Minding the Store
Spruce up your place with floor models priced to sell.
By Alison Brownrigg | February 5, 2009
Minding the Store
These frozen treats are just the thing to warm your heart this Valentine's Day.
By Alison Brownrigg | February 4, 2009
Daily Find
I tend to pay close attention to chocolate, as it's one of my favorite things to eat. I've been seduced by bars laced with bacon and dusted with crispy bread crumbs; intrigued by a range of percentages of cacao; and conducted taste tests to find out the difference between chocolates from Madagascar, Argentina and Ghana. But I have never seen or eaten more gorgeous, refined or seductively subtle chocolates as those made by local chocolatier Janet Shimada for her line, Cadeaux Chocolates.
By Alison Brownrigg | January 30, 2009
Daily Find
For many people, pie is one of the most evocative foods -- invoking
sensory memories of Mom, a specific season or a holiday. Food writer
M.F.K. Fisher says of people and their favorite pie, "They can taste it
on their mind's tongue..." and it's true. And what goes better with pie than coffee? It's a classic combination. That's the premise behind Fuel Coffee
shop owner Dani Cone's newest venture, High 5 Pie, launched on Dec. 15,
2008. Cone describes her pies as "classics that never go out of style,"
and adds that "in tough times people want to simplify and go back to
basics." Pies allow for that, adding daily by-the-slice sweetness for
not a lot of dough when the going gets rough.
By Alison Brownrigg | January 27, 2009
Daily Find
I aspire to do many things: repaint my kitchen, wallpaper my bathroom
and reupholster some immense wingback chairs that are currently
catching dust in my attic. While I have the best of intentions to get
all those tasks accomplished, they keep getting pushed lower and lower
on my to-do list as things like parenting, working and sleeping take
precedence. When I do get around to reupholstering those chairs, though, the fabric will most definitely be coming from Bainbridge Blues, a Bainbridge Island-based textile company run by friends and business partners Liz Le Dorze, Mudge Mair and Frances Nunes.
By Alison Brownrigg | January 23, 2009
Minding the Store
Shop early for the best deals at the annual Rejuvenation Factory Seconds Sale.
By Alison Brownrigg | January 14, 2009
Daily Find
The country of Georgia has been cultivating wine grapes
since 7000 B.C., making it the oldest wine-producing area known. Until recently, it was difficult to find these wonderfully dry and rustic old-world style European wines in the U.S. Now, Seattle buyers can find these spectacularly valued wines in such local stores as Whole Foods, Esquin Wine Merchants, University Village QFC and West Seattle Cellars; and by the glass at Union and Purple Café and Wine Bar.
By Alison Brownrigg | January 15, 2009
Daily Find
Northwest designer Nathan Christopher is creating furniture for the
future through a seamless mix of old and new. Christopher works with
reclaimed wood from barns, schools, and other condemned or abandoned
buildings, shaping it and piecing it back together into stunningly
simple tables, benches and chairs.
By Cybele Phillips | January 5, 2009
Holiday 2008
If there's a foodie in your life, no doubt they get really
excited about condiments like salt and pickles. What might seem like mundane
kitchen staples to you sparks a flicker of anticipatory deliciousness in their
eyes. Here's a roundup of affordable condiments created by local chefs, perfect
last-minute holiday gifts for the epicureans among us.
By Alison Brownrigg | December 24, 2008
Holiday 2008
No doubt you've seen displays of imported Panettone pop up
in stores during the holiday season. Panettone is sweet bread studded with
raisins and candied citrus peel enjoyed throughout Italy during Christmastime.
By Alison Brownrigg | December 18, 2008
