Results tagged “wholefoods”

Charity collab's with breweries. This Saturday two breweries are participating in fund raising for different organizations. Over in Lake City Beer Authority owner Barry Adams and Elysian Brewing are joining forces to support Team in Training. Benefiting Leukemia research, Team in Training will be accepting donations with each pint or growler fill of Elysian beer that's rung up. Additionally So'Do's Two Beers will be hosting a Haiti relief party, at their tasting room. more ›

Chefs Collaborative works with chefs and the greater food community to celebrate local foods and foster a more sustainable food supply. The organization will use the proceeds to fund this year's Seattle Farmer-Fisher-Chef Connection (March 1) and other efforts, such as the Quillisascut Farm School Scholarships. more ›

• Hey, Seattle--you gave Northwest Film Forum $44,000 just because they asked. That's short of the $70K they need to forestall any cuts, but still far better than a poke in the eye with a sharp film gate.
• As of October 14, you'll have a whole new Whole Foods to boycott on health care principles. Queen Anne View says the anchor tenant at the Interbay Urban Center "will feature an interactive healthy eating center, cooking classes and demonstrations, [and] a coffee shop."

Our pet has needs like any other. Good food, good walks, good rubs… what else were we missing? We went to Animal Talk Pet Shop (6514 Roosevelt Way NE) to find out. Our pet was keen to investigate the goodie-crammed store: pet food, pet treats, even the potential for new friends. Animal Talk sells cats, birds, turtles, snakes, and even a tarantula that would have been a very good friend. more ›

Mother’s Day is in some respects a “mayday, mayday.” How do we express our appreciation to our mother on Mother’s Day, and how do we so for the mother who has, if not everything, then everything she needs? “Oh, I don’t need anything more,” she always says. “Just more things cluttering up the house.” We have never purchased flowers for our mother; as much as we love flowers (especially receiving them), we prefer to express our affection in a unique and useful manner. Brunch? “Oh, if it is a nice Sunday morning, I really need to work in the yard,” our mother says. more ›

Sweet, sweet Magnolia. It seems we hardly knew ye. You were the origin of Magnolia Audio Video, whose stores now will live mostly inside Best Buy, after they close seven Magnolia stores. When we think Magnolia, we think Tom Cruise movie or Discovery Park, but thanks to the Magnolia Voice we will start thinking of the Seattle Storm, who are leasing at 12,000 square foot space in Interbay, not far from the forthcoming, right-sized Whole Foods. Now we know where to go if we want to spot Lauren Jackson picking up lunch. Magnolia, you lovely flower, my how you've bloomed! more ›

Jason over at Eat Sleep Publish has a beautiful post on net neutrality and the old vs. new economy. In Greenwood, the Food Network stopped by with cameras and Guy Fieri to film at Georgia's Greek Deli; PhinneyWood has photos. Don't try to pawn off your foreign currency on Washington state ferries, because they're not having it, reports Seattle Metblogs. Even if it is Canadian. Even Canadian quarters. Not allowed. And Slog is thinking about shoplifting, Whole Foods, and sausages in pants. (As are we all.) more ›

OLD-TIMEY MONEY-SAVING TECHNIQUES: Channel your great-grandmother and learn how to use old-timey techniques to get more for your buck at the Redmond Whole Foods class on breaking down whole chickens. It's really not that hard, and home-made chicken stock tastes lip-smackingly bright and delicious. Knowing how to handle a whole bird will boost your sex appeal by 300 percent, we can attest. But don't take our word for it: go to Redmond tonight and see for yourselves. Call (425) 881-2600, ext 3, to reserve your spot. more ›

• West Seattle Blog declares at least temporary victory against ice.
• The Central District News asks, what should replace the now infamous Lavendar Spa? Turns out the purple home that once housed happy endings with your pedicure is up for rent.
• One Seattle transit project that is on schedule? The Beacon Hill Light Rail Station. In even better news for the neighborhood the big blue wall that has blocked well, everything is coming down soon.

According to an article on King5.com, local Whole Foods stores are offering "value tours" of the store. Led by a "value guru," customers are shown an affordable way to shop for organic goods at Whole Foods. Considering our experiences and sticker shock at the store, we imagine this tour involves leading customers to the exit. more ›

Construction on the Magnolia/Interbay Whole Foods will be delayed for up to a year thanks to the shaky economy and "cash flow problems" for the fancy grocery chain, reports Magnolia Voice. In four or five weeks the site's workers will pack up and head out, leaving behind a mostly-finished exoskeleton of what will ultimately be a 12,000 sq. ft. smaller grocery store than planned. The store was slated to open in three months, just in time for Magnolites to order conveniently pre-packaged and portioned organic Thanksgiving dinners. What a shame! more ›

What's the next step? A Kenworth semi filled with cases of Maker's Mark? Stihl chain saws and Knob Creek? Evinrude outboards and Bacardi? more ›

Clinton, of course, would be a Boca-Burger. more ›

For the quarter ended Dec. 31, the company posted a 39-cent-per-share loss -- 13 times the 3-cent loss that analysts were expecting. During the same period a year ago, the company posted net income of $2 million, or 8 cents a share.

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The study, as approved by the committee, would estimate construction costs per mile and yearly operation and maintenance costs for the six lines. Among other issues, it would identify detailed street corridors, issues with construction and utility location, how the lines would fit into Metro's bus routes, estimate the number of riders and provide ways to finance the lines, which are costlier than buses. more ›

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This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer’s market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs more ›

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Foul weather holds off until Sunday afternoon, leaving plenty of time under cool gray skies for Seattlest & friends to launch a Flexcar and sail out to the farm. Once we get past Redmond, the familiar trappings fall off: shopping malls, housing developments, the last Whole Foods, the last gas station & mini-mart. more ›

Our single favorite taste characteristic in a beer is possibly smoke.....or hops.....or coffee. Well, for today it is smoke. more ›

Seattle. Portland. Which one's better? You may say: "How can you choose? Each has their good points. It's like asking which religion is better." Guess what, asshole, that Negative Nellie attitude is the reason nobody ever asks for your fucking opinion. Jerk. Yesterday, Jeremy Barker advocated the pro-Seattle position. Now, it's Portland's turn. more ›

Sometime around 1987, we plopped a big scoop of canned beats from the Burger Master salad bar onto our plate, tasted, and then promptly took a break from beets for the next twenty years. Thankfully, in the past couple of years cold roasted beets have appeared on pretty much every Seattle restaurant menu (Full Circle Farms baby beet salad, anyone?) and at last, beets have worked their way back into our hearts. more ›

When Amazon.com announced Amazon Fresh last week, it piqued some bloggers' curiosity, but we didn't spend much time thinking about it. Grocery delivery? Interesting, but we weren't going to dive in. more ›

The cholesterol in butter, whole milk and organ meats is good for you, nothing short of brain food, while industrial food makes you sick. more ›

What would most modern-day companies do if they found out that a competitor had a product with the same name as their own? Most companies would sue the hell out of each other. more ›

Donna Giordano, a 25-year veteran of the of the grocery wars, has a lot to say about what's for dinner. As president of QFC, she runs 77 supermarkets in Washington and Oregon. But QFC is part of the giant Kroger Corp, and only a tiny part at that, so she has to convince the bean counters back in Cincinnati that Seattle shoppers care about quality. more ›

Jesse Thorn, member of sketch comedy group Prank the Dean, produces his public radio show from his own living room in Los Angeles. At first, Seattlest thought that was code for "I am unemployed and play a lot of XBox" but it turns out he actually does have a radio show (this is still ambiguous on the "unemployed" detail), and even more to the point: it is very good. more ›

It's a huge menu, somewhere between "too many notes" and "there's got to be a pony in there somewhere." Chef Bruce Dillon, most recently in Florida, offers an almost overwhelming panoply of Indian, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, Cuban, and Carribbean flavors at the soon-to-open Marazul. Perched atop Whole Foods, adjacent to the Pan Pacific Hotel, the restaurant's 170 indoor seats focus inward on a wood-and-copper décor that suggests palm trees and a whiff of the exotic. more ›

Redmond High School boys' basketball team, we're sorry. Please let us supply some explanation for why grown men, with jobs and credit ratings and retirement accounts, a couple of whom have been to second base with a girl, would heckle a group of teenagers. We really meant only to have one beer before the game, but our choice of Jolly Roger Christmas Ale tapped out the keg at Pies and Pints, so the bartender gave... more ›