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Crosscut Tout: UW music department's spring opera gala
Seattle Opera isn't the only game in town. These young singers are well worth a listen.
Ronald Holden
Ronald Holden is a regular Crosscut contributor. His new book, published this month, is titled “HOME GROWN Seattle: 101 True Tales of Local Food & Drink." (Belltown Media. $17.95).
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Christina's on Orcas Island gets a new owner, and a new name
That owner is Lisa Nakamura, with impeccable cooking credentials, and that new name is Allium, a tribute to the chef's favorite vegetable.
Culture
One Dish: A 'Dutch Baby' grows up in north Ballard
The Original Pancake House chain, founded in suburban Portland, has grown to include an unlikely but popular outpost in Ballard, where the Dutch baby pancake is entrusted to just one man. The 'baby' doesn't go out to customers until the server, alerted by a wireless page, is standing ready to delive
Culture
A charming Italian film with a lousy title
'Mid-August Lunch' is a good-natured food feature, much more fun than its name lets on.
Crosscut Tout: Puppet opera, Neapolitan-spiced
The Carter Family presents the North American premiere of an opera buffa starring Pulcinella. Very true to its original form: a puppet show.