Wallingford, Seattle

Wallingford Community Kitchen: Indian Inspired

This Friday, March 11, the Wallingford Community Kitchen will be hosting an Indian inspired evening of cooking, starting at 5:30 pm, at the Wallingford Community Senior Center, located in the basement of the Good Shepherd (4649 Sunnyside Avenue N).  Buy your tickets now online through Brown Paper Tickets. Down in the root cellar; time to get creative with the pre-spring remaining veggies. . . Join us at our Wallingford Community Kitchen celebrating the coming of spring with an east Indian twist. …

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Satay and Potatoes

We stopped in Satay, the new Malaysian restaurant on 45th on Friday for some lunch and spotted this sign on the door. Patrick McCready, one of the two owners, told us the Food Network's Meat and Potatoes was filming that day for a spot next season. He said all told, they shot close to 9 hours of footage for what will end up being around a 7 minute segment. We'll keep you posted. In the meantime, try the red curry. It's amazing.

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Baby Chick Season Has Begun!

We've had chickens for a decade, raising most from chicks. If you want to raise chicks, your season starts now: From this week through to the end of April the Bothell Feed Center is selling baby chicks. We currently have Rock Star and Plymouth Barred Rock birds, but Orpingtons and Australorps are our favorite breeds (gentle, good layers, not so destructive). Chicks are easy for the first month or so- you just need a box, a lamp, and some starter feed.…

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Food Bank Gourmet

When chefs Rachel Yang of Joule or Amy McRay of Eva cook, you can imagine they have a pretty well-stocked pantry to work with. Imagine, though, that these two cooking experts were limited to food you'd find in a food bank. We'd say it's doubtful you'd find "Hawaiian prawn stone pot with saffron rice" or "Grilled Northwest Beef ‘Petit Tender’ Steak with a Sauté of Roasted Potato, Red Onion, and Winter Vegetables & a Feta, Smoked Paprika and Almond Salts" on the…

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Magma Fest

Remember when Hollow Earth Radio was in Wallingford?  Yeah, that was cool. Even cooler is the fact that they're bringing part of their annual MagmaFest back to Wallingford. What is a Magma Fest?  It's a festival to support local indie musicians and to expose more people to Hollow Earth Radio’s volunteer-run, online, freeform radio.  What a great combo! The festival is already happening now at various venues across the city.   Learn more here or drop by the Chapel Performance Space in…

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Heavy Metal

Most impressively-equipped motorcycle I've ever seen - outside Essential Bakery. Formidable iron gate. It looks like there's a bird in there, but it's fake. Was this metal door inside someone's house?  Where??  

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