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Eric Rivera – An Open Book

Eric Rivera – An Open Book

Eric Rivera – Chef at The Bookstore Bar and Café Welcome back to the Chef interview series on The Hungry Dog Blog! After a long hiatus, I’ve decided to get back to what started this blog – writing in-depth profiles of some of the best Chefs in the Pacific...
Brady Lowe – The Man Behind Cochon 555

Brady Lowe – The Man Behind Cochon 555

The Bacchanal of Pork – Cochon 555 You won’t find Brady Lowe on the Food Network or with his own TV show touting greasy food and donkey sauce. No, he’s no celebrity chef. However, if you are any type of food lover that is persuaded by the mere...
Ryan Ross of Supper Corps

Ryan Ross of Supper Corps

Building Relationships through Food Over the past several years I’ve made it a mission to meet many of the top chefs in the Pacific Northwest.  I’ve interviewed them and told their life stories as it relates to food with a good degree of success.  These discussions...
Chef Lisa Nakamura – Gnocchi Maestro

Chef Lisa Nakamura – Gnocchi Maestro

Lisa Nakamura – Patience, Persistence, Perseverance Personified There are a lot of traits that exemplify many of the Chefs that I’ve interviewed to date. Passionate.  Hardworking. Talented. Driven. Exhausted. Tough. Realistic. Strong-willed. Demanding. Humble. The...
An Interview with Dana Tough and Brian McCracken

An Interview with Dana Tough and Brian McCracken

*Authors Note – Both Spur Gastropub and The Old Sage have closed in Q3 2016 It Takes Two Dana Tough and Brian McCracken are food industry veterans that have worked in the trenches for years.  They are the founders of several well-known Seattle culinary ventures...
Nick Novello’s Road to Culinary Freedom

Nick Novello’s Road to Culinary Freedom

There’s a new chef in town at Skillet Diner and his name is Nick Novello Fans of Skillet Diner come in two forms: Long-time patrons remember the early days of seeking out the once elusive Airstream trailer while waiting in cold, rainy morning lines down SODO...