Spokane's Wooly Pigs is on a mission to bring sustainably-grown Euro-style bacon (and other cuts) to American tables -- and more importantly for us, to Seattle plates. You'll be able to find their first-ever "crop" of Mangalitsa pigs at Lark, Le Gourmand, Sitka & Spruce, Stumbling Goat Bisto, and The Herbfarm. (Probably. If it's your sole reason for visiting, call the restaurant first and make sure they still have some.) The wool may have tipped......

No question about it: there's too much Bordeaux on the market. The answer: find new ways to sell it. Howard Goldberg, who once wrote for the NewYork Times, thinks the answer is for Bordeaux estates to sell shrink-wrapped, powdered wine, which could be reconstituted (with designer water, to be sure) into vino. Great idea, Howard; we'll get back to you. Seriously, it's time for international action. Justin and Andy, what's your plan?Cut a hole in......

For once, it was actually nice weather at the Gorge for Sasquatch. Last year was all sturm und drang and the year previous was approximately the temperature of the sun, but the gods smiled down on all gathered in George, Washington yesterday afternoon, as it was a pleasant 80 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Our day started off at the Yeti Stage (where the Wookie stage used to be - when did that happen?)......

We’ve already sung the praises of the $3.00 meal at Saigon Vietnam Deli, which has also been our favorite place for banh mi sandwiches—specifically the banh mi thit nuong, or barbecued pork. So when we heard rave reviews of said sandwiches at a heretofore overlooked alternative (or HOA, not to be confused with the Chinese Vietnamese "Hoa"), we raced to Spring Roll House Deli to check them out. First you have to find the place......

The French Kicks are a band we listened to several years ago, when we consumed with authority anything that remotely reminded us of Tortoise, but we entered Neumo's Tuesday night predisposed to absolutely hate them and anyone who was at the show. Pitchfork has turned on The French Kicks bigtime, and since we're kind of a follower we swallowed every word of it. We missed the first band, and the second opener seemed like......

Q: What's better than a night in Seattle, having some drinks, and listening to some live music? A: A night in Seattle, having some drinks, and listening to live music that doesn't blow ass. Tuesday 15th >>> The French Kicks at Neumo's. What's post post-rock? Pop, it turns out! However, few bands have been hated on more for missing their scene's success then these scenesters. 8pm, $12 Wednesday 16th >>> Seattle Secret Music Showcase......

Brits call them chips, we 'Merkins call them fries, those potato sticks cooked in oil. Cooked twice, in fact. They used to be called French fries, until three years ago, when the perfidious, cheese-eating French surrender monkeys refused to line up for our scrimmage against Saddam, the much-derided "Coalition of the Willing." The French honorific was purged, Stalin-style, from the cafeteria menu at the House of Representatives and the potatoes rechristened Freedom Fries. Orwell himself......

Taittinger Champagne toasts this week in the Spanish Ballroom of the Fairmont Olympic. The French ambassador, His Excellency Jean-David Levitte, was in town to attend the 20th anniversary gala of the French-American Chamber of Commerce and used the occasion to describe the state of French American relations after two centuries: Lafayette, Pershing, Normandy, Iraq. Back on track after a few troubled moments, he told the 200 guests. In short: "Over 220 years of marriage counseling."......