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Chef, cookbook author Becky Selengut is photographed in her Capitol Hill home Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Her dogs Izzy and Pippen smell her dried herbs.
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The Pacific Northwest foodie gift guide: 14 last-minute, all-local presents

Always wait until the last minute? Think every gift should involve eating? Same with Seattle Times food writer Bethany Jean Clement — and she took a look back at the year in Seattle-area food to find the best presents for those on your list (or just to elf yourself!).

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Menya Musashi Niten Ichiryu is the hot ramen spot on Capitol Hill. The wait has been up to 45 minutes for a table. Picture here is the Musahi ramen, topped with braised pork belly, pork katsu, a soft boiled egg and noodles and served in its signature pork-and-seafood broth.
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An overhead view of the Enchant Christmas light maze in Arlington, Texas last year. Enchant Christmas will be at Seattle’s Safeco Field Nov. 23-Dec. 30.
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The coziness of hygge is in evidence at Nielsen?s Pastries.

For a sweet dose of hygge, try Nielsen’s Pastries in Lower Queen Anne

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The Pacific Northwest foodie gift guide: 14 last-minute, all-local presents

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Not known for their relaxed disposition, Selat, a 150-pound Komodo dragon, receives laser therapy and massage from Harmony Frazier while zoo keeper Alyssa Borek keeps track of his head which is surrounded by a clear plastic sheet. Frazier is retiring after four decades at the Woodland Park Zoo. The vet tech does laser treatments and massage to aging animals at the zoo. Thursday Nov 15, 2018 208365

After caring for the critters at Woodland Park Zoo for more than 40 years, animal-rehab pioneer Harmony Frazier plans her retirement, and preps her replacements

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Crystals of table, kosher, and pickling salt are photographed in Omaha, Neb. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Nearly all Americans consume much more sodium than they should, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Most of the sodium comes from common restaurant or grocery store items. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

The price of salt: Does it matter what type you use?

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Beloved pastry chef leaves Seattle to open a bakeshop in her East Coast hometown

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Two wins for women: male contraception and a Supreme Court pass

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Book cover for “Gardens of the High Line: Elevating the Nature of Modern Landscapes” by Piet Oudolf and Rick Darke. Published by Timber Press

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Revised national fitness guidelines are far kinder for people with hectic lifestyles

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Beside a defunct nuclear site, Hanford Reach’s protected wildlife refuge is prime birding territory

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Rant & Rave: Merry Christmas, Seattle Seahawks!

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Dog walker Dustin Horst receives the love from his charges after a brisk 3-mile walk on Capitol Hill. He’s with Seattle4Dogs and every Wednesday he and other walkers with the company begin and end their Wednesday session at Volunteer Park, usually for a group photo across from SAAM. The route Wednesday for four walkers and 25 dogs, all on leash, started at the park, down to Broadway, south on Broadway then to Cal Anderson Park, to Pine Street, east to 15th Avenue and back to the park. See more photos online LO Dog Walkers Dog walkers with Seattle4Dogs (CQ) taken their canines on a walk from Volunteer Park, south on Broadway through Cal Anderson Park to Pike or Pine, up to 15th Avenue and back to Volunteer Park, three-plus miles. Wed Nov 5, 2018 208667

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