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White meat original chicken fresh out of the fryer at the original Ezell’s Famous Chicken on 23rd Avenue and East Jefferson Street in the Central District neighborhood of Seattle. 209941

Food & Drink

Seattle restaurant classics: Why you need to go to Ezell’s Famous Chicken

The Seattle-area classic is celebrating 35 years of making Oprah-certified-great fried chicken — food writer (and longtime fan) Bethany Jean Clement talks with co-founder Lewis Rudd about what makes Ezell's so golden-good. VIEW

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Pets

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Happy Hour

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Outdoors

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Food & Drink

Friday, April 19, 2019. Grilled Mangalitsa Belly at Samara. 209944

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Bethany Jean Clement

Seattle restaurant classics: Why you need to go to Ezell’s Famous Chicken

Pacific NW Magazine

King County sheriff Matt Starwich destroying confiscated bottles of liquor. (from the book “Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners & Graft in the Queen City by Brad Holden (Arcadia Publishing 2019).”

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Wellness

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A reader reports that pineapple juice cured a case of the hiccups. But how? Plus: Acupuncture proves to be a successful alternative therapy for restless legs syndrome.

Lifestyle

FILE – This Feb. 26, 2015 file photo shows students on the University of California, Los Angeles campus. A quarantine order was issued Thursday, April 25, 2019, for hundreds of students and staff at two Los Angeles universities who may have been exposed to measles and either have not been vaccinated or can’t verify that they have immunity. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) LA423 LA423

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Stacey Abrams on her new book, new fame and rumors about a presidential ticket

Seattle Sketcher

There’s plenty to see at this little-known Seattle spot near Husky Stadium

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Garden

Close-up of threshed Kernza® perennial grain.

The perennial question: What if we could produce food without the ecological issues of annual crops?

Outdoors

FILE – In this March 3, 2018, file photo, Eagle River, Alaska musher Tom Schonberger’s lead dogs trot along Fourth Avenue during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska. Animal rights activists are toasting the maker of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, saying the company has ended its long-running sponsorship of Alaska’s 1,000-mile race. The action follows a tough year for race organizers who have faced financial hardships, a loss of other sponsors and their first-ever dog doping scandal. (AP Photo/Michael Dinneen, Fie) FX103

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Northwest Hikes

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