Naomi Tomky

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

At Hiyu Wine Farm, the goat that grazed on the fennel last spring becomes merguez sausage, served with herbed yogurt. The fennel garnishes Dungeness crab, brought in from the Oregon Coast. The eggplant in agrodolce shines like the strong Hood River summer sun that fed it. Most of the ingredients start out as supporting characters in the farm’s permaculture approach to growing grapes for its uniquely creative and complex field-blend wines.

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

Like a reverse Sam-I-Am, I would eat Burmese food anywhere: I have traveled to Vancouver for tea-leaf salad, made unscheduled stops in Portland for yellow lentil tofu, and detoured to Daly City from San Francisco to devour a bowl of ohn no khao swè—coconut chicken soup. The only place I don’t eat it, sadly, is Seattle, because there are no Burmese restaurants here.

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

Dozens of chefs, restaurateurs, bakers, bartenders, and others from all over the country gathered tonight in Chicago for the James Beard Awards ceremony. Seattle already knew it stood a slim chance of making the stage: the list of nominees held only three names from Washington state. For perspective: that’s fewer than Oklahoma (five), Rhode Island (four), and our sister state to the south, Oregon (five).

2 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

Hungry for news? Welcome to our Friday Feed, where we run through all the local food and restaurant news this week—and maybe help you figure out where to eat this weekend. Roaring again: Bellingham’s Aslan Brewing opened its second Seattle location in the space that was briefly Darkalino’s in Tangletown. Unlike the Fremont Aslan, this one is all-ages and has its own kitchen, serving a seafood-y upscale pub menu with Old Bay shrimp cocktail, fish and chips, and crispy dill fries.

2 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky |Allecia Vermillion

When our narrow, glorious stretch of summer arrives, Seattleites never want to go inside, not even to eat. With the long days come cravings for tables set amid foliage, ambience, and vitamin D—maybe a bit of a water view, too. Thankfully, the city abounds with great alfresco spots, from hidden gardens to sprawling decks, ideal for celebratory dinners, crushing beers in flip-flops, or people-watching over pasta.