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Hungry Hollow Farm

Hungry Hollow Farm

From Popcorn to Provincial ParadiseI have a soft spot in my heart and admiration in my soul for those who reinvent themselves. Whether it’s someone who has left a career to transition into another for transformative reasons, or an individual that has quit a...
Fundamental Coffee’s Summer Solstice Blend Release

Fundamental Coffee’s Summer Solstice Blend Release

The Fundamentals of Coffee Roasting I first met Scott McMartin about 2 years ago while writing a piece for Seattle Weekly about the local coffee roaster scene in Seattle. As a veteran of Starbucks from the early days, he’s seen the coffee business on its...
Beef Slaughter on the Olympic Peninsula

Beef Slaughter on the Olympic Peninsula

Slaughterhouse One It’s been over two years since I originally planned on writing this story and I’ve struggled with it for a very long time. The butchery of animals is a necessary component of our modern day food chain. But few ever get to experience the...
Seattle Coffee Roaster 101

Seattle Coffee Roaster 101

The Seattle Coffee Roaster Scene I am not a stereotypical Seattle coffee nerd. Admittedly, I enjoy my morning (and sometimes afternoon) cups of Joe like the majority of my Emerald City brothers and sisters. But I do not own an Aeropress, a Chemex or any other...
Reality Bites – The Economics of Running a Food Truck

Reality Bites – The Economics of Running a Food Truck

Stop Yer Bitchin’ If You’re Not In The Kitchen I recently read a story rant in a local publication that got me thinking about the business of food trucks.  The writer focused on the immaturity of Seattle’s food truck scene and complained about...
Shiro’s – Seattle’s Classic Sushi Restaurant

Shiro’s – Seattle’s Classic Sushi Restaurant

Shiro’s – Seattle’s Classic Edomae Sushi Restaurant Everything old is new again…or so the saying goes.  For those of us that have lived in Seattle for some time, we all know ‘the legend’ that is Shiro – the master sushi Chef who presiding over the counter...