Making a name for yourself as a young, brilliant chef is never easy. Doing it from a tiny and remote island in the far northwest of the country is nearly impossible. And yet, when Blaine Wetzel looked for a way to move back to his home region after spending time in...
The Willow’s Inn, Lummi Island, Washington At this Inn and James Beard Award-winning restaurant, one could say the entire island is its pantry: chefs forage for seaweed on the shore below the main house, pluck wild berries off the property’s bushes, and fish the Puget...
Looking to expand your local dining options at highly remarked restaurants? We’ve asked AAA Inspector 39 to share some favorite foodie recommendations and memorable experience throughout the inspection process. Q: What is the most unique, yet appetizing meal...
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants is heading to New York in June – the first time in its 14-year history that the awards ceremony will be held outside London. And where better to celebrate the Oscars of the restaurant world than NYC, home to such a vibrant and...
LUMMI ISLAND, Wash. – To hold a bottle of wine and tell its story through the eyes of someone who crushed grapes, cleaned barrels and walked vineyards is satisfying and gratifying. That is the lesson taken by Phaedra Brucato, wine director for the Willows Inn, a...
AT HIS OLD CHASER FARM on Vashon Island, Matt Dillon reaches over a wire fence to scratch one of his pigs on the head. “If I fell down in there, he’d eat me,” Dillon says affectionately. Renee Erickson bangs her little Boston Whaler into the back of a sailboat while...
