Restaurants worth a trip from L.A. to Seattle
Irene Virbila of the L.A. Times visited The Corson Building and Spinasse, and called them "well worth a jaunt north, with dedicated young chefs -- Matt Dillon and Justin Neidermeyer -- who have each...
View ArticleGood news about discounted pizza
Around the same time I ordered my Pagliacci pizza at 30 percent off last week, I realized almost everyone else I know in town was doing the same. Pagliacci is running the 30 percent off special for 30...
View ArticleHow long different foods stay fresh
I've seen several recession-related stories lately on how long it's safe to keep food in the fridge or pantry before throwing it out. Most of the advice strikes me as excessively conservative, but this...
View ArticleThe Cookbook Chronicles, and meals for marriage
Cookbook Chronicles photo by Lara Ferroni Love and food are what brought Lorna Yee from Vancouver to Seattle, and that combination is exactly what she's working on now.
View ArticleChain breakfast wars: Jamba Juice offers $1 oatmeal
Jamba Juice, which recently followed in the footsteps of Starbucks and put oatmeal on its menu, is selling it for a mere $1 this month if you have this coupon.
View ArticleStreet food victory: Falafel truck is back in Seattle
At the end of 2008, I was mourning Seattle's loss of Hallava Falafel, one of those few but golden beacons of street food life in our city. Falafel truck operator Rick Baker had left a note on Yelp...
View ArticleWhere to find the new Starbucks instant coffee
It seems just yesterday that the first rumors flew about Starbucks introducing an instant coffee, and VIA is already hitting stores. It's being introduced today in Seattle and Chicago, and here's a map...
View ArticleCulinary Communion now serving lunch
The upstairs of Gabriel Claycamp's Culinary Communion cooking school is now also the home of "Lunch Counter," serving the likes of truffled grilled cheese sandwiches ($9), warm duck confit salad ($8),...
View ArticleEating Down The Fridge
Kim O'Donnel at A Mighty Appetite is hosting an "Eating Down The Fridge" challenge March 9-16, daring participants to abstain from food shopping for a week and use up what's in the fridge and pantry...
View ArticlePeanuts recalled from Central Market and many others
Check the peanuts and the peanut butter in your cabinet just one more time.
View ArticleMichael Pollan wants your rules for eating well
You wouldn't think the guy who came up with "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants" would have trouble finding pithy aphorisms, but Michael Pollan is still asking for the public's help. He wants to...
View ArticleWhy food-lovers should Twitter
Don't worry. I was an early doubter, and I will stipulate up front that Twitter can suck up time, can present itself as a background hum of distracting inanity, and that, in the wrong hands, it blurs...
View ArticleFood writer Rebekah Denn: Where you’ll find me
In my 11 years at the Seattle P-I, I had the great good luck to work with some of the best reporters, photographers, and editors around. I had the good fortune to write about the chefs and...
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