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Kicking Hunger With Chef John Howie: Mark Coleman Of Food Lifeline Talks About The Man Who “Loves Through His Food”
Forty percent of food in the United States goes to waste every year — and this happens in the world’s most `prosperous’ country, where a silent population of more than 49 million people struggles to put food on the table and one in six Americans goes hungry every day. This shouldn’t be. “Hunger doesn’t have…
Read MoreMeet Mike Taib – Vice Distiller At Wildwood Spirits With A Passion For Alcohol In His Blood
The first thing you notice about Mike Taib is his laughter. A deep, gutteral, bubbling sound that warms the cockles of your heart with its genuine, almost childlike spontaneity. And once you have heard Mike Taib laughing, you cannot help but also like this bartender-turned-distiller who describes himself as “happy, easygoing and often, downright silly”.…
Read MoreJohn Howie And Erik Liedholm: What Makes Their Partnership Tick?
Theirs is a pairing that came like an unexpected food-and-wine treat for residents of the Pacific Northwest in 2001. After 17 years, and multiple fine dining restaurants, a brewery, a sports bar and a distillery to their name, the duo is still going as strong as ever, in a friendship and partnership that couldn’t have…
Read MoreIn Conversation With Drew Cluley – Master Brewer At Beardslee Public House
For fans of the Beardslee Public House, where award-winning master brewer Drew Cluley’s 10-barrel lineup of craft brews, complemented by a local-inspired menu, has put `scratch-casual’ on the cuisine map of Bothell, here is a closer look at the man behind your favorite Bastard Grain Pale Ale and Greenleaf IPA: Q: When Did You…
Read More3 Shades Of Erik Liedholm: Sommelier, Distiller – And One More That Few Know About…
Award-winning sommelier and wine director of John Howie restaurants, Erik Liedholm likes to maintain a low profile. But his mastery of the beverage space, and the many awards that collect each year on his mantelpiece, constantly draw media attention to this debonair and erudite man whose longstanding partnership with Chef John Howie is a story…
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