Subscribe to Ed's TableSep. 11, 2009 at 7:51pm
Bishop adds brawn to Bee Lady benefit
Merende chef joins lineup of Sept. 29 soup cook-off fund-raiser
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Eat Well, Do Good, Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Jeff Bishop, the chef at Merende in downtown Tacoma, has thrown his talented toque into the ring and will compete in a soup cook-off that will benefit a South Sound farmer in need, adding culinary brawn to a tasty lineup. Read more
Aug. 11, 2009 at 9:13am
A smoking-good dinner, with a taste of Julia Child
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Eating with Ed, Tacoma
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There are just a few tickets left to this week's smoking-good tribute dinner to Julia Child at The Ark, the new smokehouse restaurant in Tacoma. Click here to buy yours. Read more
Jun. 10, 2009 at 8:04am
Get a taste of Honor Thy Farmer
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Eat Well, Do Good, Farming and growing, Tacoma
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Tickets are still available for Saturday's Honor Thy Farmer dinner, the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra's spring fund-raiser that features top South Sound chefs preparing the bounties of some of the South Sound's finest farms. Honor Thy Farmer takes place Saturday starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Sharon M. McGavick Student Center at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood. Read more
May. 27, 2009 at 6:48pm
Memorial celebration for Gayl Bertagni
Swiss co-owner died in tragic truck accident
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Tacoma
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A memorial celebration will be held at The Swiss on Saturday for Gayl Bertagni, the co-owner of the Tacoma pub who was killed by her runaway pickup truck Friday night.
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May. 23, 2009 at 12:30pm
The Swiss co-owner Gayl Bertagni dies
Killed in when her truck backs over her
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Tacoma
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Gayl Bertagni, the chef and co-owner of The Swiss pub in Tacoma for the past 16 years, died Friday night after her pick-up truck backed over her. Read more
May. 20, 2009 at 4:27pm
Cheffin' Off kicks off Tacoma Broadway Farmers Market
Go Local Tacoma sponsors live cooking competiton and demonstration
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Farmers Markets, Tacoma
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Tacoma's downtown Broadway farmers market opens Thursday, featuring a live-cooking competition that will be judged by a panel of local media, politics and arts celebrities. "Cheffin' Off" is sponsored by Go Local Tacoma, the coalition that promotes local businesses.
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May. 4, 2009 at 2:33pm
Brix is sold
New owners for Gig Harbor restaurant
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Changes and Sales, Chefs, Gig Harbor
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My earlier report about Brix 25 is now official: The Gig Harbor restaurant has new owners. I met new chef-owner Thad Lyman Sunday night at the Star Chefs gala. Stay tuned for details.
Apr. 29, 2009 at 8:39am
Calling farm-friendly chefs
Tacoma Farmers Market seeks Chef Off contestants
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Farmers Markets, Farming and growing, South Sound Eats, Tacoma
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Tacoma's Broadway Farmers Market, GoLocal Tacoma and South Sound Eats are looking for a few farm-friendly chefs to compete in a live, local cooking contest using farm-fresh meat, seafood, vegetables and fruit. Chef Off happens May 21, when the downtown Thursday market opens its season.
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Apr. 20, 2009 at 4:06pm
LeLe moving on Uptown
Thai-Vietnamese restaurant opening new location in upscale Gig Harbor shopping center
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Gig Harbor, Restaurant Openings, Tacoma
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Tacoma Thai-Vietnamese restaurant LeLe is moving on up from Hilltop to Gig Harbor with a second location in the upscale Uptown Gig Harbor shopping and dining plaza. The target opening date is May 20, owner LeLe Tran told me today. Read more
Apr. 17, 2009 at 5:22pm
Sea Grill crew land jobs
GM Mike Neumann now a Captain at El Gaucho
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Restaurant Closings, Staff, Tacoma
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Several former Sea Grill employees have landed jobs within Mackay Restaurant Group following the closure of the downtown Tacoma restaurant last month. Read more
Mar. 25, 2009 at 10:17am
Sea Grill closing Sunday
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Restaurant Closings, Tacoma
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Sea Grill, the downtown Tacoma restaurant owned by Seattle-based Mackay Restaurant Group, will close its doors after dinner service on Sunday. Sea Grill chef Matt Brandsey today confirmed what I've heard in the wind this week.
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Mar. 23, 2009 at 12:48pm
Seattle chefs top Northwest nods
Four Seattle chefs in running for James Beard regional award
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Ed Eats Seattle, Media
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Seattle chefs dominated the Northwest nominations of the James Beard Foundation awards, the culinary equivalent of the Oscars, announced this morning. A top toque nomination once again went to Seattle celebrity chef Tom Douglas, in the outstanding restaurateur category. Read more
Mar. 17, 2009 at 11:25am
PLU preps for Culinary Week
Mediterranean flavors -- and a Top Chef battle -- highlight this year's event
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Cool Things, Tacoma
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Keep your girls gone wild and beer-soaked beaches. This here is my kind of spring break: Pacific Lutheran University's Culinary Week, filled with Mediterranean cooking demos and food tastings, highlighted by a big lunch and and a Top Chef-style college cook-off. Read more
Mar. 16, 2009 at 9:54pm
New chef at Pacific Grill
El Gaucho-Asado vet replaces Valimont
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Tacoma
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Ian Thompson, who's cheffed at El Gaucho and Asado in Tacoma, is the new executive chef at Pacific Grill, replacing Aaron Valimont, who's moved on to Oceanaire in Seattle. Read more
Feb. 3, 2009 at 1:43pm
'Top Chefs' looking for top Puget Sound talent
Bravo cooking show will hold open auditions in Seattle Feb. 11
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Media
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"Top Chefs," the cable-television culinary competition, will hold open auditions in Seattle on Feb. 11, looking for "the best and the brightest" chefs in the Puget Sound region and beyond to vie for the Bravo program's titular honor next season.
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Dec. 11, 2008 at 12:46pm
Sofia Bistro closed
Its Iron Chef, Jaron Witsoe, lands at newly opened Merende
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Restaurant Closings
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Sofia Bistro, the intimate and arty restaurant in University Place, has closed. Read more
Dec. 1, 2008 at 9:14pm
Lamprey is the eel-like deal
Bizarre, primodeal fish is a sweet catch
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Ed Eats Seattle
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Lamprey is a boneless, jawless fish that sucks the blood of other fish for sustenance, an elongated, cylindrical creature thought to be the oldest fishlike animal in existence. Lamprey are not pretty, but, oh, are they tasty, especially in the hands of Joseba Jimenez de Jimenez, a Basque-born chef who is currently cooking his version of the San Sebastian soul food at Harvest Vine in Seattle.
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Nov. 30, 2008 at 6:50pm
No place like Kansas for Peter Weikel Jr.
For young chef, life after Stadium Bistro failure
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Tacoma
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The former boy-wonder chef of Stadium Bistro in Tacoma is now the executive sous chef at the Overland Park Convention Center in Kansas. Read more
Nov. 25, 2008 at 6:44am
Tacoma's Iron Chef is ...
Jaron Witsoe gets down with Gummi Bears to win the local title
Posted by Ed Murrieta in Chefs, Tacoma
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Two local chefs. Fourteen mystery ingredients. One hour to cook. That was the recipe for Monday night's Iron Chef competition at Urban Gourmet in Tacoma. Read more
