The Tastiest Catch: LaDonna Gundersen

Cookbook Author and Fisherwoman, LaDonna Gunderson

From net to table, no-one knows more about catching, cooking and eating salmon than La Donna Gundersen. A commercial fisherwoman in Alaska, she has just released her new cookbook, Salmon, Desserts & Friends. During the summer, while working 18+ hours a day side by side with her husband, Ole, on their fishing boat, she needs to [...]

Summertime and the Crabbing is Easy

Atta girl! Christie Johnson of KING 5 shows off her crab haul

Guest post by Lisa Samuleson One of the many great joys of living in the Northwest (even in a less than stellar summer such as this one) is the abundance of great food and access to amazing seafood. On a recent Sunday, I strolled into my local farmer’s market and picked up some incredible peaches, [...]

Delight Dad with some foodie fun together!

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Guest post by Lisa Samuelson If you’re like me, by now you’ve been inundated with advertisements for Father’s Day gifts, many centering on BBQs and accessories, golf items, shavers, ties  or other manly things.  Kinda boring and predictable in my book.  Why not get more creative and give dad something you can both enjoy and [...]

Don’t miss the boat – perfect snacks for Opening Day!

Photo: Karen Rosenzweig

Guest post by Lisa Samuelson Opening Day, Seattle’s largest on-the-water party is set to take place this Saturday, May 7.  If you’re lucky enough to have been invited out to the log boom for the festivities and asked to bring a dish to contribute, you first need to understand a few things about boats: They [...]

Safeco Field Hits Home Run With New Cuisine

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guest post by Lisa Samuelson Take me out to the ball game…and buy me some Parisian crepes or Mexican tortugas! MY OH MY!  Safeco Field hit it out of the park this week, unveiling “The ‘Pen”, a completely remodeled area in left and center field adjacent to the home and visitor’s bullpens (formerly the Bullpen [...]

A Jewish Deli on Mercer Island? Mazel Tov!

Nothing's better than a cold corned beef sandwich and fat pickles!

Guest Post by Lisa Samuelson Sadly for those of us who live there, Mercer Island has never been known as a culinary mecca.  That’s why the announcement this week of the opening of Stopsky’s Deli in May is generating much excitement. According to their press release, Stopsky’s aims to revive and modernize the deli by [...]

Will Seattle Chefs Be Packing Their Knives For Top Chef?

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guest post by Lisa Samuelson Bravo TV rolled into town this week conducting an open casting call for Top Chef Season 9 and Top Chef Just Desserts 2 at Hotel 1000. Seattle is one of nine cities in the casting call road show. Bravo was pretty tight lipped about the process so wouldn’t divulge how many [...]