James Kenji López-Alt is an American chef and food writer. His first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, became a critical and commercial success, charting on the New York Times Bestseller list and winning the 2016 James Beard Foundation Award for the best General Cooking cookbook. The cookbook expanded on López-Alt's "The Food Lab" column on the Serious Eats blog. López-Alt is known for using the scientific method in his cooking to improve popular American recipes and to explain the science of cooking.
Mapo tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. It consists of tofu set in a spicy sauce, typically a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, based on douban, and douchi, along with minced meat, traditionally beef. Variations exist with other ingredients such as water chestnuts, onions, other vegetables, or wood ear fungus. One account indicates that the dish existed as early as 1254, in a suburb of Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan. Other accounts indicate it originated at a Chengdu restaurant in the 1860s.
Dingfelder's Delicatessen is a restaurant in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Saigon Deli is a Vietnamese restaurant in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Taurus Ox is a Lao restaurant in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. The restaurant launched another called Ox Burger.
Dacha Diner was an Eastern European, Jewish, and Russian restaurant in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Tacos Chukis is a chain of Mexican restaurants with multiple locations in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Carmelo's Tacos is a Mexican restaurant with two locations in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Frelard Tamales is a Mexican restaurant in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Biscuit Bitch is a small chain of restaurants in the Seattle metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Washington. The business operates in Belltown and at Pike Place Market. Previously, Biscuit Bitch had locations in Pioneer Square and White Center, which closed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pike Place Chowder is a seafood restaurant with two locations in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Life on Mars is a vegan restaurant, bar, and record shop in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Chung Chun Rice Dog, also known as Chung Chun Rice Hot Dog and Chungchun Ssal, is a restaurant chain with more than 300 locations internationally.
Monsoon is a Vietnamese restaurant with two locations in the Seattle metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Phở Bắc is a chain of Vietnamese restaurants in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. The restaurants specialize in phở dishes and have several locations in the city.
Xi'an Noodles is a small chain of Chinese restaurants in the Seattle metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Washington. Owner Lily Wu opened the original restaurant in Seattle's University District in 2016. Locations were subsequently opened at Westlake Center in Downtown Seattle and in Bellevue.
Nacho Borracho is a bar and Mexican/Tex-Mex restaurant in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Beast and Cleaver is a butcher shop and restaurant in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Rubinstein Bagels is a bagel shop with three locations in the Seattle metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Washington. In Seattle, the business operates in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill; since 2023, a third location has operated in Redmond.
Omega Ouzeri is a Greek restaurant and bar on Seattle's Capitol Hill, in the U.S. state of Washington.
