Courtney Johnson knows that the correct cheese with which to make a root beer float is Winnimere, from Jasper Hill Farm; that ...

Justin Inahara considers it his job to take coffee seriously. In exchange, he hopes that his customers will not. He started ...

Hungry for news? Welcome to our Friday Feed, where we run through all the local food and restaurant news this month—and maybe help you figure out where to eat this weekend. Ahmed Suliman’s charming ...

The margarita I ordered before dinner one golden evening at Driftwood arrived with an apple slice for a garnish. Where was the wedge of lime? The official fruit of spring break (not to mention adult ...

Most everyone who goes to Antarctica wants to cuddle a penguin. On this, his first trip to the continent, Dr. Ashley Olson is the only one in his group who actually gets to, sort of. At Brown Station ...

After finishing with a 14-3 record, winning the NFC West and clinching home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, we know that the Seattle Seahawks are good. It doesn’t take a football mastermind ...

Enter Steve Albini, the musician, sharply opinionated recording engineer—he loathed the term "producer"—and musical iconoclast who died this week at the age of 61. Albini hated the major labels, ...

In the course of a food writer’s year, trends emerge and patterns become visible. In 2025, I ate and drank my way through lists of the Seattle area’s best new restaurants, best old restaurants, ...

If you want to go to Alaska, you can get to Alaska. Cruises depart from Seattle ports every summer heading toward the great northern land of lumberjack shows and gold-panning museums. But the 49th ...

When you've seen just about all the reindeer and jolly bearded men you can handle, there's a less holiday-minded light show awaiting at the Seattle Chinese Garden. A one-mile path guides visitors to ...

The year: 2003. The state of cocktails in Seattle and beyond: Sweet concoctions that made liberal use of the suffix -tini. But in a very few places around the country, an appreciation was dawning for ...

What’s cooler than being cool? Ice, cold. And preferably drowned in syrup, condensed milk, or some other form of sweetness. It’s a standard formula for beating the heat all over the world, and even if ...