This week, we're feeling a little sweet-centric. With National S'more Day on August 10 and a pie-pop up at Cakespy, it's tough not to have desserts on the brain. Plus, we are cider fanatics and super excited about the fete at Bottlehouse Saturday. BOKA joins pretzel mania with their balls and want you to try them this Friday. What a delicious week! 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 ›

Today brings a flurry of food related news, locally and nationally. more ›

Superhero infighting, Black Friday shopping and more troubles for Nickelsville, all in our holiday weekend news roundup. more ›

We're long overdue in telling you that, earlier this week, Maria Hines of Tilth Restaurant won the James Beard award for Best Chef Northwest. You'll recall that Maria was part of an amazing, collaborative dinner featuring all of the nominees. Her Skagit River Ranch pork cheek with trotter cake, charcroute, and parmesan broth was fabulous, and illustrative of her local, organic approach to cooking. more ›

New Salted Caramel Cupcakes at Cupcake Royale by cakespy more ›

A friend of Seattlest sent us a link to Cakespy's examination of the history of the ubiquitous pink frosted cookie. Turns out "ubiquitous" only applies in the Seattle area:

If you don't live in Seattle, you might not even know about this cookie (while it exists elsewhere, we've never seen it in quite the same proliferation in our assorted travels); even if you do live in Seattle, you might not have stopped to question why it is that this confection is always around--gas stations, delis, grocery stores, drugstores--everywhere!