattle Mag
Restaurant Review: Bar Sajor
Delicious improvisation or creative license? Deconstructing Matt Dillon’s latest restaurant
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…
The Best Under-the-Radar Shops
Discovering a new (to you) shop is like being a tourist in your own city. The excitement that comes from finding a store that has gone undetected by your retail radar means that a whole world of wardrobe possibilities is ripe for the buying. Our pick for best under-the-radar shops is Endless Knot (2300 First…
Home Decor Stores We Love
Whether you’re into brand-new, modern style or love the heavy patina of vintage pieces, Seattle and its environs have plenty of stores to help kit out your pad. Davenport (Madison Park, 1137 34th Ave.; 206.454.7582; davenportmadrona.com), the newest project by cousins and business partners Dustin Nelson and Erica Sheehan, owners of nearby Hitchcock Madrona, is…
Update: Seattle Coffee Gear to Open Bellevue Location
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/“Seattle Coffee Gear/a, the local retailer of espresso machines and all things coffee, is opening its second retail store in downtown Bellevue at 10692 NE 8supth/sup Street. This 2,000-square-foot venue will house everything from milk frothers to tampers to commercial-grade espresso machines from the likes of DeLonghi, Rocket Espresso and Saeco. With coffee prices…
2013 Spotlight Award Winner: Kate Wallich
Choreographer Kate Wallich starts with stillness
Dance performances are often loosely described as “entrancing,” the word implying something akin to “compelling.” But viewers watching the work of Seattle choreographer Kate Wallich often actually feel as if they are going into a trance. “I hear that a lot,” says Wallich, 24. Whether a hypnotist or just highly skilled (maybe both), the 2010…
Langdon Cook’s Wild Mushroom and Root Vegetable Gratin Recipe
1 cup celery root, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1 cup parsnip, cut into rounds and half-rounds 1 loose cup salt pork, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1 leek, white part only, diced 1 lb wild mushrooms, roughly chopped 1 cup vegetable stock 1/2 cup mascarpone 1 tbsp butter 1 cup shredded chard 1 tbsp fresh thyme…
Cook’s Adventures: Searching for Chanterelles
Forager Langdon Cook scouts for the Pacific golden chanterelle
The golden chanterelle just may be the favorite foraged food of Pacific Northwesterners. Our forests are loaded with chanterelles, and even the indoors crowd is motivated to get outside and stray from the safety of marked trails in search of this signature delicacy. There’s a simple reason why we’re flush with chanterelles: It turns out…
Beauty Break: Bespoke Colour Collection from Butter London
!–paging_filter–pIn the last few years, we’ve all become much more brave with our nail polish color choices, forgoing basic, boring red with all shades of blues, greens, yellows and more done up with crystals, stripes and other patterns, textures, pictures. The possibilities are endless./ppLocal nail polish brand, a href=”http://www.butterlondon.com/home/” target=”_blank”Butter London/a, has been at the…
10 Must-Dos at Auction of Washington Wines Picnic
How to make the most of your time at this stellar summer wine event
!–paging_filter–pThea href=”http://www.auctionofwashingtonwines.org/” target=”_blank” Auction of Washington Wines/a weekend is upon us, and Thursday’s fabulous kickoff event—aptly named PIcnic—showcases everything we love about summer and wine tasting in Woodinville Wine Country. This year’s auction has an Olympics-style gold medal theme, and the opening ceremony will not disappoint. a href=”http://www.auctionofwashingtonwines.org/events/the-wine-barrel-auction-p…” target=”_blank”strongPicnic/strong /a(and a href=”http://www.auctionofwashingtonwines.org/events/wine-gala/” target=”_blank”Saturday’s Gala Auction/a—at…
Jason Wu Talks Miss Wu
!–paging_filter–pJason Wu was at a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/bellevue-collection“Bellevue Square/a a few weeks ago to support the launch of a href=”http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/miss-wu-fall-2013-lookbook” target=”_blank”Miss Wu/a, his diffusion (or secondary) line found exclusively at a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/nordstrom“Nordstrom/a and on a href=”http://shop.nordstrom.com/” target=”_blank”nordstrom.com/a. We caught up with the designer before the event and chatted about Seattle, designing dolls and the whimsy of Miss…
On the Urban Farm
Seattle’s biggest urban farm is taking root in Rainier Valley
It is a cloudless day and spring has quilted the sprawling 8-acre Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands (RBUFW) in every shade of green, from the chartreuse tips of awakening shrubs to the hunter green of contorted, Seussian pines. Here in South Seattle, grasses, clover and dandelions hug the ground, sprinkled with drifts of tiny…
Mossback Monday: The Seattle Skyline Photo That’s Gone Viral, Plus the Sonics Arena Design Loses its ‘Jello Mold’ Top
!–paging_filter–script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-8.js?header=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-8″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/p