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There are days when I wake up and crave a hearty breakfast sandwich to get me through the day. Here are my favorite grab-and-go places that will satiate your appetite without grabbing all of your money (the average breakfast sandwiches in this article range from $5-$7): 1) Nook: I am a sucker for young people [...]

Here is my homage to the chefs who started out as the “little guys” and worked their asses off to make their culinary mark in Seattle: 1) Sitka and Spruce –Pacific Northwest with a tinge of North African spice sums up the genre at Matt Dillon’s Sitka and Spruce.  Loyal patrons were worried when Matt [...]

Korean hangover soup, rice porridge, and eggs, bacon and toast?!   For those of you tired of the typical stars and stripes breakfast – Scrambled eggs and soggy potatoes thrown in with white toast and hard, cold butter, there is hope: Revel’s weekend brunch–a mix of both Asian inspired breakfast entrees and some more American–styled [...]

I am convinced there is some conspiracy theory to keep good desserts from getting to Seattle. I don’t know.  Maybe it’s run by the Seattle PR image people who want to make sure we continue to rank high in the “fittest cities” and beat out San Francisco (never gonna’ happen.  Have you seen those monster hills [...]