The Food Lovers' Guide to Seattle

The Food Lovers' Guide to Seattle Fascinated by the <a href="../../../eat-and-drink/articles/food-lovers-guide-0810">Seattle food world</a>? Welcome to a feast of sumptuous edibles and rising culinary stars. Plus: Hospital emergency rooms like <a href="../../../health-and-fitness/articles/highline-medical-center-gregory-garcia-0810">Highline Medical Center</a> are gambling on state-of-the-art services and a commitment to customer service to attract patients, and <a href="../../../health-and-fitness/articles/0810-top-doctors-2010">Top Doctors 2010</a>. This year, our annual roster of 423 outstanding physicians in 87 specialties places special emphasis on primary care.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Article

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 Aquariu

08/02/2010

Article

Gulp Fiction

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

07/20/2010

Article

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.

07/20/2010

Article

Artists Gone Wild

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

07/20/2010 Edited by Laura Dannen

Article

Ira Glass Has the Flu

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

07/20/2010 Edited by Laura Dannen

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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.

07/20/2010 By Laura Dannen

Food Lovers' Guide

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.

07/19/2010 By Jessica Voelker

Eat & Drink

Food Lovers' Guide

Food Lovers’ Guide

Fascinated by the Seattle food world? Welcome to a feast of sumptuous edibles and rising culinary stars.

07/21/2010 With Jess Thomson, James Ross Gardner, Christopher Werner, Judy Naegeli, and Caitlin King By Jessica Voelker

Food Lovers' Guide

Fresh Faces!

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

07/20/2010 By Jess Thomson, James Ross Gardner, Jessica Voelker, and Christopher Werner

Article

Scene: Spicy Talk Bistro

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

07/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Neighborhood Hot Spot: Proletariat Pizza

White Center’s Proletariat Pizza.

07/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Food Lovers' Guide

They Can Dig It

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

07/19/2010 By Jessica Voelker

Food Lovers' Guide

How To Sous Vide at Home

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

07/19/2010 By Judy Naegeli

Food Lovers' Guide

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

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

07/19/2010 By Surly Gourmand

Food Lovers' Guide

How To Wield a Knife Like a Ninja

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

07/19/2010 By Christopher Werner

Food Lovers' Guide

What’s His Story?

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

07/19/2010 By Jessica Voelker and Caitlin King

Food Lovers' Guide

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.

07/19/2010 By Jessica Voelker

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Luc’s Place

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

07/14/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Food Lovers' Guide

Food Lovers’ Guide Directory

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

07/12/2010

Editor's Note

Article

A Note from the Editor

Invitation to the feast

07/22/2010 By Katherine Koberg

Health & Wellness

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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.

07/11/2010 By James Ross Gardner

Home & Real Estate

Article

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.

07/20/2010 By Matthew Halverson

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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.

07/14/2010 By Jessica Campbell

Inbox

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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

07/20/2010

News & City Life

Article

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.

07/21/2010 By Eric Scigliano

Article

Whose Bridge Is It Anyway?

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

07/21/2010 By Eric Scigliano

Article

A Diamond in the Rough

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

07/20/2010 By Matthew Halverson

Article

The L Word

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

07/20/2010 By James Ross Gardner

Article

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.

07/20/2010

Article

Captain Hook

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

07/19/2010 By Matthew Halverson

Style & Shopping

Article

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.

07/22/2010 By Laura Cassidy

Article

Cycling Through

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

07/22/2010 By Laura Cassidy

Article

The No-Buy Zone

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

07/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Food Lovers' Guide

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.

07/19/2010 By Jessica Voelker

Article

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.

07/14/2010 By Laura Cassidy

Travel & Outdoors

Article

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.

07/20/2010 By Lia Steakley Dicker

Web Exclusives

Food Lovers' Guide

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.

07/26/2010 By Christopher Werner

Food Lovers' Guide

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.

07/23/2010 By Christopher Werner

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Outstanding in the Field: A Photo Tour

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

07/19/2010 By Jessica Voelker