You may recall our recommendation to take a road trip to the Gig Harbor Wine and Food Festival recently, and maybe you even had a chance to enjoy the Celebrity Chef Cook-Off. But if life kept you closer to home, here's what went down. more ›

It's almost impossible to keep a pulse on the plethora of food related events and happenings in Seattle. Seattlest weeds through the multitude of options and brings YOU the cream of the crop in our weekly column, Food Frenzy. We've got the beat on special restaurant events, booze-related happenings, cooking classes and basically anything food-related because what's not love about eating and drinking in our city? more ›

We like flowcharts almost as much as gimmicky 50-state maps. Our brethren at Chicagoist alerted us to Foodzie's helpful guide to buying your man an edible or inebriating Valentine's Day gift (or not).
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Re:Take is a weekly look at the Emerald City now and in days of yore through photos dug out of the city archives. This week Seattle's arterials clog with 40k pounds of bacon. more ›

A behind the scenes look at the pizza artisans at Delancey in action. more ›

Seattle's own enfant terrible, Gabriel Claycamp (well, not exactly terrible but kinda naughty nonetheless, what with serving wine at his Culinary Communion cooking classes without the proper licenses) finally seems to have his shit together. That would be his pigshit, just so you know. Yes, the long-awaited Swinery, Temple of Porcine Love, is now open in West Seattle. Our friend Jacqueline Pruner sends a few pix that show what seems to be a shack, but inside there's a lovingly stocked meat case. more ›

There are many bacon-based or -flavored products out there, and the AV Club has selflessly taste tested a number of them over the past few months. And we've noticed a trend: Many of the ones that are actually good come from Seattle. Bacon Salt? Basically positive. Baconnaise? Better still. Bakon "premium bacon-flavored vodka"? Better than homemade. (That same test confirmed that Bacon Salt beats non-local Bacon Freak seasoning.) And the best review of all came today, when the AV Club confirmed that Skillet's Bacon Jam is super-goddamn-tasty, in both peanut-butter-and-bacon-jam and grilled-cheese-with-bacon-jam sandwich form. Clearly, Seattle knows bacon, so we proclaim ourselves Bacon Capital of the US. Just in time for the trend to die. (Oh, and sorry about the bacon mints.) more ›

"Bacon Explosion!!! As American as Apple Pie" by capnsurly , from our Flickr pool more ›

Black Rock Spirits, a Seattle-based distiller, is releasing bacon-flavored vodka, artfully named "Bakon." The only place it's sold in town is Belltown Bistro (thus far). Seriously, we have nothing to add to this, other than to point out that the bacon ship has already sailed. more ›

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• The Puget Sound will be a playground for the Seattle Tugboat Race Championships at Saturday's Maritime Festival.
• The zoo says it's not their bird on the loose. So who is missing an exotic yellow-ish bird?
• Sustainable Ballard's nifty-looking contest-winning custom-designed bike rack will adorn the corner of 22nd and Ballard Ave.

We've already declared Seattle a Chocolopolis. To that, we add that Seattle is also a Baconopolis. Especially tonight, when Tom Douglas hosts what he's calling "bacon's biggest social event ever." more ›

When Culinary Communion closed last month, they announced that their Lunch Counter and Swinery elements would remain open. However, Beacon Hill Blog reports that the Lunch Counter just lost its lease--and the Swinery is in an increasingly tight spot as it tries to sell its last month's worth of delicious bacon legally. Sad, but there's an upside: The Swinery is selling "Bacon Pimp" t-shirts, free with your purchase of 50 or more pounds of their bacon. Early stocking stuffer idea? We emphatically believe so. more ›

Lunchbox Laboratory, Ballard, Seattle (23) by pouryourheartintoit more ›

Bacon is a $2 billion industry in America. Jimmy Dean lives in half of all home refrigerators; rashers of Swift are consumed in astounding quantities, and never more than in these tough times. Bacon consumption is up, over the past ten years, by a pound per person (to 17.9 pounds for every man, woman and child in the country). And how are restaurants responding? Duh, pass the bacon! Bacon on burgers, steaks, pancakes, in sandwiches, even woven into a tapestry upon which more bacon-laden foods can be served. more ›

One pancake house goeth, and another strip club cometh; but Aurora's tackiness abideth forever. Looks like Bob Davis, the guy who's plunking down cash for Cyndy's Pancake House, will be turning the into a kitchen-equipped strip club come spring. Seattlest knows not a few rappers who will be very happy at the prospect of food plus sexy naked ladies, that's for sure. Mmmm, bacon and boobs! Two of life's greatest pleasures, right? Together at last. more ›

• Did somebody say bacon? Yes, someone--Beacon Hill Blog, to be exact--actually said the magic words: half a ton of bacon-y goodness.
• Capitol Hill Seattle has a handy list of tips and facts called "everything you need to know about snow on the Hill."
• While CHS gave us a thoughtful list, Hillku gives us a panicked haiku entitled "Cap Hill Snow Death Watch 2008!!!"

Last month, we were in Castine, Maine, savoring a lobster roll sandwich not far from where the crustaceans are caught. Not much atmosphere: picnic tables, self-service, wet naps, and static-filled music from a portable radio. But the sandwich was good. more ›

You may or may not have seen the most recent InTouch, page 23 of which featured Katy Perry and Gwen Stefani dressed up as fried eggs over easy and Tori Spelling and family in bee costumes. Surreal, right? Our lunch break was much improved by this trippy sighting. more ›

Private dinner club Caché took the past couple months off from hosting delectably intimate, gourmet family-style dinners to do a few little things, like get married, move into a new house, and get themselves named one of the top "secret suppers" in the country. The nerve! But last week they announced that they're back up and running--only now they've moved from a Belltown work/livespace to a craftsman in Columbia City. This weekend, they kick off their first meal back with a monumental theme: Bacon is the New Black, featuring their internet-famous bacon-wrapped bacon. Drool over the upcoming menus. Reservations can be made at info@cacheseattle.com, as long as you keep it hush-hush, on the QT. more ›

• In the circle we run in, the word/topic/obsession du jour is bacon. It seems everywhere we turn, someone is lauding the delicious versatility of this once-breakfast-only meat. Proving that bacon is not just for breakfast anymore, the Food Network visited Archie McPhees last week to discuss this veritable (and in the case of some of their products, literal) meat candy.
• The Central District News is covering the bane of our existence: cable internet service in the Central District. We were shocked when moving in to the neighborhood three years ago that only one company offered cable set-up and service in the CD...the shady one. Three years later nothing has changed, Comcast still won't serve the CD, and our internet service and cable connection is as flickering and inconsistent as ever.
• Seattle is still the best place to have a heart attack, and as our first aid teacher often told us, the worst place to just faint. Ready for some unnecessary, rib-breaking CPR?

In the hopes that wishful thinking will help extend the summer weather in Seattle, we want to share our recommendation for a quintessential Seattle way to cool off on those coming hot September days. more ›

7 & 5 by ♫ Krisken more ›

If you avoided Seattle Center last weekend because of Bite of Seattle crowds, you'll want to make the trip this Saturday or Sunday for weekend two of 14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival. 14/48 premieres 14 brand new plays. Plays are written, rehearsed, and scored by a live band, all within a mere 48 hours. The choices you see tend to be big, bold, and innovative. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes crappy, 14/48 is a no-holds barred experience, not to be missed. more ›

STEP UP YOUR BRUNCH GAME: Brunch for Seattlest usually means stumbling to the closest eggs-and-bacon joint, slamming some coffee, and thanking God we didn't have to put on real clothes for the occasion. But we will make an exception and actually dress up (ish) for a fancy weekend brunch, now offered at the Saint, if only for the opportunity to taste Tecate-marinated Carne con Huevos (yum) and sip on a house mimosa. The Saint's from the classy people at Havana, so we're sure brunch here will wake you up and calm you down in style. more ›

So says the P-I:

U.S. troops in Muslim nations where pig-eating is a religious no-no, have been requesting the local startup's product, dreamed up by two guys who stayed up late into the night brainstorming in 2006, to sprinkle on their MREs and anything else edible overseas.

The last time we told you about Bacon Mints, Archie McPhee's attempt to test the notion that everything tastes better with bacon, we quoted someone who worked there. "Disturbingly delicious," they declared. more ›

We've heard -- at least 2280 times -- that bacon makes everything better. But seriously: bacon mints? Bacon mints? Archie McPhee's new candy is certainly demented, but is it genius?

Each one of these mints tastes like a delicious slice of crispy bacon with just a hint of mint flavor to give it that extra punch! It may sound weird but once you taste it, you'll see that mint and bacon is a match made in China.