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Posted on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 12:08am

Try Bastille's Award-Winning Banh Mi Next Week

By: 
Leslie Kelly
Chef Jason Stoneburner's delightful lamb shoulder sausage banh mi

It was billed as a mini Lamb Jam, but there were some MAJOR flavor going on at last weekend’s American Lamb Throwdown in Ballard between the chefs at Staple & Fancy, Bastille Café and Bar and butcher extraordinaire Russ Flint from Rain Shadow Meats. Read more »

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Posted on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 5:07pm

5 Hot Dates for Your Culinary Calendar

By: 
Leslie Kelly
Photo Credit: 
Chris Hoover/ Modernist Cuisine, LLC

As days get shorter and cooler and summer slips away, it helps to have something tasty to look forward to, right? Fortunately, there are a bushel of super groovy foodie events coming up. Read more »

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Posted on Fri, 08/24/2012 - 5:54pm

Leslie Kelly Discovers the Perfect Wine Pairing for Ribs

By: 
Leslie Kelly
Leslie's own homemade ribs

A friend wanted to take her out-of-town significant other out for barbecue in Seattle and asked me to make a rib recommendation. Sorry, no can do. Oh, I’ve tried to find some good bones to gnaw on, but have so far come up empty.

Yes, I realize that makes me sound like a smoked meat snob, but I don’t care. Three years of living in Memphis spoiled me. Read more »

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Posted on Thu, 08/23/2012 - 7:17pm

Emerging Designers on Parade, Art Party in the Sticks and Other Weekend Musts

By: 
Seattle Magazine Staff
Photo Credit: 
Hayley Young
Alicia Czerwiec, one of the Seamless in Seattle contest winners, with her designs

MUST GET TIX
Seamless in Seattle Fashion Show
Thirty-two local fashion designers entered our annual competition and after many intensive rounds of judging and deliberation, five impressive winners have emerged. See the debut of their full collections at the Seamless fashion show at Seattle Art Museum, where the designers compete for an additional prize: the chance have their own trunk show at Neiman Marcus' Fashion's Night Out. Read more »

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Posted on Thu, 08/23/2012 - 5:10pm

Five Back to School Cocktails

By: 
A.J. Rathbun
Photo Credit: 
Melissa Punch
Kamikaze cocktails: not just for college freshmen anymore

First off, none of these drinks are for children. These are for parents who may have had a little too much of the back-to-school bustle or for those who might be a bit sad about the kids leaving the nest. They also fit the bill for those who miss the experience of going back to school and who want to have a little nostalgic moment for those scholastic days in the past. The first three are to make at home, the last two to have out and about. Read more »

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