Bethany Jean Clement | The Seattle Times

Roasting a chicken makes the confines of home less confining by filling them with warmth and buttery scent and promise.

April 1, 2020 at 6:00 am

An excellent and easy roast chicken recipe for troubled times — plus ideas for leftovers

Things are hard right now. Let’s make something simple and easy and very pleasing, and then also enjoy the leftovers, too.

March 27, 2020 at 1:50 pm

Beloved Seattle restaurant owner Elizabeth Mar of Kona Kitchen and husband Robert Mar die of novel coronavirus

Kona Kitchen's beloved matriarch — many called her "auntie" or "grandma" — succumbed to COVID-19 on March 25 after a two-week illness, and now her...

Chef Holly Smith of Cafe Juanita carries out an order being picked up by one of her long time customers in the parking lot at the restaurant in Juanita. Smith and her staff are creating meals that can be taken home with instructions for final preparation.

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March 26, 2020 at 6:00 am

Where to get takeout in the Seattle area now — and how deeply weird it feels VIEW

Seattle Times restaurant critic Bethany Jean Clement takes a look at takeout in the Seattle area right now, with five recommendations for all kinds of...

Italian Tuna Salad with Cannellini beans, English cucumber, Mizuna or Endives, Blood orange segments, Shaved red onion , Castelvetrano olives, Mint, red wine vinaigrette. From Gravy on Vashon Island.

March 24, 2020 at 7:00 am

Make this easy and delicious springtime salad from Vashon Island’s Gravy VIEW

Chef Dre Neely and partner Pepa Brower run the sweet spot called Gravy on Vashon Island, and share their recipe for this springtime salad.

Canlis fine dining restaurant is closed. Instead, they started operating out of their parking lot near the south east corner of the Aurora Bridge serving a limited menu to customers. Canlis owner Mark Canlis places a Drive Thru sign on the roof of the restaurant letting people know they are open.

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March 23, 2020 at 12:49 pm

Seattle’s best restaurants asking for help from Congress — and from you

More than 100 of the Seattle area's best independently owned restaurants have joined forces as the coronavirus closure appears likely to devastate the industry. Here's...

Tai Tung owner Harry Chan CQ chats with Michelle Tabor while packing her to go order in Seattle Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Tabor says she has been coming to Tai Tung since she was five and has eaten at every table in the restaurant. Tai Tung transitioned to having only orders to go on March 17, to comply with Gov. Jay Inslee’s emergency declaration temporarily closing restaurants and bars in Washington state to stop the spread of novel coronavirus. Chan said the first day of takeout orders were good, but Wednesday started slow. 213400

March 23, 2020 at 9:30 am

Coronavirus relief fund established to help Seattle’s Chinatown-International District restaurants

Vulcan Inc. has announced a donation of $100,000 to support locally owned places in Seattle's Chinatown-International District, which were hit early and hard by fears...

Exterior view of the new Lark restaurant, with Bitter/Raw in the upstairs section of the restaurant.

RESTAURANT REVIEW – LARK AND BITTER/RAW (upstairs) – 145265 – 022615

March 16, 2020 at 4:15 pm

For Seattle restaurants in the coronavirus era, the new normal is delivery and dread

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has ordered the mandatory closure of all restaurants in Seattle for at least two weeks, very likely longer. Our restaurant critic...

Little Neon Taco’s pozole is photographed at the restaurant in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood Monday, March 9, 2020. 213250

March 12, 2020 at 6:00 am

Coronavirus food advice: Keep calm and make these 2 soups from great Seattle chefs

It's scary in Seattle — make some comfort in the form of chef Monica Dimas' posole and/or a take on green curry from chef Logan...

Darlene Ung, Dawn Ung, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and Diane Le at the new location of Phnom Penh Noodle House on Jackson Street — the Ungs and Le are the sisters who’re so happy to be reopening their family restaurant.

February 27, 2020 at 6:00 am

Seattle's beloved Phnom Penh Noodle House is reopening

A $140,000 Seattle Office of Economic Development grant has helped save a beloved community favorite — but what does Mayor Jenny Durkan have to say...

A pasta dish available at Il Nido, a new restaurant in West Seattle — Ricotta Cavatieddi in Roman style Pomodoro. Il Nido offers some of the best pastas in the northwest. Shot Tuesday, June 18, 2019.
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February 26, 2020 at 2:19 pm

17 Seattle-area chefs and restaurants score James Beard awards semifinalist spots

This spring's list of possibilities for the restaurant industry's highest honors looks a lot fresher than in years past — hello, Bremerton!?