In November, I told you that Giuseppe “Joe” Nappo, best known for his Federal Way restaurant Verrazano’s, is restoring Northeast Tacoma’s Cliff House. He was planning a January 2012 reopening. He gave an update last week by email: Read more »
We’re making a change here at the TNT Diner: You now can use your Facebook account to post comments.
The News Tribune debuted Facebook commenting on Biz Buzz earlier this year and other News Tribune blogs have followed. Many major news organizations already have switched to Facebook commenting. Here’s an interesting article by Jeff Sonderman of the Poynter Institute about the switch media outlets have made to Facebook commenting.
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The FOX culinary show MasterChef is casting this Saturday in Tukwila. The show is a competition of amateur chefs judged by Chef Gordon Ramsay, Chef Graham Elliot and restaurateur Joe Bastianich. Click “read more” for details. Read more »
The Celebrity Cake Studio is leaving its longtime home at Freighthouse Square, but fans of the neighborhood bakery known for elaborate wedding cakes and fondant party cakes need only travel a few blocks to its new location at 314 E. 26th St.
Bakery owner Odette D’Aniello said she’ll keep her Freighthouse Square shop at 602 E. 25th St. open during the transition, but expect to see the move happen near the end of November to the beginning of December. Read more »
Beer diva and 99 Bottles co-owner Tiffany Adamowski – the first woman I email when I need any sort of beer recommendation – will have two interesting visitors and a beer tasting Sunday. John and Kate Suscovich, two bicyclists cycling the globe and raising food and beer awareness, as well as money for FarmAid, will stop at the store to talk about their travels. Click “read more” to see the details. Read more »
I popped into the new Tacoma Food Co-op last week and found late-harvest fruits and vegetables, plenty of packaged foods, but no take-out foods. But, this just in: Tacoma Food Co-op now will sell ready-made salads, soups, dips and dessert. Click “read more” to see the details. Read more »
Laurie Sanders-Polen knows some peculiar things about the eating habits of Puyallupites. They like cheddar cheese. A lot. And chevre, too. Buffalo mozzarella? That’s a big no thanks. Burrata was another that didn’t sell well with the locals. And what about stinky blues? “I thought there’d be more blue lovers,” said Sanders-Polen.
If Sanders-Polen has her way, local eaters soon will be spreading crusty baguettes with Italian butter and French butter flavored with sea salt. She’ll also introduce them to fig preserves, hand-made toffee and pungent cheeses from the far reaches of the world that cost as little as a few bucks for a small wedge at My Cheese Shoppe, which Sanders-Polen opened in downtown Puyallup in June.
Sanders-Polen is a self-proclaimed cheesemonger who never intended to sell cheese. Read more »
I go every year hungry, and leave reeking of Greek eats: oregano, garlic, lamb and more garlic. The St. Nicholas Greek Festival is one of my favorite festivals and it really should be on your list, too. If anyone knows how to throw a big Greek feast, it’s the parish members and volunteers at the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Tacoma. Church volunteers have put on the food festival for 50 years, introducing countless Tacomans to baklava, gyros, melomakarona, koulorakia, dolmades and plenty of other Greek dishes and pastries that many may find unpronounceable, but utterly delicious. Click “read more” to see the details of this year’s festival, which begins Friday. Read more »