After considerable thought, I’m out of here—please join me on Instagram and/or FB for more stuff like this!❌⭕️ seattletimes.com/life/food-d…

Seattle's massively beloved Joe Bar—in the gorgeous historic Loveless Building for 25 years (!?!?!)—will close forever October 26. I went to start to say goodbye and look at the last art show ("The End") and, well, cry☕️♥️ seattletimes.com/life/food-d…

Went to check out @canlis chef Aisha Ibrahim's Seattle favorite for dim sum—she recommends Joyale, where carts roll far and wide around the palatial space and the egg tarts are especially good and so is the bank of vending machines...🥟🫖🐙 seattletimes.com/life/food-d…

Doing a little moonlighting as… sportswriter!? If you’re ready to hop on the Seattle Mariners bandwagon, I’m here to help—how playoffz workz, what to say, what to definitely NOT say, when to drink, etc.⚾️🍻🔱💙 seattletimes.com/life/the-ba…

My phone was acting weird and it was my birthday and then all my memories/feelings surrounding chili kind of broke my brain and this is the very weird essay that resulted (with a huge shout-out to @whitneyricketts and also to my mom)🫘♥️ seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-…

Beloved place for dates/birthdays/happy hours/many martinis over the years — this one really hurts. Talked to co-owner Greg Lundgren about prospects for @vitosseattle reopening — fingers very crossed🍸♥️ seattletimes.com/life/food-d…

It’s difficult to describe Ltd Edition Sushi without sounding hyperbolic, but, truly, the otoro — tasting like a fluffy pink sunset cloud over the ocean — made me cry, just a little, a few tears out of each eye. It’s a joy to present this review 🍣🍶🍻 seattletimes.com/life/food-d…

If you’re just trying to get by, does @Costco have the best prices? (New @seattletimes story accompanied by beautiful photos of grocery basics floating in a paradisiacal blue sky by the incomparable @ErikaJSchultz🥫♥️) seattletimes.com/life/food-d…

I LIVE TO SERVE [deep bow]

Calling all fans of @pagliaccipizza’s old-school pesto pasta salad—yes, they actually discontinued it (!?!?!), and no, they won’t give out the recipe, BUT YES I have painstakingly reverse-engineered it for posterity! Travails and recipe right this way 💚 seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-…

ICYMI—so meaningful to talk about thoughtful, heartfelt and sometimes pained responses from Melissa Miranda, @Tamara_Murphy @chefwaj @CafeJuanitaWa and more yesterday on @SoundsideKUOW—here's the audio🔪📻 kuow.org/stories/seattle-che…

Hey, hi! I’ll be on @SoundsideKUOW at 8 p.m. tonight talking about @TheBearFX, and the triggering that local chefs feel from it, and the ways it portrays the restaurant industry, all THE YELLING, and more, with @libdenk🐻🔪🔥 📸 by Matt Dinerstein/FX

My story on where to get the sandwich made famous on @TheBearFX in Seattle is up and DAMN IT’S GOOD seattletimes.com/life/food-d…

Here’s the recipe for a top Seattle restaurant’s all-time-great gluten-free cake (and the weather on Tuesday looks—finally!—fine for baking)🧈♥️ seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-…

What do real chefs running real restaurants think of the high drama of @TheBearFX? The Seattle all-stars I asked have a lot—A LOT—to say, inc. @CafeJuanitaWa @Tamara_Murphy @chefwaj and many more🔥🔪🐻 seattletimes.com/life/food-d…

Here’s where we can still get Seattle’s best salad—plus 11 more things to eat when it’s too hot! seattletimes.com/life/food-d…

The doomsayers of the restaurant industry have yet to prove correct—at least in the Seattle area. New openings have bounced back, big-time, and the rate of closures continues to be lower than pre-pandemic. Lots more here—including a fire at Glo's?! seattletimes.com/life/food-d…