Amber Fouts is a Seattle-based freelance commercial and editorial photographer. Her work, featured in Food and Wine, Imbibe, The New York Times, Nylon, and The Wall Street Journal, has been described as spirited, narrative, and genuine. When she’s not chasing light, you can find her gardening or making a mean cocktail.

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle's Best Chinese Restaurants

Our favorite spots for noodles, dumplings, dim sum, and hot pot, featuring food from Shanghai to Xinjiang.

12/09/2024 By Hsiao-Ching Chou and Naomi Tomky With Allecia Vermillion

Kent’s State

Wild Cumin’s Menu Is Full of Smoke and Noodles

The area’s first Xinjiang Uyghur restaurant comes with lamb skewers and a storied chef. But also some big questions.

11/25/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

This Week’s Food News Is a Wild Storm

A near-hurricane of openings, closings, and power outages whipped through Seattle.

11/22/2024 By Naomi Tomky

High Quahlity

The Best Restaurants in Issaquah

The secret to a great meal sits in these suburban strip malls.

11/13/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Nidhi Chaudhry

Eastside Dining Guide

The Best Restaurants in Kirkland

New and old. Upscale and casual. Lake views and mall views.

11/05/2024 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

Eastside Dining Guide

The Best Restaurants in Bellevue

The haunts. The holes in the wall. The high-rises.

11/05/2024 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

Dining Guide

Where to Eat and Drink Near Climate Pledge Arena

Pregame your concert or hockey outing with German beer or (why not?) geoduck chowder.

10/29/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

The Feast Side

The Eastside's 10 Best Restaurants

From a sandwich shop to sushi bar and beyond, these are the top places to eat in Bellevue, Issaquah, Mercer Island, and Redmond.

10/24/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Seattle Met Staff

Time-Tested

Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants

From tasting menus to taco counters, and all points in between.

10/23/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Seattle Met Staff

Field Notes

Hummingbird Sushi Goes Big on Flavor

A little bird with Texas-size ambition lands on Lower Queen Anne.

10/22/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Best New Restaurants 2024

Atoma Is Seattle Met’s Restaurant of the Year

Hoist a tiny cocktail in honor of Johnny and Sarah Courtney’s stunning food and house party vibes.

10/09/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

Hunger Gains

Seattle’s Best New Restaurants

The year’s top rookies brought smiles to our faces with big murals, small cocktails, and creative cooking.

10/08/2024 By Naomi Tomky With Allecia Vermillion

PNW Pantry

Cheers to Seattle’s New Favorite Drinking Snack

Umami Kushi used its location inside a taproom to zero in on the perfect potato chip.

10/07/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Boo That

Art of the Table Will Close in November

Seventeen years, two locations, too many great meals.

10/04/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Seattle Dining Guide

Best Seattle Pizza by Neighborhood

Delicate pies. Sturdy slices. Everything in between.

09/18/2024 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff Photography by Amber Fouts

Field Notes

A Sazón-Scented, Rum-Soaked Ode to Spanish Harlem at Belltown’s Lenox

Chef Jhonny Reyes did not just fall out of a coconut tree.

09/17/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Strange Brew

Is There a Better Combo for Seattle than Ramen and Beer?

A labyrinthine path brings a smorgasbord of Japanese food to Figurehead Brewing’s Fremont Taproom.

09/11/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Stop Your Engines

Moto Pizza Now Delivers

No line, no shoes, no problem.

08/22/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Momo Motel

Indian-Nepali Kitchen Spices Up Aurora’s Food Scene

A rainbow of dumplings arcs onto a street better known for colorful characters.

08/20/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Drinking Guide

The 25 Best Bars in Seattle

Served straight up: our favorite places to kick back, splash out, and order just one more round.

08/06/2024 By Meg van Huygen and Allecia Vermillion With Allison Williams and Eric Nusbaum