Keep Those Food Truck Rollin’

Danielle Custer and her soon-to-be Monte Cristo food truck

Seattle is crazy about it’s food trucks (it’s even home to the America’s Best Food Truck). This summer two new trucks will hit the scene and both are equally intriguing and have the culinary clout behind them to be the next bug thing in Seattle’s bursting mobile food scene. Monte Cristo What do you get [...]

Dining Beyond PDX

Take a seat at Nora's Table in Hood River

Guest Post by Chris Nishiwaki – Part 2 of 2 (see part one here) The Unwine’d: Celebrate Oregon Wine experience extends to points beyond Portland. Restaurants represented cover the suburbs of West Linn and Lake Oswego, to the countryside of Dayton, McMinnville, Hood River, Timberline Lodge and across the state line to Camas, Wash. This [...]

PDX Dining – Sense of Place(s)

Enjoy PDX dining at Blue Hour in The Pearl

Guest Post by Chris Nishiwaki As I write this missive on Unwine’d: Celebrate Oregon Wine I am adding this unusual spelling for this unique food and wine bacchanalia to my spell check dictionary as I plan on writing about it extensively leading up to the April 29 festivities at Left Bank Annex in Portland. You [...]

A Heaven-Sent Treat for Vegan and Gluten-Free Diners

Fried Mushrooms at St. Dames

Guest Post by Karen Rosenzweig For those that follow a vegetarian or vegan or gluten free diet, it can be rough to navigate the restaurant scene, even in Seattle. But tucked away in Columbia City,  St. Dames serves as a heaven-sent treat for these diners, offering a culinary playground full of choices to fit their [...]

Getting our Chocolate Fix, One Glass at a Time

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From truffles to heart shaped boxes full of chocolates, Valentine’s Day was made for chocoholics. We want to take a different approach to getting our chocolate fix this year and try some of the adult beverages that are becoming hugely popular. It seems that every we turn there is a new type of chocolate spirit, [...]

Dreaming of a Festive Holiday Cookie

Give the gift of cookies this holiday season

Guest Post by Anne Nisbet It’s December and visions of sugarplums are dancing in our heads at cookie|box|. Just like those sweet, rosy-cheeked children in Clement Moore’s famous Twas the Night Before Christmas, we dream of delicious treats. The best part is that when we wake up, we can bake those dreams come true! For [...]

GarLic It! for the Holidays

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Guest Post by Llance Kezner During the holidays, we love to amaze people with new twists on the ancient flavor of garlic. Our reputation is proceeding us and now party hosts are asking us to “be in charge” of their appetizers. We rarely say “no,” since we get instant feedback with any of our new [...]

Thanksgiving, One Side at a Time

What will accompany Thanksgiving turkey on your plate?

From traditional to the unexpected, Thanksgiving side dishes are an integral part of the holiday meal. Whether they bring memories of your childhood or the start of new customs, everyone has there own favorite. Recently, Leslie Kelly asked her Facebook followers what was a must for their Thanksgiving table. Here are some of the responses [...]

Stuck on You

There's nothing better than Peanut Butter - photo: peanutbutterlovers.com

Peanut butter is such a satisfying food to me. It’s creamy, salty, rich and satiating all at the same time as well as a comfort food that takes me back to my childhood. I prefer it creamy as opposed to crunchy but I’ll eat peanut butter anyway it comes. A versatile food because it’s simply great [...]

The Great Pumpkin (Cookie)

Fall is the perfect time for Pumpkin treats

With the crisp fall weather settling in the area and Halloween just two weeks away we can’t stop thinking about pumpkins, especially in food-form. Pumpkin is a versatile ingredient and star in many savory dishes but it really shines in sweet ones. Making pumpkin goodies at home is pretty easy (even for the novice baker…high [...]