We're deep in the heart of the summer and zucchini is getting cheaper every week. We're talking 99 cents a pound cheap. And if you've got a neighbor growing zucchini, it might just be free. This zucchini pizza with feta and garlic was inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi's latest Guardian column in which he celebrates his love for…
James Beard award winning chef Chris Bianco's new cookbook, BIANCO, demystifies the pizza fundamentals that made him a big papa of artisanal pizza, and delivers simple, straightforward recipes in which the ingredients are as important as the intention.
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A few years ago we visited Phoenix for a wedding. Other than the nuptials, Pizzeria Bianco was on…
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5 stars
In The Marriage Pact, a therapist and his musician-turned-lawyer wife find themselves invited to join a secretive, exclusive community dedicated to ensuring a successful marriage that lasts forever. By any means necessary.
Set against a backdrop of San Francisco Bay Area affluence,…
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Romancing the Podcast: In an age where you’re more likely to text than actually call someone on the phone, Jules and James is a delightful way to eavesdrop on an accidental, then ongoing, conversation.
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I’ve been waiting (and waiting, and waiting) for a serial fiction podcast…
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Birthday. Booze. Boys. Tragedy. Revenge. Mid-life Crises. Comeuppance. Robyn Harding's The Party exposes when what *looks* perfect is terribly, terribly flawed.
3.5 stars
The Party opens on the day of Hannah Sanders’ 16th birthday, diving right into establishing the family dynamic. Dad Jeff is a…
Cucumber, Celery and Apricots with Pistachios from Josh McFadden's Six Seasons.
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2017 seems poised to deliver a bumper crop of vegetable cookbooks. Josh McFadden, chef of Portland's Ava Gene's, rolled out Six Seasons in May; Chef Jenn Louis' Book of Greens and Jeremy Fox's On Vegetables both came…
The Lakehouse opens today at the Lincoln Square Expansion in Bellevue. Helmed by Jason Wilson, chef-owner of Seattle's Miller's Guild, the restaurant is an elegant interpretation of northwest vacation homes of the past. It reads like an architect's getaway with artisan touches throughout the space, from hand thrown stoneware dishes to custom knives made by a bladesmith in…
Forget he loves me, he loves me not. In Dating You Hating You, it's, "I'll get the job, I'll get the job not."
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In Dating You Hating You, Evie and Carter are talent agents who hit it off at a party and then find themselves competing for a single job.…
On a recent episode of the Seattle Kitchen podcast, Chefs Tom Douglas and Bridget Charters were talking summer grilling tips and Tom mentioned panzanella salad with grilled flank steak as a perfect one dish meal. Everything about it sounded delicious -- greens, mozzarella, asparagus, basil vinaigrette. It was all the suggestion I needed.
We ate a…
Feast Portland's 2017 schedule goes live one week from today on June 1 at 9 a.m. PT. What we know so far is the event runs September 14-17 and Feast's Main Events -- Sandwich Invitational, Night Market, Smoked!, the Grand Tasting and Brunch Village -- will return. The event will also feature more intimate gatherings, including…
