TASTE executive chef, Craig Hetherington, will be judging a cook-off between chefs from Gordon Biersch, Il Fornaio, Mexico, Pike Place Chowder and Thai Ginger at Pacific Place for the All for Fall Gourmet Taste-Off on September 17.
Each chef will be partnered with a child sous chef from Children’s Trust Foundation to create a dish with one [...]
Archive for August, 2009
All For Fall Gourmet Taste-Off
August 31, 2009Skagit River Ranch Farm Day
August 31, 2009It was a gorgeous Sunday on Aug. 30 for the Skagit River Ranch Farm Day. George and Eiko Vojkovich are some of our favorite farmers. We get beef and pork products from Skagit, including the hot Italian sausage which is so popular. Our chef Craig Hetherington attended the event to represent TASTE on a sustainability [...]
Quarterly Art Series – Melinda Hannigan
August 28, 2009
SAM Gallery at TASTE Restaurant is pleased to present new paintings by artist, Melinda Hannigan/Entropy (FeO), from September 15 to December 13, 2009.
In this series of paintings, Melinda Hannigan focuses on the working side of the maritime world, a world she has known all her life. As Hannigan says, “Enormous, rusting, battered and bashed steel [...]
Splash! Winemaker Dinner – Oct. 7
August 27, 2009Covington Cellars is a family-run boutique winery in Woodinville that was established in 2002 by David and Cindy Lawson. David Lawson is a Navy man, who discovered a passion for making wine that led him to attend U.C. Davis to study winemaking. Covington Cellars focuses on red wines, especially sangiovese, which will be served at [...]
What’s in the CSA Box
August 25, 2009Every week we look forward to receiving our CSA Box from Boistfort Valley Farm to inspire us to create new and exciting dishes. This week our box includes carrots, red cabbage, Walla Walla sweet onions, slicing cucumbers, summer squash, Carpathian garlic, escarole, green beans, mizuna, Italian parsley and a pint of tomatoes.
The Director here at [...]
What’s in the CSA Box
August 20, 2009Our weekly delivery from Boistfort Valley Farm is in. The box includes celery, celeriac (Celery root), Potatoes-Austrian Crescent, cucumbers, summer squash, zucchini, green onions, red leaf lettuce, broccoli, nectarines, cinnamon basil, shell peas and lilies.
So many home cooks are afraid to work with zucchini. Here’s a recipe provided by Boistfort that is a great way to use [...]
An Incredible Feast – Where the Farmers are the Stars
August 20, 2009Join our very own Craig Hetherington as he prepares Nash’s Wheatberry salad featuring lemon cucumbers, gold beets, scarlet runner beans, and a cilantro-feta salad. TASTE Restaurant will also feature: Carrot Ginger Cooler A refreshing fresh juice blend of Nash’s Organic Carrots, lemon, sparkling water and organic ginger simple syrup. Dusted with cinnamon & a dash [...]
Post Event Recap: International Pinot Noir Celebration
August 19, 2009
Executive Chef Craig Hetherington, Beverage Director Kris Rezac and Director Danielle Custer just returned form a long weekend at the International Pinot Noir Celebration in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Upon their return, I sat down with Craig to talk about his unforgettable experiences, the remarkable meals and the outstanding wines of the 2009 International [...]
Check Out Some of Our Recent Press
August 19, 2009We love when the media writes about TASTE and the people behind it. Here is some of our recent press from Seattle Metropolitan’s Nosh Pit blog, IdealBite and NW Stir:
Seattle Metropolitan asked our pastry chef, Lucy Damkoehler, what she does on her day off:
Chef Culture
What did you do on your day off, chef?
Taste Pastry Chef [...]
Join TASTE & Skagit River Ranch on the Farm
August 18, 2009Farmers George and Eiko Vojkovich welcome the public to join them for their first annual Farm Day and party at Skagit River Ranch on August 30th. In addition to a farm tour, live music and burgers for all, there will be a burger cook-off among guest chefs – our very own Craig Hetherington, of TASTE [...]
