Food lovers spend a lot of time tracking the hottest chefs and food trends. And let's not even go there with the numerous cookbooks gracing our shelves, from the bountiful Amanda Hesser's The Essential New York Times Cookbook to the hefty multi-volume Modernist Cuisine soon to be released straight from the labs of Nathan Myhrvold. We obsessively watch the Twitter waves for the newest news and trends. In short, we like to think we've got the handle on the scene. And apparently some of our favorite rappers share our interests. In fact, they're getting jiggy with it in the kitchen too. more ›

Late summer festival/extravaganza Bumbershoot announced another hiphop headliner today. Ludacris, the one and only, has been added to the line-up! The other three rap-alicious big names thus far are Brother Ali, whose recent show at Neumos was nigh unto a spiritual experience for Seattlest, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, and Kid Sister out of Chicago. Unless, of course, you count Beck as a rapper. (We don't.) more ›

Legendary local baller Nate Robinson went to the White House Correspondents Dinner in May, courtesy of MSNBC. How this slipped our notice until now, we don't know. Well, we do know, it's because we failed you, the reader. more ›