The newest kid on the restaurant block with a lot of much-older kids, Aerlume recently opened adjacent to Pike Place Market on the hillside above Elliott Bay. The sprawling and generously view-appointed restaurant comes from Fire and Vine, a...
Congrats, the wine you’re drinking is a gold medal winner! But what does that mean? You’ve seen the accolades noted on everything from the bottle itself at a grocery store to a wines listed on a menu and displaying medals in a tasting room, but what goes into...
Move over, Drunk History, Seattle's Fairmont Olympic Hotel is now splashing some local history into its cocktail program. Launching this month, "The Olympic Through the Ages" menu features six key moments in the hotel and property's history through the decades and...
If you didn't already know, it's National Mocktail Week. Couple that with your preachy, pretentious frenemy that can't/won't stop bragging about how good she feels from not drinking for a whopping two weeks, and you're considering what zero proof options are out...
Men of the sea had the right idea — when battening down the hatches, one must prepare by filling the belly with hardy fare to sustain through coarser weather. On the mainland in the Northwest, we might not be helming a ship, but we certainly have our fair share of...
When Il Solito opened in downtown Portland last spring, it had some shoes to fill. Taking over from its also-Italian, long-tenured predecessor Pazzo, which had closed in January 2018, a nostalgic touch was brought to the new restaurant, from the handmade...
McMenamins' Edgefield Winery has been producing commercial cider longer than most makers in the state of Oregon. The Northwest-based family-owned chain of brewpubs, breweries, music venues, historic hotel and theater pubs — plus a winery-cidery and a distillery...
Have a few more holiday parties in your future? Us too, which is why we reached out to The Barking Frog at Willows Lodge in Woodinville, Washington, to see if their crew could whip up something sweet and seasonal. Chef Matt Kelley stepped up with this scratch-made...
Hi, this is Erin James. I'm the editor-in-chief of Cidercraft magazine, author of "Tasting Cider: The Cidercraft Guide to the Distinctive Flavors of North American Hard Cider" and bread pudding aficionado. If we haven't met, there's one thing you should know about...
What's on the holiday dinner table of Jacobsen Salt Co. founder Ben Jacobsen? These wine-roasted beets topped with his own Jacobsen Pinot Noir Salt, and he's happy to share the recipe from his Portland-based salt company. The first company to harvest salt in the...
