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Andrew Zimmern puts Seattle on TV, Ethan Stowell, Deming Maclise, James Weimann, and more talk restaurant design.

Posted by: Brian Colella on Jan 30, 2012 at 01:05PM 0 Comments

Let Lisa Dupar plan your Valentine’s Day dinner.

MONDAY January 30

Magnolia Italian spot Mondello hosts a prix-fixe dinner paired with Sozo wines to benefit the Ballard Food Bank. The four-course menu includes house-made tagliarni or papardelle for the primi (pasta) round, and all-natural lamb chops or roasted butternut squash secondi. Dinner starts at 6:30 and costs $65 per person, call 206-352-8700 to reserve your spot.

WEDNESDAY February 1

Founder of California vineyard Bonny Doon Randall Grahm comes to Volunteer Park Cafe for a wine dinner and chat at 7. The $75-per-person menu, by Ericka Burke of VPC, includes a few different meats—seared sea scallops, duck trio, braised beef cheeks—paired with Bonny Doon wines. Make reservations by calling or 206-328-3155 or visiting Volunteer Park Cafe online.

Make this Valentine’s Day a memorable one with a little help from chef and cookbook author Lisa Dupar. The caterer and proprietor of Pomegranate Bistro in Redmond brings recipes from her latest book, Fried Chicken and Champagne, to Book Larder at 6:30 (she’ll also be signing copies). Slated dishes include bourbon braised beef and burnt caramel cheesecake.

FRIDAY February 3

James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award winner and two-time Pulitzer nominee Molly O’Neill talks her newest cookbook, One Big Table, the result of ten years’ research into the variety of food we eat in America. O’Neill shares the demo stage with the makers of Four Sisters Vietnamese Hot Sauce. The event is at 6:30 at Book Larder and costs $10 per person.

SATURDAY February 4

Over 70 Washington-brewed Belgian beers will be on display at the Bell Harbor Conference Center for two sessions on Saturday the 4th. Tripels, dubbles, wits, and more come from all over the state for some serious, beer-focused celebration. The first session runs noon to four and second from 5:30 to 9:30.

MONDAY February 6

This one is easy. Hop on your couch and tune in to the Travel Channel at 9 to catch Andrew Zimmern’s Seattle episode. Watch for Nathan Myrhvold of Modernist Cuisine and geoducks at Taylor Shellfish Farms, which I guess fulfill the bizarre foods label—the geoducks, not Nathan Myrhvold.

TUESDAY February 7

Head to Town Hall for a discussion of Restaurant Design: How Design Affects the Dining Experience with local chef and restaurateur luminaries such as Chad Dale, Ethan Stowell, Deming Maclise and James Weimann , and oh by the way, it’s moderated by Seattle Met’s own Allecia Vermillion. Get your tickets now for the fourth of six panel discussions on how people interact with design every day, presented by Seattle Architecture Foundation.

Twenty-four guests will join James Beard–award winning master sommelier Larry Stone of Evening Land Vineyards at John Howie Steak for an exclusive six-course dinner with menu designed by John Howie and chef Mark Hipkiss. Spots are $150 each and dinner starts at 6:30.

BEYOND

Feb 25 Love cider? The Northwest Cider Association’s second annual cidermaker’s dinner lets you get up close with cidermakers and cidery experts. Chef JoAnn Cruz of Ravishing Radish presents a three-course, cider-paired menu, following an hour of casual open bar and appetizers to kick things off. Buy tickets online now for $85.

Feb 25 The second year of the beer open house sees breweries across the state once more opening their doors to the public. After that, there are no rules. Except maybe two: there will be food, and there will be beer. Last year’s event had over 30 participating breweries and saw limited taps of vintage or award-winning beers. Check the official site for a list of participating breweries.

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Maxime Bilet brings Modernist Cuisine to Book Larder, Tom Douglas presents the second annual Slainte at Palace Ballroom.

Posted by: Brian Colella on Jan 23, 2012 at 01:30PM 0 Comments

Hang out with Modernist Cuisine coauthor Maxime Bilet at Book Larder on February 2.

Photo courtesy of modernistcuisine.com

MONDAY January 23

It’s National Pie Day today, and though you probably didn’t get the day off work, maybe you can convince your boss buy you one of High 5 Pie’s new pies to celebrate. Latest flavor additions include dark chocolate lavender cream pie, apple-cranberry-walnut pie, corned beef and cabbage, and more.

WEDNESDAY January 25

To celebrate the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns, chef Brock Johnson of Dahlia Lounge and Scotch guy Richard Hill are putting their heads together for the 2nd Annual Slainte, a celebration of Scotland, with a five-course dinner paired with scotch. Tickets are $65 and available online.

THURSDAY January 26

Tickets are still available for Local 360’s first annual Oyster Shindig. The shucking showdown starts at 3:30 with a $250 grand prize. Come witness the action for $25, which includes oysters and wine.

Two Beers Brewing brewed a special Midnight Mass beer to support the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). The last two kegs will be featured at The Feedback Lounge during an auction—cohosted by Two Beers and Beer Church—of autographed Pearl Jam memorabilia. The 21-and-up benefit starts at 7 and is free to enter.

FRIDAY January 27

Starting Friday at 7 and running through the weekend, Port Townsend gathers up over 30 breweries and more than 60 different great beers from our region during the Strange Brewfest. Tickets for the eighth annual fest are $25 and available online.

SATURDAY January 28

Just a few spots remain for the third Chef’s Tour of the Market, this one is hosted by Jelle Vandenbroucke of ART Restaurant. A $75 outlay gets you on the tour of Pike Place Market and into SieMatic Seattle for a meal and demo afterward.

MONDAY January 30

Kathy Gunst’s literary cookbook Notes from a Maine Kitchen explores the culinary environment of the Pine Tree State, from smelt to lobster to blueberry pie. Free at 6:30, Gunst will present her stories at Book Larder, along with a nosh from the book.

BEYOND

Feb 2 If you missed Nathan Myrhvold at Town Hall, here’s your next chance to get up close with one of the authors of Modernist Cuisine, the epic gastronomical tome. If you were planning to buy the book, get it from Book Larder and you’ll get tickets to see Maxime Bilet demo some of the tome’s techniques and answer any and all culinary questions.

Feb 7 For $20, join Rupert Symington of Symington Family Estates at Ting Momo for A Port Primer. Seven wines will be tasted, along with paired bites like Oregon blue cheese with smoked cherries and coffee rubbed smoked beef.

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Ugly sweater Christmas party at Skillet, sparkling wines with Tom Douglas, and locaboozing at Poquitos.

Posted by: Brian Colella on Dec 19, 2011 at 10:50AM 0 Comments

Poquitos will be mixing up cocktails with locally crafted Sound Spirits liquors on Monday night.

MONDAY December 19

The Poquitos Monday-night showcase of local distillers continues from 9 to 11 tonight. Steven Stone of Sound Spirits will be there, with $5 drinks featuring his Ebb and Flow vodka and gin to boot.

Join the Tom Douglas team and the Wine Press Club at Seatown from 5:30 to 7 to sample sparkling wines. For $50, try vinos from France, Spain, Italy, and Oregon, along with three paired seafood noshes. Tickets are available online.

FRIDAY December 23

Skillet Diner is hosting an ugly sweater Christmas party from 4 to 9 with eggnog cocktails, yuletide soul music, and pictures with Santa, aka chef Brian O’Conner—the jolliest, most tatted-up Santa you could ever hope for.

BEYOND

Jan 8 Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi, proprietors of local favorite Revel, kick off a series of twelve cooking classes with a holiday detox session on January 8. Classes run from 2 to 4 and are limited to 14 participants—who will enjoy wine and take-home snacks. Preregistration is required by phone at 206-547-2040 or online. Individual classes are $60, or buy a package of three for $165 or six for $300. Classes are held once a month through December 2012.

Jan 14 Starting in the middle of the month and continuing for five consecutive Saturdays, tour Pike Place Market under the guidance of a local chef. Simon Zatyrka of Cutters Bayhouse hosts the first of the tours, which run from 9 to 1 and cost $75 per person. Up to 14 people can sign up; the tours end at SieMatic Seattle with a cooking demo and light meal.

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Tickets on Sale for This Season’s Walrus and Carpenter Oyster Picnics

The oyster eating, wine swilling tradition returns December 21.

Posted by: Allecia Vermillion on Dec 02, 2011 at 02:00PM 0 Comments

Eat oysters by night at this magical annual picnic.

Seattle has a few truly legendary culinary experiences. One of them is about to resume for the winter oyster season. Before Renee Erickson’s Walrus and the Carpenter oyster bar started racking up national acclaim in Ballard, the namesake Lewis Carroll poem signified for locals the Walrus and Carpenter nighttime oyster picnic. The lantern-lit oyster outings to the Totten Inlet at low tide offer wine, fresh oysters, a bonfire, and, in all likelihood, more oysters and wine. The first of three scheduled outings is December 21, and the $75 cost includes the round-trip bus ride from Elliott’s Oyster House to the Taylor Shellfish Farms oyster beds.

The nocturnal picnics are the brainchild of Taylor oyster guru Jon Rowley. The man whose own oyster-eating adventures could probably fill a ripping good memoir describes these outings as an experience “by which all subsequent oyster experiences will be judged.” Visiting the oyster beds by night adds an air of romance, sure, but according to Rowley it’s also the time when oysters are naturally at their coldest, and the best to eat. But before the eating must come the shucking. You can gather up oysters and do this yourself, or leave the tough stuff to the professionals (and turn your attention back to the wine).

The other Walrus picnics are January 7 and February 6. A wise idea: buy tickets now. And remember, all this wintry outdoor oyster eating happens whatever the whims of the weather.

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Prost! Oktoberfest Is Here, Now
Eat Up

Eat, drink, and be merry at these German haunts.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Sep 21, 2010 at 09:29AM 0 Comments

This weekend is Oktoberfest. Eat bratwurst mit sauerkraut and don’t think twice about it.

Guten! This weekend marks the return of Oktoberfest, which has otherwise local-loving, sensible-minded Seattleites going the way of beer, brats, and all things Deutscher. It’s happening on Phinney Ave and North 35th Street, but when you’ve had your fill of Fremont, keep the sausage wheels rolling at Seattle’s other Bavarian temples. Considering the scads of Scandahoolies here, there’s a decent amount of gurken salat and landjager mit brot to be had.

Ja!

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