Seattle Mag
Grinders Sauball Sandwich is a Submarine Dream
This Shoreline-made beauty packs over a pound of comfort.
We love Seattle, but the East Coast has its advantages, such as hearty grinder sandwiches, long as a baseball mitt and wider than the average mouth. What’s that? You can get them here? Owner Mitch Gilbert doesn’t even make you choose between favorite fillings, offering his GRINDERS HOT SANDS’ SAUBALL GRINDER, stuffed with both hefty…
Make Soup from Sweet Kabocha Squash
Ward off the fall chill with Lorna Yee’s kabocha squash soup
What it is: Also commonly known as Japanese pumpkin, kabocha squash average about 2–3 pounds in weight. Kabocha have an edible, dark green rind and sweet, pale orange flesh that tastes sweet and has a dense, almost sweet-potato-like texture. How I discovered it: I grew up eating kabocha squash in homey, long-simmered Asian stews. The…
Fermented Produce from Firefly Kitchens
Add zing to dishes with fresh kimchi from
Ballard-based business partners Julie O’Brien and Richard Climenhage have come up with a healthy new way to spice up meals: fermented produce. They started Firefly Kitchens (fireflykitchens.com) two and half years ago to introduce the nourishing benefits of fermented produce to the masses. The pair uses local organic vegetables to create meal toppers, which range…
Four Tasty Ginger Treats
Peppery yet citrusy, fresh ginger root is calling to us from all parts of the menu.
ARABICA LOUNGEOwner Jojo Corväiá’s original, gluten-free GINGER CAKE WITH BLACK PEPPER LIME GLAZE is something to savor: The warm, aromatic cake is made with 8 ounces of fresh ginger, while the house-blend Dolce Chai, black peppercorn, cardamom and lime in the glaze awaken your taste buds. $5. Capitol Hill, 1550 E Olive Way; 206.347.6093; arabicalounge.com…
Toasty Tush: Heated Long Underwear
Challenge the chill with your own built-in heater.
Challenge the chill with your own built-in heater, courtesy of West Seattle–based Toast’s heated long underwear tops and pants. Created by outdoor sports enthusiast Julia Aiken and her hubby, Andy, the moisture-wicking Polartec garments warm up frosty types with hidden air-activated heat packets in core areas, including the lower back, neck and waistband. $75–$95 at…
Kippy Ding Ding: Heels on Wheels
Two local fashionistas have transformed an old trailer into a roving shopping destination.
We’ve grown accustomed to meals on wheels, but now Amanda Linton and Allison Norris are transporting the concept to fashion for their new mobile vintage boutique, The Kippy Ding Ding. The duo first brainstormed up the idea after meeting last year at a coffee shop. Linton, a seasoned wardrobe stylist, had spotted similar boutiques-on-the-go in…
Tina Witherspoon Recyles with Style
The local designer is evolving to a new form of fashion rehab.
Tina Witherspoon didn’t intend to become a clothing designer; she just wanted to organize her closet. Looking for a creative outlet back in 2006 (she had dabbled in acting, costume design and rocking out in bands), Witherspoon pulled her sewing machine out of mothballs and started fixing garments that didn’t fit right. “I was hooked,…
Women’s Work on Display at Photo Center Northwest
The First Hill gallery showcases women photographers from Iran, India and Afghanistan.
Many of us experienced a thrill when the first Mars photos from the Curiosity rover began rolling in last summer. Something about finally seeing that arid ground up close and panoramic brought all our previous pondering about the red planet into extreme focus. A similar shift in perspective may occur with Photo Center Northwest’s new…
Wade Madsen’s Local Legacy
The Seattle choreographer brings a rich dance history to the local Men in Dance Festival.
All the city’s a stage for local choreographer Wade Madsen, who sees dance in commonplace movement everywhere—from the near collision of pedestrians in a crosswalk to the careful waltz of coffee-bearing baristas. His conversational style evokes choreography, too, as his hands swoop, glide and occasionally smack into objects in their quest to express. Such ordinary…
Big Stores, Little Stores: Exploring Seattle’s New Liquor Landscape
As you may know, Washington State liquor laws have changed dramatically this year. I talked about it here back in June, which doesn’t seem that long ago. But in the rapidly changing liquor landscape, that’s much longer than it seems. Since then, we’ve heard about spirit and booze sales plunging, people moon-shining bottles across the…
Shopping in Seattle: Five Must-Do Fashion Events
Last week marked the official 175th anniversary of Tiffany & Co., a landmark the iconic American company has marked by resetting the 128.54-carat, 135 year-old Tiffany yellow diamond in a platinum setting with 481 white diamonds totaling over 120 carats — just a little bauble. This is the fifth setting for the diamond, one of…
Indecision 2012 for Kids
A local author translates election drama and rhetoric into entertaining children's literature.
As the political fur flies this month, insert a little levity into the conversation with Mount Baker author Ben Clanton’s book, Vote for Me!, in which a donkey and an elephant duke it out in a familiar blue and red rivalry. The rhetoric accelerates to a mudslinging climax of self-promotion (“How can you NOT vote…