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(This post is being simulcast on the Seattle PI and Tastingmenu. I encourage readers of each to check out the other. End of announcement.)I don't claim to be an expert on just about any cuisine. And having never been to mainland China, Chinese cuisin...

topics: beer, bellevue, food, menu, restaurant

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(This post is being simulcast on the Seattle PI and Tastingmenu. I encourage readers of each to check out the other. End of announcement.)If you were to ask me for my favorite food, for the last 20 years the answer would (and continues to) be sushi. ...

topics: bellevue, fish, food, restaurant, restaurants

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(This post is being simulcast on the Seattle PI and Tastingmenu. I encourage readers of each to check out the other. End of announcement.)Two weeks ago Seattle readers had a chance to shoot their arrows at my post about Ten Restaurants that Seattle N...

topics: ballard, cheese, food, menu, pizza

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(This post is being simulcast on the Seattle PI and Tastingmenu. I encourage readers of each to check out the other. End of announcement.)I do my absolute best to not judge restaurants based on how they look. Ultimately the food is all I really care ...

topics: cafe, capitol-hill, coffee, cooking, dining

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(This post is being simulcast on the Seattle PI and Tastingmenu. I encourage readers of each to check out the other. End of announcement.)As I've written about restaurants for the past seven years I have focused not only on Seattle but on restaurants...

topics: bellevue, cake, dim-sum, dining, food

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(This post is being simulcast on the Seattle PI and Tastingmenu. I encourage readers of each to check out the other. End of announcement.)With all the fuss about new ice cream shops opening in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, I wonder if Old...

topics: capitol-hill, food, menu, neighborhood, restaurant

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(This post is being simulcast on the Seattle PI and Tastingmenu. I encourage readers of each to check out the other. End of announcement.)My camera is broken. Again. How the heck can I take decent pictures of yummy food to share with you without my c...

topics: ballard, cake, food, neighborhood, restaurant

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(This post is being simulcast on the Seattle PI and Tastingmenu. I encourage readers of each to check out the other. End of announcement.)I know our task is to write about great restaurants. But in the broadest sense, our job is to alert you to ways ...

topics: cooking, food, recipe, restaurant, restaurants

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(This post is being simulcast on the Seattle PI and Tastingmenu. I encourage readers of each to check out the other. End of announcement.)Small-ish cylinder of cake. Large-ish dollop of frosting. You're talking cupcake my friend. And that's my langua...

topics: ballard, cake, restaurant

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(This post is being simulcast on the Seattle PI and Tastingmenu. I encourage readers of each to check out the other. End of announcement.)Some confessions up front. Two of my co-workers have basically moved into Volunteer Park Cafe. They work out of ...

topics: cafe, cake, capitol-hill, cheese, diner