Taking a brief respite from the Victoria's Secrets series of the past few days, Cornichon visits Victoria's newest pizzeria. Prima Strada was born out of... [...]
Just a few blocks from the well-known tourist attractions of Victoria (Empress, Royal BC Museum, Parliament Buildings, Undersea Gardens, Wax Museum, etc.) lies James Bay,... [...]
With fewer than 40,000 residents, Victoria has a population roughly the size of Bremerton or Olympia, with tourism as the second-largest industry (high tech is... [...]
Gail Phillips, the Alaska republican who called for a boycott of a dozen Seattle restaurants because they had the audacity to serve salmon from Bristol... [...]
"Seriously, Ms. Phillips, are you nuts?" That was the question Cornichon asked in yesterday's post about the Bristol Bay salmon promotion in Seattle and former... [...]
Located on a shoreline of seemingly endless tundra, Alaska's Bristol Bay is home to the world's largest salmon fishery. A baker's dozen Seattle eateries... [...]
Enrique Henao & friend, miso-crusted cod, Wine Spectator's Gwendolyn Osborn You've seen the spots, great tongue-in-cheek copy: Announcer, after a series of preposterous set-ups:...' [...]
Seven Israeli women—all immigrants to Israel from the Middle East, Africa and Europe— have been in Seattle for the past week, offering cooking and... [...]
This seems to be a back-to-the-future moment of confluence, when the forces of history, music and government converge into a meatloaf sandwich time machine.... [...]
In the culinary justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the cooks and bartenders who create dishes and drinks,... [...]
So why, you ask, would Cornichon want to visit Manhattan's Little Italy? Certainly not for the food, which is standard "export Italian" at best,... [...]
MadWine.com, the Seattle online wine shop, has rolled out its new website just days after Amazon.com bailed out on the whole concept of selling wine... [...]
Atout France Director Jean-Philippe Perol, the new logo, WAYN's Jérôme Touze Cornichon is in New York City this week for French Affairs, an annual... [...]
Speight Jenkins steps out from the wings just before La Traviata's opening curtain to announce that the star of the show, soprano Eglise Gutiérrez,... [...]
Fresh Bistro, an offshoot of SODO's splendid event space Herban Feast, has been open in West Seattle since May. Exec chef and co-owner Dalis Chea... [...]
Focile & Pittas, top; Guitérrez & Demuro, bottom. Seattle Opera photos by Rosarii Lynch It's the original Anna Nicole story: first you party, then... [...]
Most all the neighborhood farmers markets have closed up shop for the season, with many vendors wondering if it's worth the trouble. Seattle Weekly's Jonathan... [...]
That cavernous space in Fremont where Circus Contraption performed? Part of the old Red Hook brewery, adjacent to Theo's chocolate factory? Well, there's good news:... [...]
Pim Techamuanvivit is a long Thai name, so we started off with some ingredient substitution, running it through tinyURL.(yfnwm47) and bit.ly (11rrEF). Conclusion: don't try...' [...]
Cornichon's regular guest correspondent Jacqueline Pruner checks in again, this time with news that she's launching her own blog, Heed The Hedonist, with emphasis on... [...]
Toronto-born corporate chef Bruce Pinkerton came to Seattle some 20 years ago to help open a hotel, since bulldozed. He stayed on, though, and launched... [...]
She's Zofia Smardz, deputy travel editor of the Washington Post, whose article on indifferent meals in Paris was featured in yesterday's Seattle Times. He's Michael... [...]
Since its inception in 1988, the Auction of Washington Wines has raised more than $23 million, with this year’s dinner-auction bringing in a perfectly respectable... [...]
He's Brandon Pettit, musician from New York. She's Molly Wizenberg, the voice of Orangette. Their romance is chronicled in Molly's book, A Homemade LIfe (... [...]
Above: winning Boulangerie Nantaise tart, Tony Delguidice, Patrick & Alyssa Lewis. Below, Enza Sorrentino's fruit crostata. Ah, summer, when a chef's fancy turns to... [...]
None of Seattle's typical "too cool for school" stand-offishness. Tens of thousands of cheerful riders, oohing and cooing, tweeting and twittering along SoundTransit's light... [...]
Once again, Cornichon is otherwise engaged. Once again, Jacqueline Pruner, amateur blogger (and professional attorney) steps in. Her report below. The scene: Via Tribunali in... [...]
It's been almost a year since Kerry Sear closed Cascadia and returned to the hand-laundered and crisply-folded fold of the upscale Four Seasons hotel... [...]
Best of Kitchen Artistry, BoKA for short, invited Cornichon to a "Summer Solstice Cocktail Celebration" Cornichon couldn't make it, but sent volunteer guest blogger Jacqueline...' [...]
Late on a warm Seattle night, nothing's as welcome as sitting in a flowered garden, discreet lighting in the shrubbery, the sounds of live music... [...]
A Frenchman runs Amazon's worldwide customer service; a French-made engine powers Boeing's 737s. In all, some 600,000 Americans owe their jobs to French investment in... [...]
In the beginning, the word was carved on tablets. Eventually, gospels were inscribed on parchment, then newsprint, then pixellated onto the screens of iPhones. Now... [...]
Seriously, we like avocados. They're smooth and delicious, not nearly as hard to enjoy as, say, artichoke hearts. Without avocados, there'd be no guacamole. But... [...]
Opposite marriage be praised, Miss California! Seattle Opera's current production of The Marriage of FIgaro celebrates matrimony both madcap and sentimental, and, along the way,... [...]
They call it an Oyster Wine competition; after an elimination round followed by finals in three cities,10 of the original 130 entries are left... [...]
Seattle's emperor of pizza (and sultan of coffee), Mike McConnell, unveiled the fifth Via Tribunali outpost last night in the space at the back... [...]
The huge, relatively shallow Yukon River Delta empties into the vast Bering Sea, home to the largest single-species fishery in the world: Alaskan pollock. Giant... [...]
Mackay Restaurants has closed its Tacoma seafood operation, known as Sea Grill. It was the sister restaurant to Seattle's Waterfront Seafood Grill on Pier... [...]
Haven't you always wondered where your flour comes from? It could matter. (Remember the peanut scare?) After all, you can go to your neighborhood farmer's... [...]
Lamb shanks, at Quilted Bear (r) and Zinc Bistro in Scottsdale, Ariz. Best-tasting thing in this cool, springtime desert: the broth of butter, white... [...]
Advancing to the final round in the competition for James Beard Awards (the Oscars of the culinary profession), we have four superb chefs from Seattle.... [...]
Hopeful chefs: John Howie, Brent Martin, Ganbat Puntsag Hope springs eternal, and a good thing, too. Over on Slog, Bethany Jean Clement takes attendance... [...]
Paella comes from the Latin patella, a cooking pan. (Your kneecap, also called patella, is kind of pan-shaped, isn't it?) Much as cassoulet (casserole) is...' [...]
The Post-Intelligencer, in its death throes, seems to have outsourced its proofreading to a brain-dead copy editor (or to bargain software called Spelchkr, perhaps). A... [...]
The Yukon keta salmon carpaccio comes on a frosty plate, thinly sliced, with fennel and red onion salad, drizzled with lemon oil and smoked sea... [...]
In chronological order: Monday's "Opening Day" of sorts for Grand Rêve Vintners, a new winery with vineyards on Red Mountain and a production facility in... [...]
Assorted paczki, consumed by Cathy Doherty (Proctor) and winners Johnny Edge & Jeff Baskett (Queen Anne) Paczki are Polish donuts. Bomboloni in Italy, Berliner... [...]
Photo courtesy John Spady, Dick's Drive Ins There's something touching about this photo, and it's not just the lovey-dovey fries-and-milkshake. There's that copper-colored wrapper... [...]
New rules promulgated by the French Health Ministry, so help us, read: "The consumption of alcohol, and especially wine, is discouraged." This on the heels... [...]
Lots going on atop Cap Hill, not the least of which is Ethan Stowell's latest, Anchovies & Olives, opening tonight. We'll get there soon enough....' [...]
In the beginning, the Lord divided the bean from the water and created Nescafé. For generations, it was the standard of instant coffee, until Prince... [...]
If national character can be defined by shopping habits, Americans are in denial, the French are (as always) indirect, and the Italians (with cheerful optimism)... [...]
Davvero, it's true: English is still the language of international commerce, and nothing, not even the collapse of the financial system, stands in the... [...]
ROME--where the giant airport sign doesn't say "Welcome to Fiumicino," but "Emporio Armani," and even the dude driving the courtesy cart sports Gucci eyewear. The...' [...]
Bacon is a $2 billion industry in America. Jimmy Dean lives in half of all home refrigerators; rashers of Swift are consumed in astounding quantities,... [...]
Just three items. First up, an article in the NYTimes about ha-ha smutty British place names, from towns called Crapstone and Penistone and Titty Ho... [...]
Obama taking the oath of office, the tamborrada in Belltown Nationwide, high ratings for Obama's inauguration. But the shame, oh the shame (from MediaBistro.com)...' [...]
It's a little house on the corner of 37th and Wallingford, remodeled as an informal neighborhood restaurant dubbed Cantinetta. And if the space is new,... [...]
"I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear..."; eggs over easy at Buckley's Belltown's living room, Buckley's, is packed. We're facing a traditional American breakfast:... [...]
SDOT's Liz Ellis explains why this particular maple must go; cedars and plums compete for sidewalk space along 2nd Avenue Pounding the pavement like... [...]
Times are tough, that we know. Here's another example: Juno, the gourmet restaurant in the recently reopened Arctic Club Hotel in downtown Seattle, is downshifting... [...]
His name, Adam Freeman, doesn't sound French, but he's from Toulouse. "All I ever wanted was a little 20-seat bistro." How often have we heard... [...]
The Victorian poem Inversnaid, by Gerard Manley Hopkins, extolls the savage beauty and energy of pristine wilderness; it's become a staple of Sierra Club... [...]
The best music in George Bizet's early opera, The Pearl Fishers, comes barely 10 minutes after the curtain rises; it's a justly celebrated duet between... [...]
Full moon, or almost. Belltown sidewalks are empty except for a clutch of furtive smokers and cellphones conspirators at corner of Second and Battery.... [...]
An article in this morning's Wall Street Journal purports to rank the best and worst jobs in the United States "according to five criteria inherent... [...]
