Foodie

Copperleaf Restaurant

Locally-grown food, beautiful setting

Less than five minutes by car from Seattle-Tacoma International airport, Cedarbrook Lodge offers guests a quiet and unexpectedly secluded hotel  ideal for a wide variety of business and leisure travel needs. Located on 18 lush acres of natural, restored wetlands, the lodge displays quintessential Northwest style, while their Copperleaf Restaurant offers you a truly memorable dining experience.

The restaurant’s interior touts a brand new 34-seat indoor dining room accented with 100% organic bamboo fabrics and hand-blown glass sculptures by renowned local artists. Best of all, you’ll have an opportunity to enjoy farm-to-table regional cuisine with fresh vegetables from Cedarbrook’s own garden and mushrooms grown in a wooded area just outside the lodge. The food is wholesome, organic, and made with all natural ingredients.

A few of the locally harvested vegetables include garnet yams, baby beets, cauliflower, salsify, and organic butter leaf lettuce. Also on the menu are truffles (white, brown, or black) from Oregon, Walla Walla sweet onions, Dungeness crabs, Victoria Island scallops, and all-natural Oregon grown and fed beef. Look for  same-day fresh albacore tuna caught in the waters of the North Pacific, and breads and rolls baked fresh daily and locally.

Copperleaf Terrace, a beautiful outdoor patio made cozy by the large wood-burning fireplace, is open from late spring to early fall.

The Copperleaf Restaurant – an easy commute from just abut anywhere in Puget Sound.

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Copperleaf Recipe
Yakima Valley Asparagus Salad
Wynoochee River Blue Cheese, Champagne Vinaigrette

Ingredients
1 bunch green asparagus
2 each breakfast radish
2 ounces Estrella Family Wynoochee River Blue or suitable alternative
2 tablespoons champagne vinegar
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 slices country bread
1/2 bunch fresh thyme
Butcher’s twine
Sea salt and cracked pepper
2 quarts boiling water, seasoned with salt

Preparation

Start by snapping off bottoms by holding asparagus with one hand just below the tip and the base in the other; lightly bend until it snaps. Next, peel off outside of asparagus leaving the tip fully intact. Securely tie the asparagus together in one bunch with the butcher’s twine. With your water at a steady boil, gently place asparagus bunch in water and set up a shocking bath using 1 1/2 quarts cold water and 3 cups ice. Remove asparagus from water when it is fork tender. Place directly into ice water. Leave in cold water until fully cool, approximately 5 minutes.

Presentation
Gently remove string from large asparagus and place all in a bowl with the vinegar and olive oil. Season with sea salt and pepper and go directly to the plate with the blue cheese. Lightly chop the thyme and sprinkle over asparagus and cheese. Serve with the lightly toasted country bread, fresh radish and Dijon mustard.

Yield 4 – 6 servings.

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The Good Life

Kirkland Uncorked

Wine and dine at this signature summer event

With more than 30,000 acres of vineyards and 650 wineries, Washington State is one of the world’s top wine regions. Taste, learn about, and enjoy Washington wine at Kirkland Uncorked next weekend. The festival offers unique wine tasting for everyone, regardless of wine experience, along with many other scheduled events.

Kirkland Uncorked brings the world-class experience of expert vintners right to your wine glass and features top local wineries, including Airfield Estates, Five Star Cellars, Four Lakes Chelan Winery, Hollywood Hill Vineyards, Irlandés Limited Reserve Winery, Maison Bleue Winery, NHV (Naches Heights Vineyard), Northwest Cellars, Northwest Totem Cellars, O.S. Winery, Vin du Lac, and Whidbey Island Winery.

Be sure to check out the Boat Show, which showcases some of the hottest boats on the market and is brought to you by Seattle Water Sports. Boats will be located at the marina and are open for public tours.

On Sunday, unleash your dog’s inner supermodel at the annual CityDog Magazine Cover Dog Model Contest at Kirkland Uncorked. That’s right. Your pooch can take a turn on the catwalk in a contest to grace the cover, while raising money for a great cause at the same time. The contest takes place at Marina Park Beach, is open to the public, and benefits Pasado’s Safe Haven. For more details and to register, visit CityDog Magazine.

Kirkland Uncorked benefits the Hope Heart Institute that has a 50‐year history of revolutionary medical advances and educational curriculums making heart disease—America’s No. 1 cause of death—more treatable, beatable, and preventable.

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Weekend Guide

The Weekend Guide

Dinner, a derby, festivals, chowdown, and wildlife rescue

Designer Dinner
Tonight | 6pm
Have a burning question about fashion design? Ask it over dinner with local designer Bri Seeley (from Olympia) who creates one-of-a-kind pieces for clients. Presented by Emerald City Fashion Week, the dinner features a special menu by bin on the lake’s Chef Scott Lents.
BIN on the Lake (1200 Carillon Point | Kirkland)
Tickets: $100 Here

Redmond Derby Days
Friday 6pm-10pm | Saturday 10am-10pm
Redmond Derby Days celebrates its 70th anniversary with its annual bicycle race, a summer tradition that came to life at the end of the Depression. Derby Days began as a drive to raise money for downtown holiday decorations and school athletic equipment. The Redmond Bicycle Derby was the outgrowth of a small town’s community spirit and is now the nation’s longest running bicycle race. Activities include the Friday night free concert, REI Friday Night Poker Ride, Derby Days Dash 5k Race/Walk, great food, beer and wine gardens, a carnival, and fireworks finale.
Redmond City Hall Campus (15670 NE 85th St. |Redmond)
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Mobile Chowdown
Saturday | 11am-4pm
Celebrate curbside cuisine from Seattle’s favorite food trucks: Anita’s Crepes, El Camion, Marination Mobile, Dante’s Inferno Dogs, Got Soup?, Maximus/Minimus, and Seahawk Golden Tate’s favorite Top Pot Doughnuts. A hefty appetite and elastic-waist pants suggested.
Seattle Center, adjacent to EMP (Experience Music Project)
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Bastille Day
Sunday | 10:30am-6pm
Commemorate France’s democratic beginnings at this annual celebration of French culture and presence in the Puget Sound area. The festival marks the French national holiday in memory of the liberation of the infamous Bastille Prison and the start of the French Revolution. Enjoy French wine and pastries, cooking demonstrations, children’s games, music, and more.
Seattle Center
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Choochokam Arts Festival
Saturday 10am-9:30pm | Sunday 10am-5pm
The 35th annual Choochokam Arts Festival in downtown Langley on Whidbey Island features more than 100 premier artists, music from up-and-coming local performers, and the Saturday night Street Dance.  Take the ferry, and make it a day trip with the whole family.
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Oil Spill Wildlife Rescue
Thursday July 15 | 6:30pm
Give a gift from the Northwest to help the innocent and unprotected wildlife affected by the worst oil spill in world history benefitting The Nature Conservancy (a leading charity helping in the Oil Spill Zone). Event includes hors d’oeuvres and great raffle prizes and a Flavor of Seattle local dining card (with more than $500 in savings).
Columbia Tower Club (701 5th Ave. 75th Fl |Seattle)
Tickets: $35 Here

In Theaters Friday:
Despicable Me | Rotten Tomatoes Review
Predators | Rotten Tomatoes Review

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