Culture
Restaurant roundup: A quick tour of tasty Seattle startups and tart-ups
Plus, a commendation for FareStart, and a tip: For good dining, be choosy about all those coupons!
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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Culture
One dish: Artusi makes tripe delicious once more
Artusi, Cascina Spinasse's spin-off aperitivo restaurant, has adapted to Seattleites' big appetites for Italian with a tripe reinvention that even the pickiest eaters can't help but love.
Culture
One Dish: Philly Comes to Belltown
A onetime martial arts instructor moves his cheesesteak specialty from a sidewalk cart to a walk-up window at Belltown Billiards, to the delight of late-night club-hoppers.
Seattle & King County
Paul Havas, Northwest landscape painter, dies at 71
Havas was called the poet laureate of Northwest landscape painting.
Politics
Brawling chefs pack their porkers and head to Seattle
The Cochon 555 pig-cooking contest comes north, just days after big-name cooks come to blows, and land in jail, in Portland.