It's finally eggplant season at the farmers markets. And the farmers markets are still here, despite the uncooperative weather. So here's one way to hold onto summer by celebrating the humble but lovely eggplant. more ›

Crispy, flaky, fluffy pastry surrounds your choice of 9 fillings in Pampeana's baked empanadas. more ›

Here are a few of our suggestions for celebrating Farmers Market Week (August 7-13th). more ›

What's your bag? Shopping? Skanking? Snarky politics? Whatever you're into, Wednesday's got it. more ›

Technically, the songwriter was his brother Dana, but so what. Zachary does PR for local markets these days and works with the Seattle Chefs Collaborative. He just sent this out: more ›

There is something so satisfying about the crisp snap of the first bite into an apple that makes soft, mealy apples such a letdown. more ›

• Do you want paper or plastic? Last night, the Edmonds City Council made history, becoming the first city in Washington to place a ban on plastic bags at grocery and retail stores.
• Expecting hot heat and hot beats, the non-profit music do-gooder group Hip Hop Congress kicks off their week-long National Conference today in the Central District.

• Get ready to taste another flavor of summer, Wallyhood's farmer market report noted that raspberries--the ones worth waiting for--are finally in!
• Unfortunately there are no drive-thru liquor stores here in Washington. But that little detail failed to sink in for the driver who crashed their car into a state liquor store at 717 Meridian Ave. E.

• Farmers markets make life taste great. We are sure the lucky folks in Columbia City agree, as they welcome the opening of their neighborhood farmers market today (3-7 p.m.). Hold your horses, additional markets opening soon.
• Bank robbing bandit made the rounds this a.m. with a quick grab-and-go at the Banner Bank in First Hill. FBI suspects it may be the same man who robbed a Wells Fargo bank this past Saturday.
• Feel Good Business News: Local bio-tech Dendreon paving the way with new prostate-cancer therapy; The homegrown online restaurant guide Urbanspoon sold to a giant of the Internetz.

Asparagus, known to many by its alternate monikers; green trees, "No Mom, I'm not going to eat those," a food superhero, and the vegetable that makes your pee smell (eww) will start showing up in local farmers markets so fresh--and so clean--as the harvest gets underway. The Washington Asparagus Commission (yes, we have one of those) says asparagus fields make up over 8,000 acres in the state and can produce 30-50 million pounds worth of those little green trees. For some Friday fun, how many smaller words can you create from "asparagus"? Game on. more ›

• Considering doing the CSA thing this year? CookLocal has a great list of what you should consider when choosing which program to join.
• Farmers markets and schools are a match made in heaven, especially in the Southend. Rainier Valley Post reports on a new partnership.
• The Seattle Transit Blog lets you in on how to divorce your car and get a life.

We just ate a remarkable tomato--a Brandywine heirloom variety, we ate it apple-style--and it reminded us that tonight is the Columbia City farmer's market. From 3-7 p.m., you have the opportunity to restock your locally-grown fruits, vegetables, nuts, and meats at the Columbia Plaza, located at 4801 Rainier Ave. S. Here's what's in season in the Pacific Northwest this month, and please don't forget to eat your fill of juice-laden heirloom tomatoes while they last. We've also heard the tamales at the Columbia City market are not to be missed. more ›

REALLY GOOD DOCUMENTARY: Here's yet another reason that SIFF has won the loyalty of Seattle's filmgoers, , a terse, refreshingly un-preachy documentary that attempts to unravel the mystery behind the murder of an American nun in the Brazilian rainforest. more ›

POLAR BEAR APPRECIATION: If you’ve heard about global warming affecting the polar bears, you’ll want to head down to the Point Defiance Zoo for Bear Awareness Week. Learn more about the plight of the polar bear and watch the resident polar bears, Blizzard, Glacier, Kenneth and Boris, frolic. more ›

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

We don't mean to steal Mary's thunder; however, her photograph moved us to write down some of the thoughts we've been having about the Ballard Denny's closure. We knew it was coming; however, just like the presence of vampires in Sunnydale, we didn't actually want to think about it. The light, the clouds, the darkness of the trees, and the Shell sign way in the distance all punctuate the loneliness of the now-derelict sign. 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 ›

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 ›

To your roster of historic and colorful rhizomes (Russets, White Rose, Blue Victor, Yukon Gold, Yellow Finn, Red Ruby...Cascade, Nooksack, Ontario, Seminole) you can now add the Ozette. It's a fingerling grown for centuries in the gardens of Makah Indians on Washington's most western coastline, brought there, it's believed, by Spanish conquistadors who had discovered all manner of edible tubers in the South American Andes. more ›

According to population statistics, Seattle is the 23rd largest city in the United States. Yet our fair city gets mentioned far more often than other cities higher on the list when food is mentioned. Seattlest rarely hears about the food scene in Indianapolis (12th) or even Detriot (10th). Why do you suppose that is? more ›

As lazy organic foods shoppers who don't like to walk any farther than we have to, Seattlest is perturbed by the rumors that Rainbow Natural Grocery on 15th Avenue East has a cloudy future. We've seen for ourselves that shelves aren't getting restocked, and we hear that employee paychecks sometimes don't pay out. Something ain't right. more ›