This week brings a few openings, as well as some restaurants in the works. Madison Park Conservatory leads the lovefest train, and Seattle gets major props in the media for our artisan food scene with heroes such as Matt Dillon and Kurtwood Farms. more ›

Until the age of, oh, six months ago, the only pound cake ever to enter our sphere with any regularity was Sara Lee. You know the one: frozen, aluminum tin, red cardboard lid. As a child, we loved this cake. We loved its perfectly uniform spongy crumb, we loved its smooth, suede-like crust--reminiscent of the ice cream sandwiches that we also loved--and even now, we can’t deny that Sara Lee Moist and Delicious All Butter Pound Cake is certainly tasty. It’s just also sort of boring (and difficult to serve to our fellow chef friends with head held high). more ›