Nosh Pit

Eating Picasso at the Four Seasons

Sunday at Art: A brunch buffet and presentation by SAM curator Chiyo Ishikawa.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Nov 12, 2010 at 10:41AM 0 Comments

A Picasso-inspired brunch buffet happens Sunday at Art in the Four Seasons.

Reservations are recommended if you want to have brunch with SAM deputy director and curator Chiyo Ishikawa at the Four Seasons’ Art Restaurant this Sunday, November 14.

The brunch, inspired by the Picasso exhibit currently on display across the street at SAM, will be served buffet-style and starts at 10:30. Ishikawa’s presentation begins at 11:30.

Future brunches in this series will occur on Sunday, December 12 and Sunday, January 9.

A VIP ticket to SAM is included in the $65 price.

The Picasso exhibit has inspired cocktails around town too, check those out here.

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Tags: Seattle Art Museum, Brunch, Picasso

Taste of the Town: Chiyo Ishikawa

Seattle Art Museum’s Curator has an eye for the edible pleasures.

Posted by: Lindsey Hall on Oct 25, 2010 at 02:05PM 0 Comments

Dessert lover Chiyo Ishikawa told us she burns calories via “yoga, and the occasional day hike.” Photo: Jennifer Richard

Even if you’re not an art buff, the name Chiyo Ishikawa is probably familiar. A Seattleite since 1990, she helped engineer exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston before moving here to take an assistant curator position with the Seattle Art Museum.

Now in charge of European painting and sculpture, Ishikawa has helped SAM attract one important exhibit after another. Most recently, she was a key player in bringing a stellar selection of Picasso’s great works to our city from the Musée National Picasso in Paris.

Here, Ishikawa takes a break from the masterpieces to share her favorite edible pleasures around town.

Are you or have you ever been a vegan?
No way!

Where do you take out-of-town guests to eat?
Lark, The Harvest Vine, Spinasse, Boat Street Café, Poppy, Taste at SAM.

Do you use recipes or wing it?
Both. My most dog-eared cookbook is Marcella Hazan’s Second Volume Classic Italian Cooking.

What’s your desert-island condiment?
Homemade chutney with Turkish apricots.

What’s your favorite way to burn calories?
Yoga, and the occasional day hike.

Vita, Stumptown, or Starbucks?
My favorite is Stella Caffé, at 1st Avenue at University. It’s as close to the Italian coffee experience as I’ve been able to find in Seattle.

What’s your guilty food pleasure?
Almond schnecken at Café Besalu.

Dessert or appetizer?
These days, dessert.

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Tags: Seattle Art Museum, Picasso, Taste of the Town