A Food Obsessed Seattleite’s Favorite 30 Seattle Restaurants
Pictured: Goldfinch Tavern I moved to the West Coast almost four years ago from my home state of Alabama and I’ve been diligently eating and drinking my way through Seattle’s food scene ever since (and documenting it along the way!). I’ve worked with...
Chef Ryan Fox is Bringing it at Nomad PDX
Photo by Rabbit Hole Photography Dining at Nomad PDX is an experience like no other. It’s a delightful sensory explosion – everything from the plating, the ambiance, the freshly foraged ingredients, the menu, the presentation – they are all...
Where to Nosh, Sip and Stay in Long Beach, Washington
The Long Beach Peninsula on the southern coast of Washington is a string of the most darling little sea towns you’ve ever seen and a utopia for seafood lovers. I got to visit here recently and it was hard to leave, the Washington Coast is a very special place...
My Alabama Mama’s Fried Chicken
Whenever I visit Alabama, there is one thing I always request (okay, demand), and that’s for my mother to make me fried chicken. There are just a few things I desperately miss about home, and my mom’s fried chicken is on the top of that list. She makes it...
Hop on the Salem Ale and Cider Trail
When I got invited to Salem to experience their new Ale and Cider Trail, I said hell yes. Typically, I’m not a huge craft beer drinker. You’ll usually find me drinking whiskey or red wine or, if it is beer, my beloved Coors Light (no judgement, please)....
Cannon Beach in April: Sister Trip 2017
View from our balcony at the Surfsand Resort I love living on the West Coast but I definitely miss my family back in Alabama, especially my sister, Colleen. She’s been my best friend my entire life and not having her a few minutes away is painful. Since I moved...
Three Days of Delicious this Weekend
We are slap in the middle of food festival season and I don’t know about y’all, but I’m enjoying it immensely (and my pants are getting tight). This weekend brings us some truly delectable events that will delight any food lover. Here’s your...
Sam Choy’s Poke to the Max is Utterly Delicious (and now they’re in Tacoma!)
Rejoice fellow poke lovers! Sam Choy’s Poke to the Max has just opened a Tacoma location and they’re serving up all of the Poke to the Max favorites. I’m a southern girl who found myself in Seattle four years ago and Hawaiian cuisine is not something...
The Yummiest Things in and Around Salem
I recently got back from Salem, Oregon, and boy – did I have a time eating and drinking my way through this little city. Located in the center of the Willamette Valley, Salem sits in an absolutely beautiful part of the state and the drive down from Seattle was...
Cochon555: 5 Pigs, 5 Chefs, 5 Winemakers (this is going to be EPIC)
Get ready, y’all – there’s a fantastic food event coming to Seattle next weekend and I am just giddy about this one. Cochon555 is a glorious day that brings together 5 local chefs, 5 pigs and 5 winemakers. At the center of Cochon555 is a cook-off...
Stellar Cocktail Happy Hour Specials in Seattle
Seattle is such a wonderful place for cocktail lovers. We’re surrounded by dozens of local distilleries, crafting everything from bourbon to limnocello, and it makes for quite the rad craft cocktail scene in this city. Let’s face it though, drinking cocktails in...
Obsessed with the Brunch Buffet at Goldfinch Tavern
My first trip to the brunch buffet. Well, yesterday I discovered something truly wonderful in our food obsessed city and I couldn’t wait to share it. Get ready, y’all, because the brunch buffet at Goldfinch Tavern is going to blow you away. I first shied...
The Best Bites of Taste Washington’s Grand Tasting
This year the Grand Tasting at Taste Washington brought together hundreds of Washington wineries and some damn good food from our delicious city. I like wine, a lot, but y’all probably already know that the food was the main attraction for me (though I did drink...
Taste Washington on the Farm – The Most Wonderful Day of the Year
We just closed out the 20th Taste Washington, and I don’t know about y’all – but I drank a lot of wine over the past four days. Consider me wined out until further notice. I absolutely love Taste, but my favorite parts of it are definitely the events...
Culinary Excellence at Le Petit Cochon
I had the pleasure of dining at Le Petit Cochon last night for the first time, and all I can say is wow, y’all. Like, super wow. I have a new favorite restaurant in Seattle. Chef Derek and his team are absolutely killing it and while they claim they aren’t...
I Ate Everything in Buenos Aires
I recently returned from an epic trip to Buenos Aires and I am telling y’all, it was some of the best food of my life and by far the best steak. I’m a southern girl and we grew up eating lots of red meat in my house, so I have had my fair share of beef and...
