Rebekah Denn

Jan 21, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Rebekah Denn

FOR A FEW neighborly, spicy-sweet years, everyone could eat at Juliana Evari Suparman’s table. The North Seattle restaurant that Suparman opened with daughter-in-law Yusi Sasmitra in 2008, Julia’s Indonesian Kitchen, introduced people to Suparman’s native cuisine and family warmth. The little bungalow changed ownership in 2011 and later closed. But Suparman’s daughter, Patricia Tanumihardja, spent years cooking her mother’s recipes and striving to share them with others.

Jan 13, 2025 | civileats.com | Rebekah Denn

Spooning buttercream into a pastry bag, Kim Holloway is close to opening time. She pipes rosettes of frosting on trays of vanilla cupcakes—some plain vanilla frosting, some cookies and cream. With the aid of Holloway’s “partner in crime,” Kathleen Dickenson, they prop the lid of an old-fashioned school desk in Holloway’s front yard and fill it with cupcakes. Holloway adds edible pearls and glitter. Shortly after 3 p.m., the Little Free Bakery Phinneywood is open for business—the business of sharing.

Jan 5, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Rebekah Denn

LIBRARIES BROUGHT ME the world. Growing up in a then-rural part of Delaware, the highlight of my week was the Bookmobile’s weekly visit. When our own community library opened in a historic schoolhouse, I found a second home. The Little Free Library phenomenon of neighborhood book boxes of course charmed me when it began around 2009, and I wasn’t surprised to see it explode in our literate region. But the COVID-19 pandemic took it in a whole other direction.

Jan 4, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Rebekah Denn

SPOONING BUTTERCREAM INTO a pastry bag, Kim Holloway is close to opening time. She pipes rosettes of frosting on trays of vanilla cupcakes — some plain vanilla frosting, some cookies and cream. With the aid of Holloway’s “partner in crime,” Kathleen Dickenson, they prop the lid of an old-fashioned school desk in Holloway’s front yard and fill it with cupcakes. Holloway adds edible pearls and glitter.

Dec 3, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Rebekah Denn

“FROZEN” IS A Disney movie, a 2013 tale about an ice princess and the power of love … but a big reason for its smash success is that it’s so much more than that. One layer of the film’s enduring appeal is its Scandinavian imagery and tradition — one that carries through in a new “Frozen” cookbook.