It seems like you can’t go more than a few days recently without having someone sing her praises. Of course, it’s all well deserved. Here at Tastingmenu, we’ve known how great Dana is for some time (even before she started writing here — in fact it’s why we wanted her to share her opinions on [...]

Amidst the avalanche of press that my co-blogger is getting you might have missed the latest from Seattle Magazine calling her “The Sweet Chemist” and a “Rebel Chef”. I though she just liked trying to make excellent desserts, I didn’t realize she was rebelling.

Check it out.
(Note for Seattle Magazine: how about posting the picture [...]

Under no circumstances will I open the number 10 can of worms that is all that we in the industry think of Yelp.
However, nearly every establishment has received reviews that are unnecessarily negative/rude/absurd. No matter how unreal untrue unbelievable they are, they eat at us. So we do the only thing we really can. We [...]

For 270 people, love will be on a Thali at Poppy tonight.
Last year I wrote quite frankly about some of the realities of St. Valenties Day, or VD as we refer to it in the industry.
Poppy is in a protective bubble of some sort right now. And by that I mean we are busy. Trust [...]