In honor of National Doughnut Day, we’ve rounded up a few of our food writers’ recent forays into the world of deep-fried, sugary goodness. The Flour Box 5520 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle; theflourboxseattle.com Food critic Tan Vinh declared the crème brûlée brioche doughnut with a vanilla custard filling from The Flour […]
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The 5 best things our food writers ate this week
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Our food writers’ top 12 Seattle-area takeout picks from one long pandemic year
Seattle Times food writers Bethany Jean Clement, Jackie Varriano and Tan Vinh have eaten a lot — a lot — of takeout over the course of this past long year. It hasn’t all been great, but they’ve been accentuating the positive — from all different neighborhoods and price points — […]
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How Adrienne Kennedy influenced generations of Black writers
It is an indictment of our theater that a playwright who has inspired artists across generations is so little known to the average theatergoer. Sadly, Adrienne Kennedy, the 89-year-old African American dramatic poet, whose 1964 play “Funnyhouse of a Negro” is a touchstone of 20th century American drama, is more […]
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Travel guide with 2021 twist: Writers laud American places
Sixteen notable writers have created a combined list of places that they believe helped shape and define America, from coastal Oregon and Solvang, California, to Ellis Island and New Hampshire’s Black Heritage Trail. The resulting collection of mini-essays, including contributions from memoirist Cheryl Strayed, novelist Jodi Picoult, humorist David Sedaris […]