Well, well, well! We may have just two nominees to Portland’s three in the running for this year’s regional James Beard race (the winner will be announced in May), but lookie there: Food & Wine’s list of the Best New Chefs of 2012 is out and two local chefs made the cut! And they are:…

Wittlebee, a new “mom-commerce” site, has solved two major problems moms and dads face when outfitting their kids. Just imagine a business model that combines personal clothes shopping with CSA box-o-produce delivery. Red Tricycle has the full story.   Once a week we post content from our partners at Red Tricycle, an excellent online resource…

February was a banner month for Seattle civil engineer turned poet Kathleen Flenniken. President of local poetry publisher Floating Bridge Press, she released a new collection, Plume (about growing up in the shadow of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation), and was appointed poet laureate of Washington state, a two-year position that comes with an annual stipend…

Fans of bold fringe theater will be glad to know: an arts group has been selected to work in residence at the performance spaces that will be a part of “12th Avenue Arts,” or the exciting development currently planned to replace the Seattle Police Department parking lot near 12th Avenue and Pine Street (the Capitol…

Saturday marked the 7th annual Seattle Edible Book Fest. A few of our editorial interns attended and participated. Here are (at left and below) some standouts among “All the Pretty Courses.” Eh? Eh? …eh. Punning isn’t as easy as it looks. “Butchering the Art of French Cooking” – Cath Carine   “Of Mice and Pen”…

Thanks to an award from the Wallace Foundation, Seattle Opera is producing its first ever simulcast. What that means: While typical opera goers are filing into McCaw Hall for the opening night performance of Seattle Opera’s Madama Butterfly, thousands more Seattleites will take over Key Arena to witness the exact same performance via live HD…

I won’t say it seemed like an easy task in the beginning, but it turns out I had no idea what I’d be getting myself into.  “Let’s come up with Seattle’s 50 most powerful food people: companies, chefs, farmers, purveyors and so on,” someone said. This was last fall, when our April Best Restaurants issue…

If you find yourself going into withdrawal waiting for the (just announced) third season of the IFC comedy Portlandia, don’t fret—there’s a live version of the Northwest culture-skewering show going on right now, all over our own city. See for yourself in this side-by-side comparison of Portlandia skits and Seattle realities. Portlandia Seatttleopia Husband-sitterA wife…

Ballard’s in the midst of a barbecue boom: Recent newcomers Bitterroot, RoRo (which took over the old Zesto’s location), and the Boar’s Nest (which replaced the short-lived Seattle Burger Co.) join long timer Smokin’ Pete’s. The newest, biggest and likely swankest one is yet to open: Kickin’ Boot Whiskey Kitchen will debut in the 1920s…

MUST SHOPWest Seattle Junction’s Spring FlingCelebrate the arrival of spring tonight in West Seattle, where boutiques are staying open until 10 p.m. Visit these favorites along California Avenue, including Clementine (shoes!), Carmilia’s (Nanette Lepore!), Edie’s (more shoes!) and Sweetie (sweet clothes! Jewelry!). Pick up a free punch card at your first stop and get a…

When frosting has been cleaned from tired little faces and sugar-charged playmates have been sent on their way, what remains at your house or party place is this: a small mountain of disposable paper products galore, from streamers and plates to pinatas and pizza boxes, all destined for the trash after one-time use. Before you give in…

Well, our conference room is in it. Set in Seattle, Safety Not Guaranteed follows aspiring journalists who work for Seattle magazine (teehee!). A writer and his interns set out to write a story about a man who thinks he has discovered time travel, and heartwarming shenanigans inevitably ensue. Several scenes from the film were shot…