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Rosemary Red Soup
Each week Seattle mag video blogger and host of Cookus Interruptus Cynthia Lair brings us selections
(Jane helps Darrell with his letters) A gorgeous looking soup that boasts local winter vegetables and herbs. Beets, carrots, red lentils and rosemary marry for love. For a printable recipe click here. Cookus Interruptus is devoted to educating viewers about how to cook fresh local organic whole foods via 100+ short humorous videos. Visit cookusinterruptus.com …
Outdoors: The Spawn Is On
If you really consider yourself a Seattlite but haven't seen salmon spawning in local streams, now i
If you really consider yourself a Seattlite but haven’t seen salmon spawning in local streams, now is your chance. For the next few weeks chum and coho salmon will continue to return to the gravel beds of their youth at Pipers Creek, Thornton Creek and Boeing Creek on the north side of town, as well…
Blue Glass, Madison Park Conservatory Opening
Ballard and Madison Park get noteworthy nosheries this week. Plus, news on Thai Curry Simple's Capit
Last week was a blur of getting snowed in and ramping up for Thanksgiving, so there’s a little news to fill you in on. I told you about the restaurant replacing Sostanza back in October. Well, there’s finally more news on the place. Last Saturday marked the Madison Park Conservatory’s “open house”; they’re doing a “soft opening” starting today….
Massaged Kale Salad with Apples and Gorgonzola
Each week Seattle mag video blogger and host of Cookus Interruptus Cynthia Lair brings us selections
(The buck stops here) The perfect local, organic, nutirent-rich Thanksgiving side dish. By massaging salt into kale, the bitterness disappears and the leaves become tender. Dress it with olive oil and apple cider vinegar after adding fresh apples, currants, nuts and crumbled cheese. A HUGE favorite among both my students and friends. Need printable recipe? …
Weekly Must List: Thanksgiving Edition
Our top to-do's for the week
Must TasteThe Herbfarm‘s American Harvest DinnerThursday – Sunday (11/25-11/28) • Lazy cooks, the The Herbfarm is cooking up an ode to the fall Harvest in this seasonal dinner featuring heritage turkeys rasied by Mad Hatcher Farms in Euphrata. Details on the dinner’s menu were still being finalized when when thiys blog was posted but you…
Outdoors: Hittin’ the Slopes
Ski Season Dawns in Washington
I must not be the only one thinking about skiing now that the snows of winter have finally begun to fall, in our fair city no less. Those so-inclined should sharpen up their edges and head out for the slopes this coming weekend. Here is a run-down of some area ski slopes and their opening…
Thanksgiving Dinner Roundup
Enjoy someone else's cooking on Thanksgiving this year
Cafe FloraThursday, November 25 from 1:30-6:45pm Tired of Tofurkey? Café Flora is serving up a delicious three-course prix-fixe Thanksgiving menu that even your meat-eating friends love. No one will be missing the bird around this holiday table.On the Menu: 3-course prix-fixe menuPrice: $50 per adult; $25 children 12 and underSeattle, 2901 E Madison Street; 206-325-9100;…
Chatter from Seattle magazine’s Best of 2010 Party
An online snap shot of the chatter, buzz and commentary surrounding our Best of 2010 party.
Our edit team (and a good chunk of our loyal readers) are still recovering from an epic evening of food, drinks, music and entertainment at last night’s Best of 2010 Party. While I’d much rather recap the evening over a city-wide brunch with all of you, I thought it might be easier to put together…
Weekly Must List: November 18 – 24
Our top to-do's for the week
Must Tune In Wheedle’s Groove on KCTS 9 Thursday (11/18) • Once upon a time, the city’s music scene pulsed with Seattle bands—groups that played original songs at packed venues nightly, groups whose records were in regular rotation at the local independent radio station—and there wasn’t flannel shirt or a ripped pair of jeans in…
Best of 2010: Beauty
Our picks for the best in beauty for 2010
Best place to get your hair doneBelly up to the (blow dry) bar at Swink Style Bar (Downtown, 611 Stewart St.; 206.682.7070; swinkstylebar.com), Natalie Angelillo and Jacquie Byrne’s modern and airy salon devoted to styling your ’do. A wash, blow dry and style of your choosing (we love the perfectly straight “Fifth Avenue” and the…
Best of 2010: Shopping
Most drag-fabulous designs Like a stylist to the stars, Mark Mitchell (itsmarkmitchell.com) shines as a designer to burlesque beauties, his wildly intricate, comical gowns sported onstage by local dancer The Swedish Housewife and boylesque star Waxie Moon. The Capitol Hill–based costumer (who also designs men’s shirts) made a splash at this year’s Thaw fashion show…
Best of 2010: Arts
Our picks for the best in the arts for 2010
Best case of life imitating art Love, fear, pleasure, lust, pain, glamour, death. But enough about you. Seattle Art Museum patrons could see pictures of us and several thousand other visitors at the Andy Warhol exhibit (called love fear pleasure lust pain glamour death) on the gallery’s wall of photo booth strips. Because of inflation…