Several local restaurants — including Szmania's, Austin Cantina, Crow, Oriental Mart and Joule — offer counter seating where you can not only eat a great meal but watch the kitchen action.
July 11, 2008
One woman's "ethnic" food is another's home-cooking, and there's little I like more than eating like the natives — wherever those...
June 6, 2008
In and around this burg, there are many ways — and umpteen places — to enjoy a great burger.
May 9, 2008
When it comes to oysters, it's all about geography. So here's a
geography lesson for you: The Pacific Northwest is heaven on a
half-shell. And heaven help me, I can't stop eating oysters: iced down,
straight up, their precious liquor intact, hold the condiments. Here's
a half-dozen oyster bars where you'll find me happily slurping the
goods.
April 11, 2008
Late Monday afternoon, I was in a very bad mood as I was driving up Lake City Way heading into Lake Forest Park. But that all changed after...
April 9, 2008
If there's a single dish that defines comfort food for this restaurant critic, it's Asian soup noodles. Lucky me: The options around here are endless.
March 14, 2008
Yes, Easter is coming. And with it, the inevitable question: Where to brunch? But Easter is only one day out of the year, and brunch is...
March 5, 2008
At 28, chef Scott Simpson gained a fervent following as the original owner of the Blue Onion Bistro, selling upscale comfort foods and culinary kitsch in a converted gas station in the Roosevelt district. At 33, he gained acclaim for his funky-yet-formal dinner house, Fork, offering foie gras torchons and lobster corn dogs on Capitol Hill.
February 27, 2008
Holiday 2007
An astonishing number of new food-related books kindled my interest this year. I read — and reveled in — a stack that melded entertainment with enlightenment, offering an extra-big helping of history, geography and cookery. Among the highlights were the following giftables that delved into everything from food politics to food snobbery, kabocha squash to kumamotos.
December 12, 2007
Holiday 2007
Got fanatical foodies on your gift list? Here's what to get them.
December 5, 2007
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