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Skillet’s Latest Farmstead Meatsmith Event Is Happening at Hilliard’s

Learn ‘the anatomy of thrift’ with a butchering demo and a tasty pig-centric meal.

Posted by: Allecia Vermillion on Nov 08, 2011 at 03:00PM 0 Comments

Josh Henderson, he of the ever-expanding Skillet empire has another butchery event in the works with Vashon Island’s Farmstead Meatsmith.

On November 20, Farmstead butcher Brandon Sheard will be breaking down half a pig on a makeshift stage before a (presumably rapt) audience at new Ballard brewery Hilliard’s. The gathering also doubles as a release party for the first in a series of educational webisodes Farmstead is putting together, with funding help from a previous Skillet event.

The first webisode On the Anatomy of Thrift puts lesser known pig parts to economical and delicious use. Attendees will wash all this newfound butchery knowledge down with copious amounts of Hilliard’s beer.

Meanwhile, Henderson and crew will be laboring over a grill, cooking up the other half of said pig as part of a six-course Skillet dinner. The event runs from 5 to 9; tickets are $75 and you can find them here.

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Tags: Locavore News, Food Events and Festivals, Butchers, Skillet

Local 360 Mercantile To Open Tuesday, June 21

The supply store will stock meat, produce, dry goods, beer and wine—all from around these parts.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Jun 14, 2011 at 02:07PM 0 Comments

Photo: Lucas Anderson

Local 360 Mercantile, photographed back in February

Belltown: If you’re tired of shlepping it to the SLU Whole Foods to pick up your Washington-made, all-natural whatnot, this should come as welcome news.

The mercantile from Marcus Charles, the man behind Local 360 restaurant, will be open for business beginning Tuesday, June 21.

Like the restaurant—which opened in the former Flying Fish space last winter—the retail operation will focus on sourcing local products. Those will include meats, produce from Full Circle in Carnation, custom condiments (pickles, dressings, ketchup, mayo), dairy products from Twin Brook Creamery in Lyden, dry goods, and wine and beer from Washington. It will be open from 11am to 8pm daily.

The store, which takes up the space once occupied by Flying Fish’s private dining room, has a separate entrance from its sister restaurant next door. The inhouse butchery, run by meat carver Ben Frey, will supply both eatery and shop.

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Tags: Belltown, Locavore News, Grocery Shopping, Grand Opening, Pantries and Mercantiles

High 5 Pie’s Dani Cone Is Coming Out With a Cookbook

Look for Cutie Pies in late spring/early summer of 2011.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Dec 06, 2010 at 09:44AM 0 Comments

High 5’s cranberry nut pie. Photo by Kat Wertzler.

Drifts in the sweets world are signaling a pie moment, and here in Seattle Fuel Coffee ’s Dani Cone is doing her part to usher in the crusted heyday. On the horizon is a Capitol Hill retail space for her High 5 Pies. And, Cone tells Nosh Pit, a cookbook.

Cutie Pies is slated for a late spring/early summer 2011 release under publisher Andrews McMeel; Bellevue-based becker&mayer! is producing the tome. In it you’ll find 40 sweet-and-savory recipes for pies of all stripes: pies baked in muffin tins, pies baked in mason jars, hand pies, mini pies, deep-dish pies, nine-inch pies—even pie lollipops.

Though Cone penned the pie pub, she collabed with High 5 baker Cat Wilcox to craft the recipes—“And ate ridiculous amounts of pie in the process. And will be joining a gym.”—while local photographer Clare Barboza snapped the photos.

This is Cone’s second book, and like 2008 release Tall Skinny Bitter: Notes from the Center of Coffee Culture, this one materialized thanks to Fuel: “A couple of the great folks at becker&mayer! happen to be regular Fuel customers and have seen and enjoyed the High 5 Pies at the Fuel shops. As they are always looking for new ideas for books, and as the cookbook/foodie market is absolutely exploding, they contacted me to see if I had any interest in working with them to pitch a cookbook idea.”

Cone claims she’s “totally inept in the kitchen” (the folks at Bon Appétit may suggest otherwise) and lacks any formal training, ergo she never imagined she’d be putting her name on a cookbook.

Short on narrative but long on instruction, Cutie Pies nonetheless includes an anecdotal intro from her 92-year-old grandmother, Molly, a local author herself and source of High 5’s all-butter crust recipe. That’s Cone’s favorite part of the book.

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Tags: Celebrity Chefs, Cookbooks, Locavore News, Food News, High 5 Pie, Pie

Olympic Sculpture Park, Pioneer Square Markets Debut This Week

North and south ends of downtown debut new weekly bazaars.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Jul 13, 2010 at 10:03AM 0 Comments

Photo: Courtesy http://ospfarmersmarket.wordpress.com/

The inaugural Olympic Sculpture Park farmers market is Thursday, July 15 and takes place every week thereafter 3:30-7:30pm.

Amid all the talk of Pioneer Square and Belltown losing ground come two new markets bound to bring in a crowd—especially the food-loving kind.

Opening this Thursday at 3:30 is B-town’s Olympic Sculpture Park culinary crawl, for which more than 30 Washington vendors will proffer their edibles along the park’s herky-jerky walking path. At 5:30 Taste restaurant’s pastry whiz Lucy Damkoehler will lead a cooking demo. She is one of nine prolific chefs—Ethan Stowell, Zoë ‘s Daniel Newell, Tilikum Place Café ’s Ba Culbert among them—scheduled to wow shoppers up until the market’s final run September 9.

Bookending the other edge of downtown is the summer-long Seattle Square, which gets underway this weekend 11am-5pm in Occidental Park. Though more of the flea than farmer variety, the Saturday market is hosting food carts Skillet, Parfait Organic Ice Cream, and the newly minted Ram and Rooster Dumplings. Or get your grub on with sandwich slingers Delicatus, also slated to set up shop.

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Tags: Locavore News, Grocery Shopping, Farmers Markets, Mobile Food

Skillet’s Josh Henderson Is Coming Out With a Cookbook

The food whiz partners with local powerhouse publisher Sasquatch Books.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Jun 03, 2010 at 01:42PM 0 Comments

I just was tuned into awesome news: Skillet ’s Josh Henderson is teaming up with local publishing house Sasquatch Books to pen a cooking tome.

Details are on the DL, but here’s what I do know: The book is slated for late spring of 2012. It will include recipes for food you’d find at the Skillet trailer and at his (also awesome news) forthcoming diner—retro, Americana stuff with a French flair. That diner is expected to open in early spring of 2011 on Capitol Hill.

This is the first publishing project for Henderson, whose roving airstream trailer revolutionized Seattle street food when it hit the pavement in 2007. His gourmet treatment of comfort food classics—poutine, burgers, lasagna—forced us to rethink the brick-and-mortar model, proving an always-on-the-move truck can sling mighty fine fare. That story alone packs book cred.

More details should surface in coming weeks, so make sure to stay tuned and check back for updates.

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Tags: Celebrity Chefs, Cookbooks, Locavore News

Farmers Market Season Is Here!

New to the scene this year: Georgetown and Belltown.

Posted by: Hayley Poole on Apr 30, 2010 at 02:15PM 3 Comments

Wednesday was a big day for the locavore crowd—that’s when Columbia City’s farmers market opened, marking the first of the warm-weather neighborhood food emporiums.

This year, two new nabes are set to christen their own markets: Georgetown and Belltown. When it debuts June 5, Georgetown’s 70 vendors will flll the lot of the former Rainier Cold Storage at the junction of Vale Street. The space will serve as a hub for both foodstuffs and eclectic secondhand goods—organizer Jon Hegeman gave the go-ahead for a fresh produce and flea market duo. The Georgetown market place happens Saturdays.

Belltown’s bazaar will live—how cool is this?—in Olympic Sculpture Park. That market is set to open July 15 and take place subsequent Thursdays.

Until then, check out your neighborhood market. Here’s a look at when they open:

Broadway: May 9, Sun 11–3, at Broadway & E Thomas

Lake City June 3, Thu 3–7, at NE 125th & NE 128th

Madrona May 14, Fri 3–7, at E Union and MLK JR Way

Magnolia June 5, Sat 10–2, at 2550 34th Ave W

Phinney May 28, Fri 3–7, at 67th & Phinney Ave N

Queen Anne May 20, Thu 3–7, at W Crockett St & Queen Anne Ave N

Wallingford May 19, Wed 3–7, at N 45th & Wallingford Ave

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Tags: Locavore News, Grocery Shopping, Farmers Markets

A Weekend Must: Razor Clamming

Dig up dinner at these Washington beaches.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Apr 16, 2010 at 01:20PM 1 Comments

Dig in.

The weekend forecast is dodgy, but conditions are ripe for razor clamming. Earlier this week the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife gave the go-ahead for digging at three beaches: Long Beach, Twin Harbors, and Kalaloch.

All digging must cease by noon, which leaves plenty of time to whip together a fine chowder for dinner. Kevin Davis of Steelhead Diner (and more recently Blueacre Seafood) has a pretty awesome recipe for that.

WDFW has set tentative dates for April 27-May 2. You can find those here.

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Fresh to Screen in Seattle

Starting April 30 Central Cinema will show the buzzed-about food documentary.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Apr 16, 2010 at 09:00AM 0 Comments

On Thursday evening Anna Lappé attended a moderated conversation at Palace Ballroom to tout her new book, Diet For a Hot Planet. One recurring topic of discussion was the pivotal documentary Food, Inc. During one such conversation, Lappé mentioned a fondness for another documentary, Fresh, in which director Ana Sofia Joanes celebrates the movers-and-shakers revamping this country’s agricultural model.

You can see Fresh for yourself at Central Cinema starting April 30. Joanes will be in attendance at that Friday premiere and will host a post-film Q&A.

The film screens at Central Cinema through May 6. To see a schedule of showtimes, click here.

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Tags: Locavore News, Food Events and Festivals

Bill the Butcher to Open in Madison Valley

The new local chain of neighborhood butcher shops announces a fourth location.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Mar 30, 2010 at 03:08PM 2 Comments

I recently learned that Bill the Butcher, the local chain of artisan butcheries that has fast set up shop in Woodinville, Laurelhurst, and Redmond, will open a fourth location. The new store will be in Madison Valley, between City People’s and Cafe Flora, according to CEO J’Amy Owens.

If you haven’t been to BtB yet, prepare yourself. You are in for some beautiful grassfed meats and housemade sausages. Each location caters to the neighborhood it serves, and if you ask for it (you want goat? you want goose?) they’ll find out how to get it for you. Stores are staffed by a head butcher with a culinary background, and, in addition to meats, stock local sundries like scavenger chicken eggs, Boat Street Pickles, and milk and cream from Golden Glen creamery.

Bill the Butcher part IV is scheduled to open in April.

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Tags: Seattle Restaurant Openings, Locavore News, Madison Valley, Butchers

What’s New at the Corson Building?

A lot.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Mar 16, 2010 at 09:00AM 0 Comments

Edible? Find out at the Kitchen Garden Series.

Monday brought the news the Corson Building is now serving Sunday brunch from 9:30am – 2pm and bringing back its popular Thursday– and Friday-night dinners inspired by Angelo Pellegrini. Today: Corson chef Matthew Dillon and Master Gardener Willi Galloway—whose slew of accomplishments include the title of West Coast editor at Organic Gardening magazine—are launching a gardening and cooking series.

Not for the flaky, the Kitchen Garden Series mandates a seven-month commitment. That way participants can “bring food full circle,” from seed to supper.

Things you may learn: How to harvest goods in urban spaces, organic growing techniques, soil care, canning and drying, and, finally, how to utliize garden goods in the kitchen. Of course plenty of wine and noshes will be on hand.

The series, which costs $400, begins April 14 and concludes October 9, with classes taking place once a month on Wednesdays. Only 15 spots are available. You can reserve yours by emailing info@thecorsonbuilding.com or calling 206-762- 3330.

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Nettletown Celebrates Official Opening on Tuesday, March 16

The foraging owner of the new Eastlake cafe says the food is “full-flavored, satisfying, and homey.”

Posted by: Caitlin King on Mar 15, 2010 at 02:50PM 0 Comments

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Nettletown, the new venture from local forager Christina Choi, will celebrate its official opening on Tuesday, March 16 at the Eastlake storefront that formerly housed Sitka and Spruce. (Owner Matt Dillon hopes to reopen Sitka this spring inside Capitol Hill’s Melrose Building.)

Jeremy Faber’s partner in Foraged and Found Edibles, Choi is committed to fresh Northwest ingredients. At Nettletown she has harnessed her knowledge of Swiss and Chinese culinary traditions to create a locally sourced menu that she describes as “full-flavored, satisfying, and homey.”

Options at weekend brunch (10am to 3pm) include a sweet-grain waffle with ginger butter and huckleberry sauce, and two eggs any style with chunky onion-potato cakes. For lunch (Tuesday through Friday, 11-3:30pm) there is a creamy organic chicken salad with celery, scallions, and jicama on French bread from nearby Le Fournil bakery.

Choi has also designed an “always available” menu with crab and fish cakes accompanied by seaweed celery salad and lemon aioli, and Nettletown knoepfli: swiss egg noodle dumplings with pan-fried cabbage, leeks, garlic, and herbs.

On March 29, Nettletown will host a Spring Foraging Dinner prepared in partnership with Matt Dillon. The dinner is $50 per person, call Nettletown for details.

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Tags: Seattle Restaurant Openings, Eastlake, Locavore News

Two New Specialty Shops Set to Open in the Melrose Project

First-time business owners bring artisanal touches to the urban marketplace.

Posted by: Tiffany Wan on Mar 11, 2010 at 12:30PM 0 Comments

An architectural rendering of the Melrose Project, located between Pike and Pine Streets on Capitol Hill.

In the coming weeks look for two new storefronts at the Melrose Project on Capitol Hill.

Sheri LaVigne will finally open cheese shop Calf and Kid after flaky financial backers bowed out last summer. Expect to find local offerings from Black Sheep Creamery, Blue Rose Dairy, Mt. Townsend Creamery, and more, as well as a variety of cheese accompaniments (olives, pâté, crackers) and fresh bread. LaVigne plans to work with Homegrown (a soon-to-be fellow Melrose Project merchant) to offer a daily sandwich featuring cheese from Calf and Kid.

“There’s great cheese counters in other grocery stores,” she said, “but in my store it’s going to be an incredible amount of expertise from myself and the other employees behind the counter.”

Bonus: Sampling is highly encouraged. LaVigne is shooting for an early-to-mid April opening.

Though Marigold and Mint will primarily function as a flower shop, owner Katherine Anderson, a Harvard-educated landscape architect, will also carry a selection of seasonal produce—lettuce, carrots, pears, plums, broccoli, and kale— from Oxbow Farm, which is located south of Duvall.

She also plans to operate a produce delivery service between May and October. (Note half-portion orders will be offered.) During the off-season, Anderson will stock starter vegetable plants, like heirloom tomatoes, and she hopes to grow edible flowers and sell them to bartenders and chefs. Marigold and Mint will have a soft opening April 1.

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Tags: Seattle Restaurant Openings, Capitol Hill, Cheese, Locavore News, Grocery Shopping, Melrose Market