If you've still got leftovers in the fridge, you should probably know that they're only good for like, 5 days, maximum. If you've got leftover turkey oil, however, you should probably know that the City really doesn't want you dumping it down the drain.
City of Seattle Wants Your Leftover Thanksgiving Oil
Happy Thanksgiving! Here's an Icky Video about Stuffing a Turkey
What? It's noon on Thanksgiving and you still don't know your way around the back end of a turkey? No problem, this video will help. Or make you quit meat altogether.
Jive Turkey: Cargill Recalls Nearly 36 Million Pounds of Ground Meat
Step away from the turkey. Seattle's Bill Marler has the latest on one of the largest meat recalls ever--and the products may still be in your grocer's refrigerated section. One more reason to go vegetarian like you've been meaning to, right?
Thanksgiving Turkey: It's in the Bag
It's the time of year to dust off all the food-splattered and water-stained family recipes and carry on the tradition. Thanksgiving is the one time of year when we aren't permitted to deviate from the standard.
Postcard From Turkey: Catty Shack
Seattlest Katelyn is in Antalya, Turkey, for this week's leg of her trip to the Mediterranean. She's armed with a camera, so those of you who have never been to Turkey can follow along at home.
Stalk of the Town
Katelyn is airborne, on her way to Turkey (!!!) for the month. This weekend, she'll be exploring Istanbul by her lonesome. She plans on geeking out over all the religious history and food-related sight-seeing she can pack into four days before she flies down to the Mediterranean coast for the next leg of her adventure.
Seahawks (2-9) vs. Cooking (Thanksgiving Dinner)
This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook by preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks' opponent.
Cup de la Europa Comenncé Das Weekend
The Euro Cup starts this weekend-- it's just like the World Cup except there is more overt racism, and the fans have free health care.
Seattlest at SIFF: Heavy Metal In Baghdad
The Saturday night SIFF Cinema screening of the documentary Heavy Metal In Baghdad provided the best possible antidote we could have hoped for to the asinine and maudlin SIFF opener Battle in Seattle: Stuart Townsend's misfire was so bad it may have actually inflicted a deeper scar into our collective psyche than the actual WTO riots ever did. While both films aspire to show an up close and personal look at what it’s like when real people are caught up in conflicts of geo-political significance, only one of these efforts doesn’t suck. We'll take it a step further and say that Heavy Metal In Baghdad is the best film we've seen all year.
Jones Soda Loses Fizz
For the quarter ended Dec. 31, the company posted a 39-cent-per-share loss -- 13 times the 3-cent loss that analysts were expecting. During the same period a year ago, the company posted net income of $2 million, or 8 cents a share.
QFC Deli Turns Turkey Sandwich Into Chicken Teriyaki
As after all great magic tricks, we're still puzzled how this was done.
We Review: Cancer Rising, The Girls, Dyme Def, and The Valley @ Chop Suey
On Sunday night, Seattlest and a bunch of other Seattleites showed up at Chop Suey for the "Jive Turkey Extreme" Cancer Rising cd release party. The Valley (a Seattle rock band) opened, but we missed their set due to an emergency Piecora's artichoke-heart and sun-dried tomato pizza slice run. Ah, well. No matter. We were still among the first hundred people to buy our ticket and therefore obtain a free copy of Cancer Rising's hot-off-the-presses album! And we were in plenty of time for Dyme Def, The Girls, and Cancer Rising themselves.
Farewell to the Recipe on the Libby's Can
It’s almost Thanksgiving and we’ve yet to deliver any holiday recipes. We feel deep shame. If there was a Seattlest penalty box, we would sit in it.
Stalk of the Town: Nov. 16-18, 2007
Saturday, Tera will give herself a VIP tour at the opening of Aritzia. She will follow this potentially hectic event by introducing a friend to her newest wine obsession - Twisted Cork. Sunday she will trek to Qwest and root for Chicago, uh, eh, oops...Seattle. Yes, root for the Seahawks. Jack's heading to the Showbox proper tonight to see Canadian indie pop band Stars. Sunday, he's hoping to see Rex Grossman slip into old...
Venik, Vidik, Vicik...Vodka!
So, yeah, there's been this Russian-Turkish style "urban spa" called Banya5 on Ninth for, like, three years now. It's kind of a giant community sauna, with a central oven providing both wet and dry heat, surrounded by a bunch of fresh- and salt-water pools. The guy who built it, Seattle-born real estate developer John Goodfellow, isn't even Russian; he got hooked on the concept in New Yawk City. You have to know where it is, because it's hard to see along the northbound arterial through the no-man's land connecting Lake Union with downtown.
These Modern Day Athletes--All They Care About Is Money
Angry oldtimers of every era have complained that current players are motivated by money. Never has that charge seemed more appropo than now, when your average major professional league player salaries are well over $1 million.
"I Almost Shit My Pants! I Almost Shit My Pants!"
Romo sign procured from Qwest Field by our roommate, who was at the game, sitting behind two Dallas fans. For some reason they didn't take their sign with them when they left.
Turkey Day Shopping From The Guest's Perspective
You don't have to worry about turkeys, luckily, because if you're leaving the city like Seattlest is your hosts probably have better access to enlightened turkeys that lived a fuller and more organic life while ranging free than the ones you're likely to find on the shelves of Whole Foods. Ditto all the other fixin's, although you might want to stop for bread. City bread beats country bread hands down. Alternately, make your own.
Black Hole vs. Fight Club
The answer is clear: Chuck Palahniuk would beat Charles Burns in a fight, if the outcome was decided by audience vote. Charles Burns, author of Black Hole is funny, local, and writes and created fantastic, morbid art. But Chuck Palahniuk, author of among other works , a short story famous for making people faint and barf (or pretend to - it's unclear). Chuck wrapped it up by tossing out a dozen latex severed arms and marched to the lobby to sign books for his adoring fans.
For Your Consideration: This Week at SIFF
SIFF enters its second full week with a slew of great documentaries, including the final screening of fair trade coffee doc Black Gold (Tuesday, 9:30pm @ the Egyptian). The directors, Marc and Nick Francis, will be in attendance, as will Tadesse Meskela, an Ethiopian Farm Cooperative Organizer featured in the film. The SIFF screenings mark the first time the directors and subject have been together since the making of the film---and the first time Meskela has seen the film on the big screen.
Say It With Meat
Shopping for carnivorous loved ones this holiday season? We suggest a visit to the Oberto Factory Outlet, a store clogged with a staggering array of discount meat snacks.
Young Turks
There are so many things to love about Turkey: it's juicy and delicious, always reminds us of the holidays, and is a truly versatile meat. What's that you say---there's also a country by that name? We suppose that would be alright too, though probably not as tasty. Yes, today's the beginning of TurkFest 2005, "a cultural festival celebrating all things Turkish." Activities including traditional music and dance, a photography exhibit, and (good God) shadow puppetry will be held at Seattle Center's Center House on Saturday and Sunday, noon-7pm. But tonight and Friday the festivities begin with four films:

