Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Dick's, Weed, Cream Puffs and Free Beer

You know we've been having a good week when this is one of the LESS weird pictures I've got to choose from

It's been another strange week here at Voracious World HQ. I mean, sure. We've offered up plenty of the workaday news that you crave. We've told you about new gyros in Capitol Hill, free, foraged wild urban blueberries, pork fried rice on the Orient Express and the new urban farming rules taking effect in Seattle this week.

While Versus took on the diner fare (and morning beers) at Easy Street Cafe, Secrets of a Food Writer's Fridge took a look inside one of the saddest refrigerators there is--nothing but beer and cat medicine.

While the newsy half of our staff was keeping you updated on the crab meat recall affecting Washington State and the opening of new Hawaiian restaurants, the other half was making sure you didn't miss out on the vicious battle between West Seattle and Everett over who was going to get the newest Dick's location or the pictures of the newest KFC advertising ploy: plastering their logos across the shapely asses of hot college coeds. And yeah, we have pictures.

See? Told ya...

We had a couple of good fights this week. The first was over genetically modified food--in particular, the first-ever genetically modified animal being considered by the FDA for human consumption. I'll bet you can guess how the people of Seattle came down on that issue.

The second fight was between meat-eaters and vegetarians (again), all sparked by an interview with chef Tim Love (with a little help from me), and a list of all the reasons why meat is better than vegetables. I'll bet you can guess how that battle went, too.

Grillaxin' talked to chef Holly Smith about books, schools, Cafe Juanita and the Next Iron Chef.

We listed Seattle's Top Five Heart Attacks On A Plate.

There was the possibility that former Seattle Supersonics star Shawn Kemp might be opening a restaurant in Queen Anne.

And then...weed