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Cooking with Lebanese Pepper Paste
Discover the vivid delights of Lebanese pepper paste with Mamnoon chef Garrett Melkonian
Mamnoon’s chef, Garrett Melkonian, has warm memories of the Lebanese pepper paste his grandmother used in various dishes. “Cooking was her way of giving hugs,” says Melkonian, who grew up among extended family in Los Angeles, cooked for a time at Campton Place in San Francisco and was the executive pastry chef for Tom Douglas…
Get Your Goat On At Corson Building’s Quillisascut Fundraiser
Goat is No. 1, the world’s most consumed red meat, eaten by 70 percent of the planet’s population. And yet, it’s tough to find it on menus in the U.S. Now, don’t give me that malarkey about goats are too cute to eat. (What about Porky Pig? Yes, those bacon makers are soooey adorable. And…
Theater Festivals
The play's the thing in Seattle this month, when local theater festivals abound
Seattle Sketch Comedy Month 5/31–6/29Founded in 1999 under the direction of monologue master Mike Daisey, the SketchFest comedy festival each fall is packed with local performers and laughs aplenty. This new, summer showcase of short-form scripted comedy bits (think: Saturday Night Live but, hopefully, better) includes local groups Charles, Ubiquitous They, and Drop the Root…
Coddle Your Tomatoes
Seattle garden expert Amy Pennington teaches how to build a tomato cloche
Good news: It’s not too late to plant your tomatoes! Bad news: you need to do it NOW and you need to put a little elbow grease into it. It will come as no surprise that early summers in Seattle feel more like fall. For you, this means wearing warm layers you can put on…
We Day Seattle Event
March 27 was a big day for Seattle. Not only did 15,000 middle and high school students pack KeyArena but the red carpet was rolled out for a lineup of stars, including Magic Johnson, Jennifer Hudson, Mia Farrow, Demi Lovato (via Skype), former Sonics player Gary Payton and a surprise performance by Macklemore and Ryan…
Watch the Hey Marseilles “Heart Beats” Video
We reported last week about the gratis sneak peek of “Heart Beats,” the new video from Seattle’s beloved indie-folk/chamber-pop/just-plain-endearing band Hey Marseilles. Our staff photographer Hayley Young wrote and directed the video. If you missed the preview, “Heart Beats” is up. Watch it here.
Coffee with Guppy: Jim Woodring
Nancy Guppy gets graphic with a Seattle-based icon of the comic book world
COFFEE DATE: Award winning cartoonist Jim Woodring, whose new graphic novel, Fran (a “bizarre romance”), comes out from Fantagraphics this month.SCENE: Café Racer, a Wednesday morning in March.JIM’S ORDER: Coffee, black. Nancy Guppy: Describe the world through Jim Woodring’s eyes.Jim Woodring: Hmm. Well, the world has never quite jelled for me. It’s an endlessly strange,…
Japanese Fashion at SAM
Seattle Art Museum explores the explosive creativity of contemporary Japanese fashion
When you think about it, Western fashion, with its focus on conforming to the predictable curves of the human body, designs itself into a box, as it were. With the exception of the audacious Alexander McQueen, most designers base their work on a woman’s hourglass shape (or often, a stick-straight version of it) and the…
2013 Feast PDX Lineup Announced, and It Is Awesome
See that over there? That’s a Velveeta Éclair. Or rather, Éclair Velveeta; its creators, chefs David McMillan and Frédéric Morin, hail from the legendary Joe Beef in Montreal. And they’re just two of the dozens of chefs who’ll grace Portland’s second annual Feast PDX with their presence. Let me just geek out on you for…
Recipe: Lebanese Pepper Paste Marinade
Lebanese Pepper Paste MarinadeFrom Garrett Melkonian, chef at Mamnoon This marinade makes Mamnoon’s samkeh harra sing, but beyond a whole fish, it can be used for firm white fish fillets, such as cod, and even sea scallops. 1/2 cup Italian pine nuts (Melkonian says the ubiquitous Chinese pine nuts don’t have the same flavor or…
Openings + News in Food
Westward, ho! In a city surrounded by water, there oughtta be more restaurants with boat-up capabilities. Hence, I’m thrilled Josh Henderson (Skillet Diner) will launch Westward in a former waterfront catering facility (with dock!) next month on Lake Union halfway between Gasworks and Ivar’s. Westward’s menu is seafood-centric, with a crazy sounding crab Reuben with…