Take Your Taste Buds on a Culinary Tour

The culinary bounty of the Olympic Peninsula

Hear all about the Olympic Peninsula Culinary Tour on TableTalk Radio here. Check out even more photos from the Olympic Peninsula on our Facebook page. Our region’s culinary scene isn’t limited to just Seattle. Venture across the sound to the Olympic Peninsula and you will find a bevy of farms, wineries and other producers that [...]

Seattle’s Culinary Scene Heats Up the Airwaves

Join Chef Tom and Chef Thierry in Seattle's Kitchen

Seattle has long been a food mecca for both residents and visitors to the city. Now its not limited to just restaurants, food trucks and sidewalk carts. The culinary scene in Seattle is quickly infiltrating both radio and television airwaves with new shows popping up each month (and the rumor that Top Chef might call [...]

Where You Lead, I Will Follow: Previewing Restaurant Bea

Restaurant Bea owners Tom Black and Kate Perry

I first met Tom Black when he was the chef at Fuller’s (a former fine dining restaurant at the Seattle Sheraton) in 1998. He came to the restaurant to work under A-list chef Monique Barbeau. I then followed Tom’s cooking journey over to Woodinville when he became the Executive Chef at the new Barking Frog [...]

Unwine’d with Oregon Wine

Discover Oregon wines at Unwine'd - April 29!

TableTalk BONUS!! Get a 20% discount on tickets for Unwine’d by using the discount code TableTalk when purchasing. With Spring here and everyone coming out of hibernation mode now is the perfect time to get out and explore the riches of the Northwest, especially when it comes to wine regions. The upcoming Unwine’d: Celebrate Oregon [...]

One Voracious Appetite

Guests at the 2011 Voracious Tasting and Food Awards

Food, booze and live entertainment…what else do you need for a great night out? If this sounds like your cup of tea (or martini glass of gin) get your tickets now for Seattle Weekly’s Voracious Tasting & Food Awards at Paramount Theatre on April 5. This is one of the best tasting events in Seattle [...]

Experience a World of Wine

Seattle Food and Wine Experience 2011 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall.

The holidays are just around the corner but we are already thinking about 2012 and the exciting events that are happening. The number one event we are looking forward to is the Seattle Wine and Food Experience, a wine tasting adventure for your taste buds, that features more than 100 wineries, from around the world. [...]

Tales from Seattle Chefs

The Book Larder

A new batch of Seattle-based cookbooks have hit the shelves recently (adding to the couple dozen or so that already exist) running the gamut from sushi and cakes to homecooking and comfort foods. With this much success in our city it’s easy to see why Seattle is becoming a Mecca that foodies are flocking to. [...]

Sprouting a New Food Love

I'm learning to love brussel sprouts

There are some food items that you just don’t like. Whenever they are offered up it’s a big “no thanks.” A couple standouts for me are cooked okra and Brussels sprouts. And while not a vegetable, I will add to that the slimy duck tongue that I had a chance to sample the other night [...]

A $10,000 Chicken Recipe!

Trevor and Ron Foster

I’ve had a delightful time following the yearlong Foster Farms Recipe Contest starting with the judging at Kathy Casey Food Studios back in August. This was the second year of the contest that covers the West Coast and includes Seattle, Portland and California. Folks like you and I can submit their best recipes with chicken [...]

City Girl Meets Her Dinner at The Farm (pt 2 of 2)

The One Goat

Usually when I am referring to an “intimate” dinner, it’s one I am sharing with my husband Benson and it refers to the deep conversation that happens over the sharing of food at the table. But today, the word “intimate” has a whole new meaning.  My recent trip to Quillisascut Farm School for a writer’s [...]