August 10, 2010
By Lady Bird at 4:43 pm
FoodNerd experiences the typical Seattle gardener's dilemma: What to do with a bumper crop of zucchini? read more →
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April 23, 2010
By Lady Bird at 11:31 am
The recession has had one odd but happy unintended consequence for those of us without the means to drop $100 on appetizers and a couple rounds of drinks: Recession-special happy hours at swanky downtown hotels, at least two of which are offering bargain-basement prices on food and booze to lure customers in the door. read more →
March 30, 2010
By Lady Bird at 3:31 pm
Dear Dumpling Dojo, I know you’re only a “pop-up” restaurant—a temporary restaurant filling a fleeting niche in Seattle’s dining ecosystem. You’ll be gone soon enough, replaced by yet another Bank of America outpost at the former site of Siam on Broadway. Maybe you see your impermanence as a reason to ignore the sort of things [...] read more →
March 15, 2010
By Lady Bird at 6:04 pm
Last weekend’s “Mobile Food Chowdown”—an annual event held this year in the shadow of Safeco Field—promised a standoff between street food vendors between Portland and Seattle—12 food carts from Seattle, and just four from Portland. Veraci Pizza Did it deliver? Not even close—not because the vendors’ food wasn’t delicious (most was), but because the lines, [...] read more →
March 8, 2010
By Lady Bird at 5:20 pm
Seattle is far from the most difficult city to get around, and dine in, without a car. I can think of many worse ones: Houston, where I’m from; any of the small barbecue towns scattered across the Southeast; even cities like Portland, where local planners have cut 120 positions and dramatically reduced service in response [...] read more →
January 14, 2010
By Lady Bird at 12:09 pm
While I was eating $1.99 Safeway Organic tomato soup for lunch (don’t hate—it’s close to payday), here’s the menu city council members and staff were enjoying at their annual departmental retreat, held this year at the downtown Bell Harbor Conference Center: Organic Mixed Greens with Assorted Dressings Classic Caesar Salad Seasonal Fruit Salad Greek Pasta [...] read more →
By Lady Bird at 12:09 pm
While I was eating $1.99 Safeway Organic tomato soup for lunch (don’t hate—it’s close to payday), here’s the menu city council members and staff were enjoying at their annual departmental retreat, held this year at the downtown Bell Harbor Conference Center: Organic Mixed Greens with Assorted Dressings Classic Caesar Salad Seasonal Fruit Salad Greek Pasta [...] read more →
December 31, 2009
By Lady Bird at 12:57 pm
Lest readers think my M.O. is to go to restaurants on opening night and slag on them for failing to live up to my inflated expectations, take note: I waited a full week to go to the Spice Room, the new, hotly-anticipated Thai restaurant in Columbia City. And guess what? I loved it. I’m going [...] read more →
By Lady Bird at 12:27 pm
Lest readers think my M.O. is to go to restaurants on opening night and slag on them for failing to live up to my inflated expectations, take note: I waited a full week to go to the Spice Room, the new, hotly-anticipated Thai restaurant in Columbia City. And guess what? I loved it. I’m going [...] read more →
December 28, 2009
By Lady Bird at 5:34 pm
This, in no particular order and chosen somewhat arbitrarily from memory, is my list of some of the best meals I made in 2009. Tellingly, perhaps, several of them are from the now-defunct Gourmet magazine, and none are from its putative replacement*, Bon Appetit. 1. Salsa Verde Carnitas (Pork Tacos with Green Sauce) This recipe, [...] read more →
By Lady Bird at 12:25 pm
This, in no particular order and chosen somewhat arbitrarily from memory, is my list of some of the best meals I made in 2009. Tellingly, perhaps, several of them are from the now-defunct Gourmet magazine, and none are from its putative replacement*, Bon Appetit. 1. Salsa Verde Carnitas (Pork Tacos with Green Sauce) This recipe, [...] read more →
December 24, 2009
By Lady Bird at 5:47 pm
Or, FoodNerd reads the critics’ prognostications for 2010 so you don’t have to. read more →
