After binge-watching the first four episodes of the fabulous Hulu series “The Bear,” it is clear that the show is a bit of a love letter to restaurants. Love with all of its messy, …

Cascadia Art Museum continues to feature artists who we may not know but need to, and the museum itself is a work of art, especially in summer when the blooms out front make you stop and study just …

Everyone in Edmonds and the surrounding area wait somewhat impatiently for the Summer Market to begin, and with the May we had (weather-wise), June’s sunny days have meant a slight delay to the …

Common ground? Common area? How about just Commons? The Main Street Commons, that is. A few weeks ago, the final (and arguably the cornerstone) of the Main Street Commons in Edmonds opened its …

What is better than a potato? The humble potato is versatile, transformable, and delectable. Potatoes can be the base of a dish, a side, or the star of the show. Potatoes can be covered and …

The folks at Red Twig like to say, “Drink Coffee, Eat Well, Do Good Things.” It is a fitting tagline for a café where so many busy people like to meet in Edmonds. I have yet …

Perhaps you are out and about to explore near home, or you have friends in from out of town. Why not take in some beautiful Northwest art? Cascadia Art Museum continues to expose the art community to …

“After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexplicable is music.” – Aldus Huxley Edmonds has long been known as an arts community. The Edmonds Arts Festival, …

This winter has had its chills, and sometimes we just want to have a meal we know will warm our taste buds and our souls.  With no shortage of options in our area, this week’s Arts …

Last year, this reviewer suffered mightily by having to eat A LOT of pizza for a piece in The Beacon Magazine , a special edition produced three times a year for Beacon readers. (By …

Cascadia Art Museum continues to surprise and challenge the art community to expand its definition of Northwest Art and artists. During the January opening for “A Legacy Rediscovered: …

While many Edmonds residents were initially saddened by the news of the closing of Chanterelle Hometown Bistro, the excitement of having a second location of a Seattle favorite, Ristorante …

Edmonds is an art and appetite kind of town. As we prepare to enter a new year, let us take a look back on how much there is to enjoy in both food and the arts in our community and remember what …

Spending a Saturday at Cascadia Art Museum is always nice, but during the holiday season, well, it is just lovely. Before heading to the museum, we stopped at one of our much-loved Edmonds' spots …

"We are more than the worst thing we have done," is a phrase Amanda Knox heard when serving time in prison in Italy for a crime she was later exonerated for. "We are more than the worst thing …

One of the newest additions to the Edmonds food scene, Kazoku, has only been open for a couple of months, but it has definitely been discovered – and for all of the right reasons. Kazoku, or …

When I first heard the group behind Daphnes and other popular spots in Edmonds planned to open a new coffee shop and cocktail bar, I figured it would strike that just-right chord between current and …

Fall in the Pacific Northwest is beautiful. The mornings are crisp and cool, the leaves turn so many shades of yellow, orange, and red, and the drizzle seems to quench a thirst that your body did not …

I have not stopped telling people about a bakery I recently discovered right here in Snohomish County, so I suppose it is not surprising that I, too, learned about it through word of mouth. Yes, …

As I have shared before in this column, I am a fan of breakfast. Breakfast for lunch, breakfast for dinner. And of course, breakfast for breakfast. Because we love breakfast so, it is sometimes …