Fresh Faces!

The people we find most fascinating in the Seattle food scene right now.

By Jessica Voelker, Jess Thomson, James Ross Gardner, and Christopher Werner

They Can Dig It

Chefs at Bastille, the Corson Building, Volunteer Park Cafe, Trellis, and the Herbfarm grow their own in edible gardens.

By Jessica Voelker

Shopping List

Our favorite new culinary destinations around town: Claudio Corallo, Paris Grocery, Fumie’s Gold, Georgetown Farmers Market, Kings BBQ House, Melrose Market, Picnic, Savour, and Street Treats.

By Jessica VoelkerWith contribution from Christopher Werner

We’ve Got It Covered

Ten food trends—Skillet bacon jam, Secret Stash Sea Salts, veggies from Tiny’s Organic and Full Circle Farms— that Seattle is dishing out with great success.

By Jessica Voelker

Seattle Food Events

Five kick-yourself-if-you-miss-it awesomefests: Burning Beast, New Guard Dinner Series, Outstanding in the Field, Queen Anne Farmers Market, and Walrus and the Carpenter Oyster Picnic.

By Jessica Voelker

What’s His Story?

If you’re curious about Jeremy Faber, founder of Foraged and Found Edibles, ask his friends.

By Jessica Voelker and Caitlin King

How To Wield a Knife Like a Ninja

Kathleen Flinn on how to find the cutlery that will really give you an edge.

By Christopher Werner

How To Win Friends and Punish Enemies (By Making Bacon)

The Surly Gourmand of surlygourmand.blogspot.com on his recipe for home-cured bacon.

By Surly Gourmand

How To Sous Vide at Home

Scott Heimendinger, aka Seattle Food Geek, on how to cook sous-vide foods at home.

By Judy Naegeli

Food Lovers' Guide Directory

Your resource to the people, places, and delicious events in the Seattle Met Food Lovers’ Guide to Seattle.

Vital Signs

Hospital emergency rooms like Highline Medical Center are gambling on state-of-the-art services and a commitment to customer service to attract patients.

By James Ross Gardner

Top Doctors 2010

The 423 best doctors in 87 specialties in King, Kitsap, and Snohomish counties.

Researched by Ariana Donalds, Stefan Durham, Judy Naegeli, and Tiffany Wan

Letters to the Editor

More reasons to love Seattle, and one reason not to: the liver list at Canlis. The pitfalls of polyamory. Praise for “Fairview Fanny and the Angel of Death” and “The Devil’s Advocate.” The Oregonian versus The Seattle Times: Which is the which is the bigger, badder paper?

A Diamond in the Rough

Five reasons you shouldn’t skip the U.S Amateur golf championship at Chambers Bay.

By Matthew Halverson

Give It Away Now

What Bill Gates’s and Warren Buffet’s challenge to other American billionaires—give away half of all your money!—could mean in the fight against global poverty.

The L Word

In the race to oust three-term U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Dino Rossi is toast. Again.

By James Ross Gardner

Busy Betty

Ugly Betty star America Ferrera stops in Seattle to tout The Dry Land, written and directed by Ryan Piers Williams and starring Ryan O’Nan.

Edited by Laura Dannen

Dysfunction Junction

City studies, pedestrian advocates, and roadway experts all note a slew of hazards for the foot-bound at the junction of Rainier Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way.

By Eric Scigliano

Gulp Fiction

Seattleite Molly Ringle’s winning entry in the 2010 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest to write the worst first line of a novel.

The Perfect Party

This month’s party guests: Daniel Johnson, Jason Reid, Vivian Lappenbusch, Jeff Bezos, Joe Monto, Steve Bartlett, Molly Norris, Edgar Martinez, and Alexey Karetnikov.

Cutting Edge

As the creative director of downtown’s Sassoon Salon, Lisa Rowell trains stylists and keeps the crew up on the company’s seasonal collections and trends.

By Laura Cassidy

Parlez-Vous Vert?

Skin, beauty, and health care company Melvita moves into Pacific Place mall, while Australia-based Karen Millen sets up shop at the Bravern.

By Laura Cassidy

Cycling Through

Finds from Ballard’s Dutch Bike Company and Belltown’s Eurostyle Your Life.

By Laura Cassidy

They're Baaaack!

High-stakes bidding battles they ain’t, but multioffer standoffs are cropping up in North Seattle neighborhoods such as Greenlake, Wallingford, Bryant, Wedgwood. Plus, why Issaquah is this month’s hot neighborhood.

By Matthew Halverson

Whose Bridge Is It Anyway?

The closure of the deteriorating South Park Bridge could be just the beginning of our infrastructure challenges.

By Eric Scigliano

Captain Hook

Captain Keith Robbins, owner of A Spot Tail Salmon Guide, is one of the most sought-after charter fishing guides in town.

By Matthew Halverson

Under a BC Sun

Treks to Harmony Lake on Whistler Mountain, zip-lining above Fitzsimmons Creek, rides on Peak 2 Peak Gondola, tackling the trails at Whistler Mountain Bike Park: Proof there are more things to see and do in Whistler in summer than in winter.

By Lia Steakley Dicker

Kitchen Confidential

Grace Schlitt and Kim Lavacot of Flapjack Kitchen Design, Joe Ratto of J. A. Ratto Builder, and Jackson Remodeling’s Erik Jackson on how to make your kitchen remodel efficient, economical, and eco-friendly.

By Jessica Campbell

Luc’s Place

Thierry Rautureau’s new Madison Valley restaurant Luc puts hospitality and great food at the top of the menu.

By Kathryn Robinson

Neighborhood Hot Spot: Proletariat Pizza

White Center’s Proletariat Pizza.

By Kathryn Robinson

Scene: Spicy Talk Bistro

Cheng Biao Yang’s Redmond restaurant, Spicy Talk Bistro.

By Kathryn Robinson

Artists Gone Wild

Winners of this year’s International Conservation Photography Awards hang like thrilling stills from Planet Earth at the Burke Museum.

Edited by Laura Dannen

Ira Glass Has the Flu

Ira Glass visits Seattle for a live taping of This American Life at Benaroya Hall.

Edited by Laura Dannen

The No-Buy Zone

The brain behind the Great American Apparel Diet (thegreatamericanappareldiet.com ) on what she learned by not shopping for a year.

By Kathryn Robinson

Outstanding in the Field: A Photo Tour

Experience extreme farm-to-table feasting at Full Circle Farms.

By Jessica Voelker

Kathleen Flinn Breaks Down the Anatomy of a Knife

The author of The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry on what to look for when purchasing kitchen cutlery.

By Christopher Werner

Kathleen Flinn Demos How to Chop Veggies Like a Pro

Learn tear-free techniques for cutting an onion with the author of The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry.

By Christopher Werner

Party Pics

Pictures from PONCHO International Wine Auction: Italia! Vino Arte, Northwest Kidney Centers’ 8th annual Breakfast of Hope, Evergreen Healthcare Foundation Annual Gala, launch party for the Maya Angelou PeaceTag at Goldfarb Jewelers, Seattle Aquarium Society’s Splash!, Sullivan’s Steakhouse grand opening, and Woodland Park Zoo’s Jungle Party.