Cities change, restaurants come and go. But the news today that Seattle’s Copper Gate is closing is one of the more disappointing closures I’ve heard about in a while (as a Norwegian-American, I have a soft spot in my heart for the bar). Located in Ballard, a neighborhood with a rich Scandinavian history, the Copper […]
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Meet Chef Heidi Varney of the Woodward Canyon Reserve House
In the little town of Lowden, about 13 miles west of Walla Walla off Highway 12, sits Woodward Canyon, one of the Valley’s oldest wineries, started by Rick Small and his wife, Darcey Fugman-Small, in 1981. While its wines–particularly the Artist Series–have been drawing me to its charming little tasting room in a restored 1870’s […]