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Mange to Basta! My Pasta Freska Experience.

My dad recently turned 78 and for his birthday my upwardly mobile parents and I journeyed to Seattle by Amtrak for the weekend. I highly recommend the train – it’s a great way  to travel down to the “Emerald…

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Posted by: on Monday, April 14th, 2014
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The Copper Mug Club

  Today, I’m feeling very official. It’s officially my first post as a Foodist contributor, it’s officially summer, and I’ve officially declared the Moscow Mule my new drink of choice! While it’s flavors…

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Posted by: on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Categories: Guidance | Tags: , , , , | 11 Comments »

Batali = così delizioso

Let me just cut to the chase and say that the Batali family really know how to delight a meat-loving diner. I have always wanted to visit Salumi (co-founded by Armandino Batali, Mario’s dad) ever since I saw Anthony…

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Posted by: on Sunday, September 19th, 2010
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21 Reasons to Drive to California

With Vancouver being so close to the border, there are many tasty reasons to cross it. Seattle is the closest major food destination but Portland is not much further, especially if you take the I-5. Then you’re…

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Posted by: on Sunday, July 4th, 2010
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Salumi: Lucky Seattle

My beef with restaurants that don’t take reservations is that it doesn’t make sense to the customer (me, at least) to stand around and wait when I know where and when I want to eat. But what if it makes sense…

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Posted by: on Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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The Best and the Worst Burgers (My List)

Anybody who knows me, knows that I love food — particularly hamburgers. So after being prodded and poked here is my list of favourite burgers. As a side note my criteria is based around the idea of the original…

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Posted by: on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 26 Comments »

Seattle’s Lark is No Joke

A while ago I spent some time in Seattle and having already visited numerous of their offerings, I wanted to explore some new restaurants, so I asked Colin for a recommendation. He checked with some chef friends and the…

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Posted by: on Sunday, January 18th, 2009
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