It started with a brick of butter. A 7-inch cube of the yellowest, sweetest, creamiest butter—made with the milk of cows mooing nearby at Kurtwood Farms on Washington's Vashon Island. Kurt...
Angela Prosper
Old Salt Merchants Equator Green Tea
Slapped with tastefully chic nautical branding, the products of Old Salt Merchants in Washington's seaport of Port Townsend don the face of Butch, the curmudgeonly fictitious seaman who represents...
Tasting Note: The New Ripeness
Your wine has changed, and you might not even know it. The wines you buy from Northwest winemakers are subtly but discernibly different than the ones you might have found even just a decade ago. An...
Big Bottom Distilling Oregon Gin
Lately I’ve been interested in the development of regional Northwest gin styles—so interested that I investigated the topic as the cover story for our spirits-focused winter print issue. There are...
Grazers: Edible Canada at the Market
What is Canadian cuisine? That’s what Edible Canada founder Eric Pateman set out to discover in his groundbreaking restaurant, in the heart of Vancouver’s Granville Island. With more than 12 million...
Green Leaf Brewing Les Saisoniers
Outside of producing quality and sustainable beers that taste as good as their ingredients are, North Vancouver's Green Leaf Brewing Co.'s goal is to inspire their community "about the wonders of...