Food Search
Empty Bowls
Sun May 19, 12–3 pm.Events
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It’s a “showcase of gourmet soups” from Piatti, Aljoya, Judy Fu’s Snappy Dragon, Wedgwood Ale House, and Stanford’s, served in a handcrafted bowl that you get to take home. In May. Still, it benefits the North Helpline Food Bank (donate directly and fill someone else’s bowl here), so: recommended. $25 in advance, $35 at the door.
Food Truck Roundup
Sun May 19, 3–7 pm.Events
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For $25, you get food from nine different food trucks (including Skillet, Veraci Pizza, Hallava Falafel, and Seattle Biscuit Company), tastings from local distilleries and breweries, live music, and the warm fuzzy feeling of supporting the U-District Food Bank’s new facility—which will feature low-income housing plus job training and counseling spaces, and move the food bank line inside and out of the rain.
$25 admission, $100 donation for Community Cookbook.
Premier Chefs Dinner
Sun May 19 at 5 pm.Events
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Unnamed “premier chefs” prepare a five-course meal paired with local wines, benefiting the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center. The featured speaker is Rick Bayless, host of Mexico: One Plate at a Time on PBS and Top Chef Master, who was named Humanitarian of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals for his work with small Midwestern farms. Good guy, good cause: recommended. $250, $350 VIP.
FareStart Guest Chef Spectacular
Thurs May 23, 6:30–9:30 pm.Events
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After seven years, the annual Guest Chef at the Waterfront moved inland to the Showbox Sodo. The lineup of more than 20 restaurants and 20 wineries/breweries includes Tulalip Resort & Casino, SkyCity at the Needle, and Duke’s Chowder House, but it does benefit FareStart, the local nonprofit that provides culinary training to disadvantaged individuals, so: recommended. $70 before May 1, $80 after, $125 VIP.
Hot Cakes Birthday Party
Sat May 25.Events
Celebrate Hot Cakes' first year with half-price molten chocolate cakes, $5 milkshakes, and more. Starred for the $6 “special boozy birthday cake shake,” which would be the best-ever show name for a fluffy white Pomeranian.
Cooking Class with Bruce Naftaly
Sun May 19, 1–4 and 6:30–9:30 pm, Mon May 20, 6:30–9:30 pm, Sat May 25, 1–4 pm, Sun May 26, 1–4 and 6:30–9:30 pm.Events
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Learn how to make great foods with all-time-great chef Bruce Naftaly (of the late, great Le Gourmand, who is also really nice), with eating and drinking included. Chef shouts, via email: "FIVE COURSES! HOW TO DO IT! AND WINE WINE WINE!" $75.
CopperRiver30 Dinner
Wed May 29 at 6:30 pm.Events
Back in the day when most Copper River salmon was destined to be overcooked and encased in tin, local seafood hero John Rowley decided he could do better. Thirty years later, Kevin Davis makes a celebratory dinner. $65 plus tax and gratuity.
Quillisascut Education Fund Benefit
Thurs May 30 at 6 pm.Events
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The Quilliascut Education Fund is dedicated to cultivating education for a sustainable future. Show your support while enjoying a lovely dinner at the Corson Building. You'll also hear how "Quilliascut" is properly pronounced. $200.
Tavolàta Sunday Feast
Sun May 19 at 6 pm, Sun June 9 at 6 pm.Events
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Tavolàta's monthly Sunday Feast can be a good deal, with prices varying depending on the star ingredient/menu—though since they're served family-style at the 26-seat communal table, you might want to bring a bunch of friends to insulate you from people who use the word "foodie." Upcoming feasts: Northern Italian, Feb. 10; Strictly Seafood, March 10; Roasted Duck, April 21; Suckling Pig, May 19; Garden Vegetables and Wild Mushrooms, June 9. Price varies.
Bastille Day Celebration
Fri June 14.Events
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Celebrate Bastille Day at Le Pichet—this is the place to be if you cannot make it to France today.
Ethan Stowell's BBQ Cook-Off
Sun June 16 at 6 pm.Events
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Ethan Stowell, the man behind a bunch of restaurants (you know), hosts a charity cook-off in which you get to try 117-ish kinds of barbecue made by pro chefs and notable amateurs, plus lots of beer. Proceeds benefit the Fetal Health Foundation. $50.
Cafe Nordo: SMOKED!
Through June 16.Events
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The Stranger’s reviews of Cafe Nordo’s experimental dinner-theater-that-isn't-dinner-theater have been mixed. Thadius Van Landingham III thought the dishes uneven and the ambitions unmet in the company’s first show; Bethany Jean Clement found one of last year’s shows long but fairly rewarding, while Paul Constant delighted in the full-body pleasure of another. This spring, a modern spaghetti western. Will it be good, bad, and/or ugly—who can say? $130-$160 for season's membership, $600 for Chef's Table.
Jim Drohman Cooks
Sun June 23, 12–1 pm.Events
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Join Jim Drohman (Le Pichet, Cafe Presse) for a cooking demonstration as part of the market's Summer Sundays Chef Demos. Chow editor Bethany Jean Clement says, "Jim Drohman is great, and we should all be lucky enough to learn to cook a thing from him. You can quote me on that." Attendees get to taste Drohman's dish after the demonstration. FREE.
Cascade Country Cook-Off
Sat July 6, Sun July 7.Events
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Field trip! It's the Cascade Country Cook-Off, with championship competitions in the arenas of barbecue, chili, and dutch oven!
Polish Festival
Sat July 13 at 11 am–9 pm.Events
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The Seattle Polish-American community gets festive at Seattle Center with jazz, folk art, an exhibition of Polish film posters, a beer garden stocked with Polish beer, and Polish food galore. There will be sausages. Free.
Burning Beast: A Feast in a Field
Sun July 21.Events
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It's baaaaaack, for the sixth year in a row! Burning Beast—the world's funnest, most delicious, meatiest feast in a field, with whole beasts cooked over open flames by Seattle's best chefs—is set for Sunday, July 21. Burning Beast benefits and takes place at the very worthy, very lovely Smoke Farm, out in the country an hour north of Seattle. It will be hot and sunny (probably), and there is a river to swim in. Dear lord, speed us to the day of Burning Beast VI! TBA.
Kirkland Uncorked
Fri July 19, 2–10 pm, Sat July 20 at 11 am–8 pm, Sun July 21 at 11 am–6 pm.Events
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Seattle's quaint and WASPish sibling celebrates nothing in particular with lots of wine, food, and fun in Mariana Park. Expect live music, a grill-off, hands-on art exhibits, a "dog modeling contest," and a Tasting Garden filled with Washington wines. All proceeds benefit the Hope Heart Institute to help fight heart disease, so you can indulge your gluttony and work off bad karma at the same time. Starred for a good cause. $25 in advance, $30 at door (includes glass and 10 tasting tokens), $2 per additional token, $15 for non-tasting admission.
French Conversation Table
Every other Wednesday, 4–6 pm. Through July 24.Events
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Zut alors! Café Presse vous invitons à parler la meilleure langue du monde tous les deux mercredis à Café Presse à la Table Française. Seattle Language Academy vous donnera un formateur pour chaque cours, et les étudiants de français de tous les niveaux sont invités à nous joindre. Songez à tous les beaux gens que vous y rencontrerez! Chouette! Et: C'est gratuit. Free.
Feast on the Farm
Thurs July 25 at 4:30 pm.Events
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Want to spend an arm and a leg on a fancy dinner and feel smugly virtuous? The Fourth Annual Summer Harvest Feast on the Farm, jointly presented by Stewardship Partners, Salmon-Safe, and Oxbow Farm, features Washington wine, a bucolic setting, and food by chef Brendan McGill, and benefits “on-the-ground restoration projects going on in the Snoqualmie Valley.” $150-$250.
Seattle Street Food Festival
Sat Aug 10, 3–11 pm.Events
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From the organizers of the Mobile Food Rodeo, the Seattle Street Food Festival has trucks, booths, carts, and a spirits/beer festival-within-a-festival, plus a pop-up diner from Josh Henderson (Skillet) and Ethan Stowell (you know) with proceeds going to charities of their choice.
Chehalis Garlic Fest
Fri Aug 23, 12–8 pm, Sat Aug 24 at 10 am–8 pm, Sun Aug 25 at 10 am–5 pm.Events
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Field trip! It's the Chehalis Garlic Fest, with "creative garlic cuisine, crafts, and antiques"! $5/adults, $4/over 65, $4/military w/ ID, kids 7 and under FREE.
Fried Chicken Cook-Off
Sun Sept 15 at 6 pm.Events
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Ethan Stowell, the man behind a bunch of restaurants (you know), hosts a charity cook-off in which you get to try 117-ish kinds of fried chicken made by pro chefs and notable amateurs, plus lots of beer. Proceeds benefit the Fetal Health Foundation. $50.
CroatiaFest
Mon Oct 7, 12–8 pm.Events
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The Seattle Center celebrates Croatia in the Armory with food, music, dance, and tchotchkes. FREE.
Washington Artisan Cheesemakers Festival
Sat Oct 12, 12–3 and 4–7 pm.Events
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Learn firsthand from dozens of Washington cheesemakers about their craft while sampling the fruit (dairy?) of their labors. Admission includes infinity cheese samples plus three beer/wine/hard cider tastes, as well as bites of locally made bread, crackers, honey, and jam. It all benefits the Cascade Harvest Coalition. CHEESE. $35 advance tickets, $40 at the door.
On the Move Luncheon
Thurs Oct 17 at 11:30 am–1 pm.Events
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Support the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and hear stories from affected families firsthand. The NMSS educates, empowers, and funds research towards new treatments and a cure. You can also donate directly here. Minimum donation of $150.
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