This is what you can expect to see strolling through the streets on a chilly winter's day in Capitol Hill Seattle. Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

Living in Seattle I have become accustomed to gray skies but this was the most intense I had seen in a while. This would have been so much more dramatic to catch on video so you can see the movement and the color change that happened in short amount of time. Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

This Wednesday 10/6 from 5-6pm: Mix a little art with a creative drink and small bites at TASTE Restaurant and Events. Make plans to welcome a new exhibit by local Japanese-born Etsuko Ichikawa. Ichikawa moved to Seattle back in 1993 and once worked as a studio assistant for Dale Chihuly prior to becoming a full time artist. Taste Restaurant will be hosting the opening reception. The TASTE bartenders create a new cocktail for each art installation. For Etsuko Ichikawa’s exhibit, bartenders, Duncan & Inga, created: The Wabi Sabi cocktail 1/3 ounce of Balsamic Gastrique 1/4 ounce of Pomegranate syrup 1... Continue reading

On weekends I like to relax and often I leave the breakfast/brunch-making to the skilled hand of others. Sometimes I even let others choose where to go by opening it up to my FB & Twitter friends to make suggestions. Today it's my choice and I picked one of my favorite ultra casual spot near Capitol Hill. It's been about a month since I've been here and today I see a new menu and find out there has been a change in ownership... uh-oh. This may not be a good thing. Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

On weekends I like to relax and often I leave the breakfast/brunch-making to the skilled hand of others. Sometimes I even let others choose where to go by opening it up to my FB & Twitter friends to make suggestions. Today it's my choice and I picked one of my favorite ultra casual spot near Capitol Hill. It's been about a month since I've been here and today I see a new menu and find out there has been a change in ownership... uh-oh. This may not be a good thing. Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

See the full gallery on Posterous My FB friends chose my brunch adventure yesterday. Got a lot of votes for The Harvest Vine so I checked it out. Great service - cozy bar seating puts you right in the action & fantastic Spanish style brunch options. It is on the pricey side though. Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

p111.mov Watch on Posterous I had to capture today on video. Shot from the International District of Seattle. Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

I'm visiting the family in Des Moines, IA and I found the go-to bakery cafe in town - La Mie (http://www.lamiebakery.com/). They have a wonderful selection of pastries and fresh bread as well as a solid menu for lunch and dinner. Yesterday I tried their take on s'mores. It was very good, but the chocolate to marshmallow to graham cracker ratio fell in favor of a rich chocolate & walnut layer. It was almost too much. I do prefer a bit more marshmallow. Tasty none-the-less. It's true nothing beats the traditional s'mores, but I like trying new creative variations on... Continue reading

Today is the first day of winter,but we're no strangers to cold temperatures. Seattle has been unusually cold at times. When the temperature drops I crave warm, hearty dishes. Soup is at the top list. I'm eager to make a Ribollita soup - white cannellini beans mixed with tomato, veggies, toasty bread and Parmesan all on one bowl. How about you? What are you craving? Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

Got a note in email about this, I'm sure the 200+ photos are gorgeous... We are excited to announce the first book from Next Restaurant is available today, exclusively on the iBookstore. Paris: 1906 is a complete, uncompromising guide to reproducing the 4-star opening menu of chefs Grant Achatz and David Beran. This digital book includes: Recipes: exact recipes for every dish served, as documented by our chefs Photos: over 200 full-color photographs Video: a video of table-side duck press service Essays: short essays by the chefs describing the key dishes and concepts This full-color, stunning, illustrated book is designed... Continue reading

As I stepped outside one day, I noticed this interesting carton on the street. There was a bit of irony as the carton made a loud claim that "Boxed Water Is Better" whilst littering the street. I did a bit of research and it turns out this carton hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan. There's a lot of thought being given to how we can minimize the negative impact to our environment and that is precisely what young entrepreneur Benjamin Gott had in mind with his Michigan-based start up. His goal for the company is to create sustainable packaging that also... Continue reading

Cal Anderson Park - May 2011 Capitol Hill neighborhood Seattle, WA Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

Capitol Hill neighborhood, Seattle, WA April 2011 Pine Street (between Belmont & Boylston) Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

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Taylor Shelfish Farms, which opened it's doors in Capitol Hill on July 21, 2011, was a great addition to Melrose Market. What a lot of people are just getting turned on to is the fact that you not only can buy a selection of fresh oysters, clams and the ever perplexing goeduck, but it's also a great spot for lunch & or maybe even a light dinner. I stopped in not too long ago to chat with Tom Stocks, assistant manager, and got a dozen hand selected and shucked oysters and fantastic glass of wine. They also have one or... Continue reading

If you haven't seen much of me these past few weeks it's because I've been busy working on launching an exciting social dining journey in Seattle. Last month I started working for Dishcrawl. Dishcrawl is a national start-up founded on the premise that communities can be brought together through good food and good company, four restaurants in one night. We're rapidly expanding into new markets and Dishcrawlers can currently join monthly progressive food adventures in San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Ottawa, San Jose, Toronto, the Tri-Valley Area, and the Peninsula. Dishcrawl is currently headquartered in the Silicon Valley. Next on... Continue reading

While working hard on the Dishcrawl Seattle launch, I had the opportunity to take a bit of a break and headed to Portland. Dishcrawl Portland launched successfully last month and this past Tuesday I joined their second crawl. We explored NE Alberta Street in northeast Portland with a very social group of 38 food enthusiasts! Our first stop was The Grilled Cheese Grill. Co-owner Matt Breslow was a gracious host. This food cart spot features outdoor seating and the School Bus. Located on 1027 NE Alberta this is the original location. More recently they added a second location in southeast... Continue reading

The Stranger had an "I, Anonymous" (QUIT YER YELPING) a while ago that caught my attention. It is true, there are some horrible reviews out there from many who fail at basic English grammar. Comments at times are ludicrous and perhaps have little to do with how well an establishment delivers its core product or service. The concept of Yelp is admirable, but I personally place little value on what people write. I feel like it's noise and doesn't necessarily represent how well a business delivers products or services to consumers. Many of the reviews that I've read are not... Continue reading

A sweet surprise delivered directly from Paris :) Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

Seriously, this looks like it was so fun to make! What a fantastic keepsake that everyone had a part in. joya and emre | wedding music video from David Robin on Vimeo. Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

Keep an eye out becuase you may soon see the DRY Soda Tasting Truck touring your neighborhood soon. This past Monday (5/2/11), DRY Soda hosted a little party. I got to check out their truck and tasted a few of their DRY Soda flavors. The highlight was the creative DRY Soda cocktails! Can't wait for the truck to hit Seattle in full force. I also heard that there might soon be an phone app that will help you find the closest spot to buy DRY Soda. Want to know where the DRY Soda Tasting Truck is headed next? Find DRY... Continue reading

This weekend Seattle's Washington State Convention & Trade center was host to Sakura-con, the oldest and most well attended anime convention in the Pacific Northwest, now in its 14th year. There were plenty of attendees in costume. It was fantastic to see such creativity and all were ready to show it off. See the full gallery on Posterous Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

It was opening weekend for Marination Station in Capitol Hill Seattle this past weekend. The location is great, but also a little quirky. Marination Station makes it home on the corner of Broadway and Pike above the QFC grocery store. It also happens to be next door neighbors to a most baffling Chinese restaurant, Little Shanghai. Baffling because that place has been open for years,is never busy and yet somehow it's still around...just a bit suspicious. Unlike its neighbor however, Marination Station is going to have no problems staying busy. I had the chance to stop in this weekend to... Continue reading

Found this app online and can't stop creating random music patterns. There's no way to share the music patterns that you make but if you take a screenshot of your pattern, you can share that with friends who can recreate it to listen to your tune or make their own. I am warning you though, you may be playing around with this for hours... Posted via email from feast! Continue reading

One year ago today, I rallied together sixteen Seattle-area restaurants asking them to donate much needed financial aid towards the relief efforts in Haiti. It was a proud moment to see such a fantastic response. Download now or watch on posterous Dine_Out_Seattle_for_Haiti_01-24-10.wmv (14308 KB) It was not possible for all of us to travel to Haiti to assist with relief efforts, but many of us still had a tremendous impact on getting this island country the help they needed. Local artist Jesse Link created a poster for the event to help spread the word. Then on Sunday January 24the 2010,... Continue reading