Chris Onstad

Forget what you know about chili. Ten top local chefs are about to take the concept to new heights. Just three days left until the First Annual Chili Jamboree at Mississippi Studios! RAIN OR SHINE, there will be: Ten top local chefs (from Podnah’s Pit and Smokehouse 21 to Tasty N Sons, Departure, and Castagna!) […]

Ned over in Music got first dibs on sharing the Chili Jamboree video with you yesterday, but I don’t need a fancy, slick clip to persuade you that we’ve got an all-out America Ruckus on our hands. (I can’t say this enough: THIS WILL SELL OUT. Tickets here.) 10 CHEFS – 100 GALLONS OF CHILI […]

Pasta Allegro, the latest victim of the “cursed” location at the corner of NE MLK and Fremont (former home to Belly, Terroir, and Carpaccio), has called it quits (see the official announcement here). I put quotes around “cursed” for a reason – I visited once, for review purposes, a couple months ago. I don’t think […]

Nicky USA’s Wild About Game is over – it’s been over for a week and more – so I figured I’d better throw my notes into the ring before the statue of limitations has passed. For those who are as late to this party as me: Nicky USA is one of the major distributors of […]

Get your tickets now! Wild About Game, Nicky USA’s annual culinary celebration and all-day party, will be held this Sunday, September 8, at Timberline Lodge, from 11:30am-4:30pm. Full details here, tickets here. What your ticket gets you: Entrance to the Artisan Marketplace – Sample food and drink from nearly forty of the Northwest’s best producers, […]