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First Call: The Copper Gate and the Opposite of Phallic

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:05:52

First Call is a weekly Voracious feature in which we walk into a bar and ask the bartender to make us his or her favorite drink. Watering Hole: The Copper Gate (6301 24th Ave NW Seattle). A we...

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Local Thanksgiving Bird With a Side of Irony

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:23:29

As reported last week, the proposed 2010 King County budget cuts could completely eliminate Puget Sound Fresh, the consumer education program promoting local food and farms. Among PSF's biggest...

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Farmers Market Eggs With Your Name on Them

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:36:08

If you're tired of getting up early to reach the farmers market before your favorite stand runs out of eggs and chicken, consider signing up for seasonal delivery of locally grown, organically ...

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Things You Learned on Voracious This Week: Tipping, Tom Douglas, and Eating Dogs

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:34:40

-- 30 meals for $30 is actually a much better deal than 25 for $25. -- If Jonathan Kauffman were a boxer, he'd bite your ear, eat your children, and then go after your dog. -- Longans taste ...

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A Peanut Sniffing Labradoodle Named Roxie

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:31:59

It's not quite Where the Red Fern Grows, but it's pretty damn close. They train dogs to sniff bombs, drugs, and even DVDs. Now they're training dogs to help children with peanut allergies lead normal ...

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Deals: Anchovies & Olives...and Oysters, Caswell Cooks One Night a Week

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:52:10

Dine Around Seattle isn't the only deal in town right now. Anchovies & Olives' Oyster Power Hour - The restaurant is too damn dark already at 5:00 p.m. for a photo, but every day from 5:00 to 6:00 p...

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Review Roundup: The Times Braves the Bravern, The Stranger Hunts Down Porn & Pizza (Again)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:24:59

The Seattle Times' Nancy Leson gives some love to Wild Ginger's new Bellevue location, reminiscing over the 20 years she's been dining at the Seattle restaurant. The LCB might want to take note...

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Savour Is Coming to Ballard Ave.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:02:23

The tough economy continues to lead people to make all kinds of creative choices. Case in point: Savour, a gourmet food shop soon to open at 2242 N.W. Market Street in Ballard. It's the brainchild of ...

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Non Sequitur: Deja Vu at QFC

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:12:17

You know that scene in Ratatouille when tasting that namesake dish the critic is transported through a memory vortex to childhood? This tableau at QFC did that to me. 1980 to be exact. Times we...

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Rumors of Benbow Rising Half True, Heartland Coming to Admiral

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:24

The sunny yellow exterior of The Heartland Café (4210 S.W. Admiral Way) is coming together, but much work needs doing on the interior of the new restaurant next to the Shipwreck Tavern in the A...

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Got Two Hours to Spare?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:33:22

Good news (especially for all you oh-so-proud non-television owning types out there): the full-length video of the recent PBS special The Botany of Desire is now available online. Based on Mich...

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Oyster New Year: Maybe Next Year

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:09

If you think putting on a $75-a-head dinner is a risky proposition in this economy, think again. Sorry to say, Elliott's Oyster New Year (30 varieties of oyster, 50 wines, live music), set to ...

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The Food Section: American Wine Prices Plummet, BPA Found in Most Canned Food

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:18:16

The New Yorker runs a profile of LA Weekly restaurant critic and Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Gold, a man who drives 20,000 miles a year and consumes obscene quantities of food hunting down L...

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Beveridge Place's IPA Cask-O-Rama Begins Tonight

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:07:09

With Washington the hop center of the beer-making universe (or so it can seem), tonight through Saturday Beveridge Place Pub hosts a wholly democratic IPA (India pale ale) tasting. If it's made in Was...

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Culture & Giving: After Hours at S.A.M., Happy Hour for Hope

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:45:57

SAM After Hours Tonight - On certain Thursdays and Fridays after the work day and sometimes late into the night, the Seattle Art Museum hosts an assortment of lectures, DJs, and readings. Tonig...

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