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Kathy Casey, celebrity chef, mixologist and pioneer in the bar-chef movement. She played a key role in bringing Northwest cuisine and women chefs to national prominence and, as one of the first female executive chefs in the United States, she was named one of Food & Wine’s “hot new American chefs.” She has also been touted as being the original Bar Chef. 

50 Shades of Gin

We created this cocktail for the Heathman Restaurant & Bar and was inspired by the book series 50 Shades of Grey which was written at the Heathman Hotel in Portland. A Sin’sual Seasonal Blend of gin, fresh tangerine, pomegranate juice, lemon, fresh thyme.

Makes 1 cocktail

1/2 a tangerine or clementine (cut crosswise – use 1/4 if large) 1 1/2 ounces gin

3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice

3/4 ounce simple syrup*

1/2 ounce POM pomegranate juice

Garnish: fresh thyme sprig – and mini hand cuff garnish “thumb cuffs”

Squeeze tangerine and drop into a mixing glass. Measure in gin, lemon, simple syrup and pomegranate juice. Fill with ice then cap and shake vigorously. Strain drink into a coupe or large martini glass. Garnish with a fresh thyme sprig.

*To make simple syrup: combine 1 cup sugar with 1 cup boiling water. Stir until dissolved. Store refrigerated.

Recipe by Kathy Casey Liquid Kitchen® for the Heathman Restaurant & Bar - www.LiquidKitchen.com

Welcome Dorie Greenspan! Inducted into the James Beard Foundation Who’s Who of Food and Beverage, DORIE GREENSPAN was tapped by Julia Child to write Baking with Julia. She coauthored Desserts by Pierre Hermé, which won an IACP award. Her Around My French Table was an IACP Cookbook of the Year, and Baking: From My Home to Yours won a James Beard Award.

Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere by Dorie Greenspan With her groundbreaking bestseller Around My French Table, Dorie Greenspan changed the way we view French food. Now, in Baking Chez Moi, she explores the fascinating world of French desserts, bringing together a charmingly uncomplicated mix of contemporary recipes, including original creations based on traditional and regional specialties and drawing on seasonal ingredients, market visits, and her travels throughout the country.

Like the surprisingly easy chocolate loaf cake speckled with cubes of dark chocolate that have been melted, salted, and frozen, which she adapted from a French chef’s recipe, or the boozy, slow-roasted pineapple, a five-ingredient cinch that she got from her hairdresser, these recipes show the French knack for elegant simplicity. In fact, many are so radically easy that they defy our preconceptions: crackle-topped cream puffs, which are all the rage in Paris; custardy apple squares from Normandy; and an unbaked confection of corn flakes, dried cherries, almonds, and coconut that nearly every French woman knows.

Whether it’s classic lemon-glazed madeleines, a silky caramel tart, or "Les Whoopie Pies," Dorie puts her own creative spin on each dish, guiding us with the friendly, reassuring directions that have won her legions of ardent fans.

NWP welcomes Betsy Andrews! http://www.saveur.com

Betsy Andrews is the acting editor-in-chief of Saveur magazine and the editor of the new Saveur DRINK. She is a former dining critic for The New York Times, a former Zagat editor, and created Food & Wine magazine's first-ever blog, "On the Line in New Orleans," an inside report on the rebuilding of the New Orleans restaurant industry after Katrina. She has also written about food and drink for Chow, Eater, Arrive, and other publications. Betsy is an author of two award-winning books of poetry: New Jersey, winner of the 2007 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, and The Bottom, winner of the 42 Miles Press Prize in Poetry for 2013. 

Saveur: The New Classics Cookbook, More than 1,000 of the world’s best recipes for today’s home kitchen by James Oseland & the Editors of Saveur From the editors of America’s award-winning favorite culinary magazine, features more than 1000 well-curated recipes in an essential collection for home cooks everywhere with an emphasis on home cooking, tradition and heritage, and real food that evokes flavors from around the world.

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NWP welcomes Liv Morris!

An Erotic, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy and Short Story Best-selling Author

Liv Morris resides in Manhattan with her first and hopefully last husband. She received a degree in communication from the University of Maryland. Liv has published many short stories for her Love in the City series (now a box set) and is featured in numerous anthologies. Her series, Touch of Tantra, is now complete and is available at both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Liv is currently working on new projects, including a new series to be published in 2014 http://www.livmorris.com

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Margarita Carrillo Arronte chef, author, TV host, restaurateur & a global ambassador of Mexican cuisine. Born & raised in Mexico, she has dedicated the past 35 years to researching, studying, teaching, and cooking traditional Mexican food. She is known as one of the most well respected chefs in Mexico. In 2010 she was named the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture's Chef and organized Mexican food festivals and several gala dinners around the world - such as the G-20 Summit in 2012, as well as countless events with top dignitaries such as Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, George W. Bush ,Her Majesty Masako Crown Princess of Japan, Angela Merkel Prime Minister of Germany, Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar as well as countless celebrities such as Cindy Crawford, Harrison Ford & more

Mexico: The Cookbook by Margarita Carrillo Arronte the first truly comprehensive bible of authentic Mexican home cooking, written by a living culinary legend.The book features an unprecedented 700 recipes from across the entire country, beautifully illustrated with 200 full color photographs

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Its not unusual for me to visit Escala in Seattle because I have friends who live in the building.  What IS unusual, is that I could be invited up to the penthouse by the man Escala tenants call  their own "Christian Grey".  By popular demand here is my audio account of that evening.  Enjoy!

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Our past guests of  "Team Fifty" include E.L.James, Dana Brunetti and Jennifer Trouton

NWP welcomes Lydia B. Smith

Director Lydia B. Smith was inspired to make this film after completing her own Camino in the Spring of 2008. Four years later, after tirelessly fundraising for the necessary funds, the documentary is about to embark on its film festival run all over the globe. This film will be considered for an Academy Award 2015

The Camino Documentary is about the experience of walking the ancient 500-mile pilgrimage across Northern Spain known as “The Camino de Santiago”. The film follows six strangers from incredibly diverse walks of life as they attempt to cross a country on foot with only a backpack, a pair of boots, and an open mind. Driven by an inexplicable calling and a grand sense of adventure, each pilgrim throws themselves heart-and-soul into their physical trek to Santiago, and their personal journey to themselves. This film was was produced by Oscar nominated actor, Martin Sheen.

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NWP welcomes Daniel Hoyos, Direcor of the Seattle Shorts Film Festival

The 4th annual Seattle Shorts Film Festival will bring another round of outstanding short films and filmmakers to Seattle this November including including: The Lord of Catan, featuring Amy Acker and Fran Kranz (stars in Joss Whedon’s 2013 Much Ado About Nothing); The Hero Pose, shot in Washington by local filmmaker Mischa Jakupcak and staring Nikki Hahn and Chaske Spencer (Winter in he Blood and Twilight); The Wood House, featuring Alicia Goranson of Roseanne and Boys Don’t Cry. Actress Venus DeMilio Thomas will be joining us from Los Angeles November 15th for a one night conversation about working professionally in the entertainment industry! http://seattleshort.org

Seattle Shorts held its first annual film festival in November 2011 to sold out audiences. The goal was and is to bring Seattle film lovers the very best of short films from around the globe. At the Seattle Shorts we have just one criteria in mind, finding brilliant short films and bringing them to Seattle audiences.

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NWP welcomes director Megan Griffiths! 

Megan Griffiths was born in Ohio, lived in Moscow, Idaho in her teens and was an undergraduate at the University of Idaho, where she earned a B.A. in visual communications. She went on to received an MFA in Film Production from Ohio University School.

Megan Griffiths has been a director, writer and producer in the independent film community for over a decade. Her most recent feature is Lucky Them, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival and stars Toni Collette, Johnny Depp, Thomas Haden Church and Oliver Platt.  Her previous feature, Eden starred Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary and Beau Bridges and premiered at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival in Austin. The film won the Audience Award and Megan received the Emergent Narrative Female Director award from Chicken and Egg Pictures. Eden went on to receive awards at the Milan International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and the San Diego Asian Film Festival.  http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/lucky-them   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341722/

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NWP welcomes Survivor fan favorite Rupert Boneham! Rupert shares tips for getting picked for Survivor and other reality television shows.  Rupert also gives us his insights into the new season of SURVIVOR.

With his trademark long beard, tie-dyed shirt, and signature victory cry, Rupert is considered by fans to be one of the show's most popular castaways. Rupert is one of the only two contestants to compete 4 times on Survivor. He is also the only contestant to win $1,000,000 via public vote.

In 2004, after working in the Mental Health Field for over 20 years, Rupert founded Rupert’s Kids, a non-profit organization that provides mentoring, vocational training and job placement to young ex-offenders.  When he won the million dollar prize for Survivor fan favorite that same year, he donated $177,000 to his community, plus $100,000 to fund Rupert’s Kids.  Taking no government handouts, Rupert’s Kids has shown how Corporate America and private donors can support a charitable program and build a better community for us all.  http://rupertskids.org

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