Sockeye to Me

Help, I’m Allergic to the Cover of My Cookbook!

My fishy foray through a minor medical mystery and major identity crisis.

04/13/2026 By Naomi Tomky Illustrations by Derek Abella

Good Catch

The Underwater Guide to Seattle Seafood

02/16/2024 Edited by Allison Williams By Eric Nusbaum, Allecia Vermillion, and Allison Williams Photography by Sarah Flotard Styled by Suzy Bichl

Good Catch

Salmon’s New Symbolism

King (or Chinook) salmon is part of our heritage. On the plate, it gets complicated.

02/15/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

Garden Variety

How Your Yard Can Protect Puget Sound

A little landscaping can help curb a major source of pollution in the Salish Sea.

12/13/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Quarantine Cuisine

How to Cure Your Own Salmon

Because why the hell not?

07/09/2020 By Stefan Milne

Deli Dispatch

At Long Last Schmaltzy’s Delicatessen Opens Today

After two years of prep, weeks of construction delays, and many latke sandwiches, the team behind the Napkin Friends food truck debuts its restaurant spin-off.

11/21/2019 By Nicole Pasia

Food for a Cause

Seattle Chefs Are Slinging Shellfish to Benefit Little Skookum Inlet

Some of the city's biggest names are dishing up clams and oysters to save the salmon habitat.

10/01/2019 By Courtney Cummings

Let Us Propose a Toast

October’s Perfect Party: A Salmon Savior and Nickelodeon Slime Royalty

Plus, the accomplished composer, programmer, and viral video guru who round out the month’s most distinguished locals and visitors.

09/24/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: We Totally Want to Join Brandi Carlile's Wine Club

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

08/09/2019 By Sam Jones

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner June 6–12

The week in which: Babirusa kicks off summer with a pig roast, Mariela Camacho hosts a Mexican bakery workshop, and a whole slew of Seattle spots serve up negronis—for a good cause.

06/06/2018 By Grace Madigan

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner May 23–29

The week in which: You can hop on booze, er beer, cruise, get down with some fried chicken and waffles on a rooftop, and welcome Copper River salmon season.

05/23/2018 By Grace Madigan

Swimming Against the Current

Seattle's New Seawall Uses Technology That Could Rescue Salmon

In a time of broken international emission agreements and losing climate change battles, Seattle sets out to be the model for cities living on shorelines—one struggling salmon at a time.

07/12/2017 By Hayat Norimine

How I Got Here

The Origin of the Salmon Cannon

The CEO of Whooshh Innovations explains how he started at the Gorge Amphitheater and wound up with a fish flinger.

08/03/2015 By Darren Davis

Flying Fish

Someone in Bellevue Made a Salmon Cannon

And John Oliver had fun with it the other night.

11/11/2014 By Matthew Halverson

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: SDOT Talks Bike Safety

Today's picks for civic nerds

08/20/2014 By Kristen Farnam

The Explainer

Lake Washington Sockeye Salmon Returns on the Rise

It’s been years since sockeye returns to Lake Washington have yielded a fishery. But in June the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will start its annual count at the Ballard Locks, and if recent trends continue, the drought could soon be over.

06/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson