Pulling into the ferry terminal at San Juan Island’s Friday Harbor, the town is immediately charming. Stilted wharf buildings and multi-storied, multi-use buildings form a stacked backdrop to the highly walkable village. And watching over the ferry arrivals and...
Oregon’s wine industry has shifted from a mom n’pop, seat-of-the-pants type business to a region of wines internationally admired with increasing concentration, reputation and collegiality. So says David Adelsheim, president and founder of Adelsheim Vineyard, who...
The heat was inescapable at Thursday's Auction of Washington Wine picnic and barrel auction. I'm not just talking about the 90+ degree temperatures on the lawn, though those were oppressive. I'm talking about the blinking red light in the cockpit of Northwest wine,...
Welcome back to Sip Northwest’s Bar Tab, a weekly selection of what to drink in the Northwest now. Come on in, belly up to the counter and order a digital drink on us: here are our recommendations of what to splash in your glass this week. Elk Horn Brewery and...
Welcome back for another edition of Sip Northwest’s Bar Tab, the weekly selection of what to drink in the Northwest now. This week, we throw the notion of themes out the window and open the door to a list without rhyme or reason. So, if you're looking for diversity...
My mother has been making this roasted chicken—loaded with garlic, onion, lemon and fresh thyme—for years. It’s what I request when I need comfort food that only a mom can muster up and it’s the perfect pick-me-up for a cold, drizzly day, which—for mid-June—we seem...
When it comes to cracking cans of our favorite sparkling ciders or IPAs, we don’t bat an eyelash. Even some of the more outlandish canned products (ahem, canned bread) maintain enough of a fan base to keep the stuff on grocery shelves. Surely the wine world is...
Pesto is one of those unique foods that can be enjoyed about one thousand different ways. It can be used as a condiment on a sandwich, a sauce for your pasta or the singular topping on your pizza. Sometimes it’s a condiment, other times is the main attraction. And,...
Trying to get your head around the British Columbia wine scene can be a bit tricky from within the United States, because so little of the wine is exported outside the province. In hopes of clearing up some of my confusion, and to hopefully find some great wine...
Five-star meals don’t need to be all-day productions. Sometimes, the best meals require the least amount of work. Consider a pan-seared steak with mashed potatoes. All you need is a frying pan, a pot with water, steak, potatoes and some seasoning. This combination...
