Cassetta Rossa Restaurant, Lake Chelan - Primo Pasta, Simple style.

Cassetta Rossa Restaurant, Lake Chelan - Primo Pasta, Simple style.

Sometimes a restaurant serves up a side of emotion with their excellent food, and when it does it is never to be forgotten. Casetta Rossa in Lake Chelan WA is one of those unsuspecting places — a trattoria and pasta market that not only excites your tastebuds but also sauces your heart.

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A half day of half shells: Oyster Exploration at Elliott’s

A half day of half shells: Oyster Exploration at Elliott’s

If you really want to know oysters you have to eat a lot of them. And there are few better places to get your oyster on in Seattle than at Elliott’s Oyster House. So I had to try them all.

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It’s not just a party, it’s a Paella Party!

It’s not just a party, it’s a Paella Party!

Would you drive 80 miles for a huge pan of Paella — that iconic Spanish dish that’s hard to find a good version of? If you’re in Seattle you would, because just once a month a little place in the Skagit Valley throws a paella party worth traveling all the way to Spain for.

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Linda’s Fish & Chips - Mad dash for food truck perfection

Linda’s Fish & Chips - Mad dash for food truck perfection

Sometimes good food is worth racing against the clock - and traffic laws — to get to. And Linda’s Fish & Chips is so good that the South Bend WA cops better get ready, ‘cause I’m coming back for more!

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Amarin Banh Mi – Chincoteague Island’s Happiest Food Truck

Amarin Banh Mi – Chincoteague Island’s Happiest Food Truck

A simple food truck in Chincoteague Island VA serves up some of the best Banh Mi sandwiches this side of Hanoi, along with a heaping helping of Happy in every order. Because at Amarin Banh Mi the philosophy is: Happy is what Happy eats.

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El Sitio is The Place for tacos in Santa Barbara

El Sitio is The Place for tacos in Santa Barbara

At El Sitio Restaurant in Santa Barbara, California the tacos and burritos are so authentic that they will transport your tastebuds to a taqueria in Mexico that you will not soon forget.

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Project Sichuan #6 - Water Boiled Fish - Silky fish meets Sichuan fire.

Project Sichuan #6 - Water Boiled Fish - Silky fish meets Sichuan fire.

Water Boiled Fish (Shui Zhu Yu) is one of of those special Sichuan dishes that causes a hush of voices at the table when first presented – sizzling oil bubbling atop a boiling caldron of blazing red chiles, Sichuan peppercorns and snow white tiles of silky fish unlike any you’ve ever had anywhere.



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Mike’s Noodle House: Why Not to Judge a Book by its Cover.

Mike’s Noodle House: Why Not to Judge a Book by its Cover.

At Mike’s Noodle House in Seattle’s Chinatown the Congee and Noodle Soups draw a crowd of traditional Chinese food lovers who care more about how food tastes than how it looks.

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Bakery Nouveau - sometimes it's the little things that matter most.

Bakery Nouveau - sometimes it's the little things that matter most.

Sometimes it’s the little things that matter and make life better, and the baked goods at Bakery Nouveau in West Seattle prove that point by putting a smile on your face with every bite.

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Kenyan Love Triangle - Samosas at Monique’s Hot Kitchen

Kenyan Love Triangle - Samosas at Monique’s Hot Kitchen

Kenyan samosas are like few others with a unique, robust flavor and a crispy texture that drives me wild. But finding them with that real taste of home has always been difficult, until I discovered Monique’s Hot Kitchen and was instantly transported back the green hills of Africa.

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Harry’s Beach House - Beach Eating in Style

Harry’s Beach House - Beach Eating in Style

Everyone loves burgers and beer at the beach, and Seattle’s Alki Beach has many Surfside options to fit that bill. But when you want something more upscale without leaving the breezy beach vibe behind, Harry’s Beach House is just the spot.

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Lady Jaye - A Sandwich for Dinner? Yes please!

Lady Jaye - A Sandwich for Dinner? Yes please!

Sandwich for dinner? My knee-jerk response is to say No Way. But if you go to Lady Jaye for their Smoked Pork Belly Burnt Ends Banh Mi it will change the way you think of dinner, and maybe even of life.

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Plantiful Superfoods - Healthy Eating Without Sacrifice.

Plantiful Superfoods - Healthy Eating Without Sacrifice.

Many vegan restaurants try to convince people that they should eat healthy no matter what. Unfortunately “plant-based food” often doesn’t appeal to the average eater. But will they eat healthy if the food is delicious? They will if they go to Plantiful Superfoods, a sleek new plant-based restaurant in Kirkland.

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Don’t get it twisted: Chicken Rice is not chicken and rice.

Don’t get it twisted: Chicken Rice is not chicken and rice.

Going to Drunken Chicken looks like mistakenly going to a juice bar, until you spot a tiny take-out window outside that is only open on certain days at certain times. But time it right at this little-known pop up and you can get a plate of Chicken Rice that makes you fall in love.

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