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Ronald Holden has been writing an award-winning wine and dining blog, Cornichon.org, since 2004. A Northwest native, Belltown resident and unreconstructed Francophile, has worked at KING TV, Seattle Weekly and Chateau Ste. Michelle. He has published five guidebooks to the wine country of Washington and Oregon and is the wine columnist for The NW Magazine. He is also the director of wine tours for The International Vineyard, restaurant reviewer for Belltown Messenger and editorial director of DeliciousCity.com.

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"Brasseries & Wine Bars of Paris"

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Before your next trip to Paris, take the time to be introduced to charming restaurants, interesting brasseries, great bistros, exciting wine bars, and...
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Cocktail chronicles for summer

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

One could argue that cocktails are the mark of a civilized society. Thus Jamie Boudreau, barman at Tini Bigs, can be viewed as an angel of western...
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Culinary summer camp & congee

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Tom Douglas will operate two sessions of his Culinary Summer Camp this year. First session runs from July 12 to 16, the second from August 9 to 13....
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Copper River salmon flies into town

As promotions go, this one's a catch: Salmon Gone Wild. Elliott's Oyster House is offering weekly salmon barbecues on its waterfront pier, along with...
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Sipping and nibbling with Kathy Casey

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Here's a handsome new book from Kathy Casey, Seattle's reigning culinary queen, full of recipes for cocktails and appetizers just in time for...
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Maria Hines, you are my cupcake

She is the 2009 winner of the title "Best Chef in the Northwest," so dubbed just last week by the James Beard Foundation. Her name, in case...
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Lost Lady is now lost indeed

The question on our minds, when it opened: what is one to make of the new place called Lost Lady American Cantina? In the elegant, art nouveau...
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Belltown's Happiest Hours

Mike McConnell, one of Seattle's most successful and admired restaurant operators, is Seattle's sultan of coffee (five Caffè Vita stores to...
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The decline of Pike Street Fish Fry

When it opened a year ago, Pike Street Fish Fry on Capitol Hill pomised to revolutionize the tired Seattle fish & chips scene. Lightly battered...
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SkyCity named Washington Wine Restaurant of the Year

The Washington Wine Commission has named SkyCity, the restaurant at the top of the Space Needle, as Restaurant of the Year to honor its promotion of...
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