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Gourmondo’s
Savor these creamy, dreamy and locally-made salad dressings.
Countless recipes. Thousands of taste testers. Bacon. All of these ingredients were essential in Alissa Leinonen’s plan to make her dream of producing a line of fresh salad dressings a reality. Leinonen’s light, flavorful dressings—which are included in the popular boxed lunches created by Gourmondo Catering, her 15-year-old South Park company—have long infatuated locals, who…
Hot Chocolate
Cozy up for five of the richest, sweetest cups in Seattle.
CAFÉ PRESSE Straight from Paris, the rich, silky chocolat chaud is made with 71 percent origin unico (single origin) solid chocolate, French Cacao Barry cacao, half milk and half cream. Served Parisian style with fresh whipped cream on the side. $5/8 ounces. CHOCOLOPOLIS Infused with red chiles and spices, the milk in the spicy dark…
Shuck it yourself!
Langdon Cook offers tips for foraging your own wild oysters.
“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I…
Allen Stone Brings Back an Old-school Sound
This guy can sing the hell out of an R&B song.
The phrase “old soul” is overused, but it’s perhaps never been more appropriate than in the instance of 24-year-old Allen Stone, the local singer/songwriter whose voice brings to mind Stevie Wonder, Prince and anyone else who can sing the hell out of an R&B song. Hailing from the small town of Chewelah (north of Spokane),…
Seattle’s Most Famous Celebrity Couple
Knute Berger looks back to the 1950s, when a pair of celebrity gorillas revealed our city’s gender a
Seattle generally doesn’t give locals the tabloid treatment, but that wasn’t always so. In the 1950s and ’60s, the press was obsessed with Seattle’s answer to Brangelina, the gorillas Bobo and Fifi. Bobo was the 500-pound local-celebrity primate, an ape raised by humans since infancy that became the number-one attraction at the Woodland Park Zoo….
Holiday Gift Guide, Day 3: Fun Foodie Books by Local Authors
Top o’ the morning! We’re kicking off this week’s lineup of our holiday gift guide with oh-so-Northwest books written by Seattle magazine friends including forager Langdon Cook and spirits expert A.J. Rathbun. Stay tuned this week for more local gift ideas (jewelry, easy-to-grab-hostess favors and booze-inspired gifts will all debut by Friday!) as we offer…
Holiday Gift Guide, Day 2: Presents for Kiddos (and their Parents)
Our “12 Days of Christmas” gift guide continues today with a special class of kiddo-themed gifts, those that may be just as much fun for parents, too. In others words, please both parties with one grand-slam gift: $15 “Mama’s Big Book…
Breaking fashion news! The 2012 color of the year just announced
A sad day for us blue-eyed blondes: The 2012 color of the year, according to the experts at Pantone, is “tangerine tango.” Tonight when I go home I have to toss out all of my “honeysuckle” clothing–the acrylic sweaters, the bobbly ponchos–and update my Santa list. Honeysuckle is so last year. Anyway, we wondered who…
Local Expert Picks Pantone’s Color of the Year
Leatrice Eiseman holds many titles—including prime consultant to international color-standardization company Pantone—all of which boil down to being a color expert of huge standing. A Bainbridge Island resident for the past 14 years, and boasting a corporate client list that has included Microsoft and Ikea, Eiseman determines the best colors for products and design using…
The Must List: Gift Ideas, Black Nativity and Willy Wonka!
MUST HOLIDAYBlack NativityThis local holiday classic is back for its 14th year, telling the original Christmas story with a mostly African-American cast, gospel-style, with some inspired additions, such as poetry by Langston Hughes and choreography by Spectrum Dance Theatre’s Donald Byrd. The singing is phenomenal. And while the show tells a Biblical story, the commentary…
The Best (and Worst) of 2011 in Seattle
Our editorial team taps into the latest and greatest our city has to offer.
It’s been a year of extraordinary changes in our city, from the explosive growth of Seattle’s best new neighborhood to the very green (and very micro) trends of pop-up, plug-in, nano- and repurposed everything. Never content with last year’s big thing, Seattleites are embracing the new and the next with their trademark stealth fervor. No…
Holiday Gift Guide, Day 1: Locally Made Goods Fit for Foodies
Our “12 Days of Christmas” gift guide debuts today with artisanal favors for the gourmands in your l
Following the grand tradition set by ye ol’ “12 Days of Christmas” carol, we’re winding up the holiday shopping season with a handy 12-day guide to the best locally-made gifts, from today’s foodie-filled post to the best stocking stuffers on December 23. If you are still on the hunt for gifts for teachers, mother-in-laws or…