The Bocuse d’Or is an international culinary competition held every two years in Lyon, France. Twenty-four countries compete, and each team is comprised of one chef and one commis assistant. Each team is provided five and a half hours to create two platter presentations, one seafood and one meat, which are judged based on flavor, presentation, technique, and the efficiency in which the teams work. more ›

The plus sides to working security at Southcenter Mall are that you probably get employee discounts (or the homie hookup) at the food court, you have all kinds of insider info on big news stories, and you get to use a radio to talk to your coworkers (always thrilling). The down side, of course, is that you are more likely than the average office worker to get stabbed in the line of duty. Last night, a plainclothes security guard at the Southcenter Sears store was knifed in the hand and arm by a man from Monroe who was trying to avoid getting detained for shoplifting. The consequence-shirker was subsequently arrested when the cops found him hiding in the bushes by the Outback Steak House. more ›

Seattlest may be more attuned to these reports, since we spend the greater portion of our day browsing local news sites...but what is going on with the spate of stabbings in Western Washington? Every time we refresh the local news sites, it seems they are reporting a new fatal or near-fatal stabbing. more ›