March 30, 2010

Apparently, not everybody loves the dumplings at Judy Fu’s Snappy Dragon. A blogger at The Seattle Weekly put our local hot spot up to the test against another beloved dumpling eatery, Szechuan Noodle Bowl in the International District, and claimed the Bowl an easy winner. But how seriously can you really take a reviewer of Asian

March 29, 2010

Check your mailbox this week for a coupon for a free “Green Kitchen Kit,” which should arrive in your CurbWaste and Conserve newsletter. The kits, which feature an EcoSafe Kitchen Collector (shown at right) and compostable bags for storing food scraps, a food scraper, a CFL light bulb and a reusable shopping bag, can be

March 29, 2010

If you want nothing more than to snuggle up in front of your computer and avoid the stormy spring weather, boy have we got a project for you. A helpful reader named Shawn notified us late last week that the star ratings for some of the restaurants under our Food & Drink section were disabled, so

March 29, 2010

I remember getting gold stars for reading books. But bikes? Now talk about an incentive. From Thursday, April, 1 to June 3, The Seattle Public Library is hosting the “Bikes for Books” reading program, which offers children in grades one through three the chance to enter a drawing for a bike. For every three books they

March 27, 2010

This is the Seattle skyline seen from the top of what is now a giant, noisy dig at the Maple Leaf Reservoir, but in a few years will be part of the Maple Leaf Reservoir Park. The next public meeting on the park is Thursday, April 22, from 6-8 p.m. at Olympic View Elementary School,