Mercer Island, WA February 2023

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LIFELONG ISLANDERS INFLUENCING DINING OVER GENERATIONS

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NOTABLE SALES FROM 2022

8626 NE 24th St $8,500,000 | Seller

10004 NE 28th Pl $6,100,000 | Seller

5800 E Mercer Way $5,375,000 | Buyer

2951 74th Ave SE $3,250,000 | Buyer

3445 77th Ave SE $2,088,000 | Seller

2000 1st Ave, Unit 2204 $1,425,000 | Seller

Compass is a licensed real estate broker and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information or withdrawal with-out notice. No statement is made as to the accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. his is not intended to solicit outside the realm of real estate brokerage.

GREG ROSENWALD As a lifelong Islander, Mercer Island is my backyard. I have sold more homes on the Island than any other agent. Even though I sell homes, my job is not to sell you anything. My role is to guide you and advise you. To be your eyes and your ears. To leave no stone unturned, no opportunity unexplored. I am your advocate, your negotiator, your facilitator. Listening ever-so-attentively to your inner voice goes without saying. Now, our partnership is more important than ever. Let me help you navigate your next move.

Greg Rosenwald

Founding Broker | Compass WA 206.914.0417 greg.rosenwald@compass.com GregRosenwald.com

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This time of year, we're torn between resisting the commercialization of another greeting card holiday and indulging in all the sweet excuses to enjoy the season.

What we hold in common is an opportunity to make sure those around us know we love them. While we teeter between the chill of January Winter and the excitement of Spring, we hope you’ll be inspired to take a moment to come together with the people in your life.

We aim to make Mercer Island City Lifestyle the magazine you didn't know you needed. Every edition will hopefully be better than the last. We will strive to be a voice of optimism for local businesses and residents.

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Lifestyle Letter

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City Scene

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Business Monthly

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Artist’s Palette

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Education Corner

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Must See

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Events

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Chef ’s Selection

Meet the Student Ambassadors

18 Books of 2022

Recommendations from the staff at Island Books

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Lifelong Islanders influencing dining over generations

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Bringing the flavors and makers of Pike Place Market to neighborhood stores

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Photography: Emilie Sheng Shigoku Oysters topped with salmon caviar drizzled in ponzu served at Takai by Kashiba

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1: MIHS junior and app creator Subhadra Vadlamannati wins Congressional App Challenge for EduLang app. 2-5: BMW Seattle Wundercar Exhibition 6-7: Island Books Sip & Shop, Dec. 9th.

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8-9: Suzanne Zahr Holiday Celebration, December 15th, featuring artists Monir and Mehdi Ghanbeigy, 10: Guests of John L. Scott office at Mercer Island Tree Lighting and Fire House Munch. 11: Firehouse Munch, December 2nd. 12: Kristin Bedard and family at Mercer Island Tree Lighting and Fire House Munch. 13: Chef/Owner Raymundo Martinez of Sabor de Mexico, whose grand opening was on December 14th. 14: Girl Scouts Toy Drive, December 10, Mercerdale Park.

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15-16: Chabad MI Menorah Lighting, December 18, Mercerdale Park. 17: MIHS Drill Team win military category in initial competition of the season on December 3rd. 18-19: MI Chamber of Commerce Holiday Luncheon, December 13th. 20: The Chamber Gingerbread Man at YogaSix, December 13th. 21: Olivia Tipton, Table Culinary Solutions at Chamber of Commerce Luncheon

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business monthly A round-up of exciting news from local businesses.

BMW Wundercar Collection BMW Seattle displayed The Wundercar Collection in its Seattle showroom during December and January. These Wundercars were created by Christian Zschocke and include four custom E3s: (1) The New Horizon: An art car featuring images from 1969 (pink panther and moon landing). (2) The California: An E3 sedan turned into a two-door open car. (3) The Inka: Emphasizing the sportiness of BMWs of that era. (4) The Group 1: An E3 turned into a race car.

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Island Animal Hospital introducing urgent care doctor, Dr. Heather Newton Dr. Newton worked as an Emergency Veterinarian for seven years prior to joining Island Animal Hospital as an Urgent Care veterinarian. Dr. Newton enjoys treating sick pets in need of emergent care, especially acute gastrointestinal diseases like HGE, Addisonian crises, anaphylactic shock, congestive heart failure, and emergency surgeries like GDV and foreign body removal. She lives in West Seattle with her husband and two dogs, Leo the cutest mutt, and Trice the Doberman.

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MERCER ISLAND S C H O O L S F O U N DAT I O N Meet the Student Ambassadors

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ARTICLE BY MICHAEL STEIN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MISF

Mercer Island Schools Foundation (MISF), a pillar of the community for 40+ years, is a catalyst enabling the community to give teachers the most effective materials to promote exceptional learning experiences. I met with MISF Executive Director Tammy Shoop to learn about its Student Ambassadors and Teacher Enrichment Grants.

STUDENT AMBASSADORS The current ambassadors include Julia Harper, Silas Burkey, and Nathan Wen. According to Tammy, these ambassadors "represent the student voice on the MISF Board." "They help raise awareness among high school peers about the Foundation's work, and they participate in Foundation events and recruit student volunteers."

Here's how Julia described the role: The Student Ambassadors are non-voting board members representing the students. The main objective of the student ambassador program is to increase student engagement with the foundation. We’re working on building a social media presence that allows students to better understand how the foundation impacts their education. We use our social media presence to get student opinions and get student volunteers for foundation events. Another project we’re working on is connecting with teachers who have been most impacted by the foundation through teacher grants. We’re doing interviews with these teachers on projects they were able to fund with the foundation money and how that has benefited students. ... Our goal is for students at Mercer Island to become advocates for their own education and have a voice in what they are learning.

TEACHER ENRICHMENT GRANTS In Tammy's words, "Teacher enrichment grants are provided to the schools ... to motivate learners to take a more in-depth or expansive look at a topic." "The grants are intended to promote intrinsic curiosity, further exploration, spark creativity, and inspire lifelong learning."

Teachers submit applications for everything from field trips, author visits, books, and other materials to enhance learning. The Foundation together with the PTA and District look closely at each grant and fund those approved by the principals at each school.

Here are a few examples.

RITA HARVEY – MIHS Physics & Chemistry Teacher This project involves physics 2 students building Stirling engines from ordinary materials and then designing their own experiments to investigate their engines. Students will research a variety of

energy-conservation devices before they begin construction of their Stirling engine. The Stirling engine was chosen because it can be used as an engine, a refrigerator, or a heat pump. This investigation will be hands-on and have real-world implications. The students will build, document, run experiments on their design, and present their findings to other classes.

ANNALISE ROCKOW – Choir Director at MIHS Grant enables the choir program to create a partnership with a professional pianist with experience accompanying school choirs. This person will come to classes to rehearse with the students and provide accompaniment at school concerts throughout the year.

"This grant will provide an opportunity for students to explore a diverse array of music. In my repertoire choices, I seek to program a diverse array of music from a wide variety of cultures and styles. The ability to hire a professional musician ensures that I can choose any piece of the repertoire without worrying about the piano accompaniment being a barrier to access."

CARLY ADAMS – West Mercer 5th Grade Teacher Each fifth-grade classroom would receive a 5-6 session mentorship by a professional writer, who will facilitate the collaborative writing of a class novel, that will culminate in a published book (with a genuine ISBN number!) on Amazon. No materials are needed.

"This project provides a mechanism for emerging student writers to produce a product and feel pride in their work. When students succeed at something they never thought they could do and see their work in the public arena, they often begin to demand a more careful, quality-driven approach to their work."

ROW 1: LEFT: Julia Harper MIDDLE: Nathan Wen RIGHT: Tammy Shoop, Michelle Dumler, and Sheri Blumenthal presenting check to MISD School Board ROW 2: LEFT: Silas Burkey MIDDLE: Books funded by MISF RIGHT: Parents and students at Giving Tuesday ROW 3: LEFT: Choir Director Annalise Rockow and her class receiving grant RIGHT: Carly Adams and her 5th grade class receiving grant for professional author

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Books of 2022 Recommendations from the staff at Island Books

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Laurie Raisys

Laurie Raisys is the owner, with her husband Victor, of Island Books, a Mercer Island institution for 45 years. We asked Laurie about her and her staff’s favorite new books from the past year. There are too many recommendations to highlight here, so check out Island Books’ website for a full list of 2022 favorites. Here, I highlight the four books that were most interesting to me. Each of these books will entertain you and teach you something about science or history.

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Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel

By Bonnie Garmus Synopsis: Chemist Elizabeth Zott is a single mother and reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) is revolutionary but also poses a threat by daring women to change the status quo.

About the author: Bonnie Garmus is a copywriter and creative director who has worked in the fields of technology, medicine, and education. She’s an open-water swimmer, a rower, and mother to two daughters. Born in California and most recently from Seattle, she currently lives in London.

Babel:

Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

By R. F. Kuang Synopsis: 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned in China, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation, aka Babel, the world’s center for translation and magic. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia but he realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland, and he finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion.

About the author: Rebecca F. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, Chinese-English translator, and award-winning author of the Poppy War trilogy. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford. She is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literature at Yale.

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Papyrus:

The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

By Irene Vallejo Synopsis: Papyrus is the story of the book’s journey from oral tradition to scrolls to codices, and how that transition laid the very foundation of Western culture. The author evokes a vast array of literature from the ancient world all the while illuminating how ancient ideas about education, censorship, authority, and identity still resonate today. Vallejo also underscores how words have persisted as our most valuable creations.

About the author: Irene Vallejo earned her doctorate from the Universities of Zaragoza and Florence. Papyrus was awarded the National Essay Prize and the Critical Eye Prize for Narrative in Spain. Vallejo is a regular columnist for El País and Milenio, and she is the author of two novels, four collections of essays, articles, and short fiction, and two children’s books.

An Immense World:

How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

By Ed Yong Synopsis: The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields.

But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving a tiny sliver of our immense world. The author explores phenomena beyond our own senses. We encounter beetles drawn to fires, turtles tracking the Earth’s magnetic fields, and more. We learn what bees see in flowers and what dogs smell on the street.

About the author: Ed Yong is a Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer on the staff of The Atlantic, where he also won the George Polk Award for science reporting. His first book, I Contain Multitudes, was a New York Times bestseller. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, National Geographic, Wired, The New York Times, Scientific American, and more.

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Kashiba Ed Kashiba guiding Shiro on the build of Takai by Kashiba

Lifelong Islanders influencing dining over generations ARTICLE BY CHRIS ISHII | PHOTOGRAPHY BY EMILIE SHENG, COURTESY OF TAKAI BY KASHIBA

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Before Ichiro, there was a son of Japan that also became known by his first name. His name is Shiro, and he brought sushi to Seattle over 56 years ago.

What most people don’t know about Shiro is that he’s a long-time Mercer Island resident.

SHIRO, HOW DID YOU DECIDE ON MERCER ISLAND FOR YOUR HOME? “This was in 1977. Our hostess at my first restaurant, Nikko, told my wife, Ricky, about Mercer Island. I didn’t know anything about Mercer Island and the idea of crossing a bridge to get home did not sound appealing. Also, there used to be a “bulge” in the middle of the floating bridge that I really hated but once I practiced the commute a few times, I realized that Mercer Island was easily the most convenient location between Seattle and the Eastside. Also, they removed the “bulge”.”

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH YOUR HOME. WHAT WAS FAMILIAR TO YOU ABOUT THE HOUSE ON MERCER ISLAND? “Coincidentally, the house we found had shoji screen doors which was maybe a “sign” that this was home. The garden was Japanese style with cherry blossoms and Japanese maple trees. The prior owner was an American working in government, and we suspected maybe he had traveled to Japan before and loved it.”

ALTHOUGH YOUR HOME WAS PRE-DISPOSED TO JAPANESE INFLUENCE, HOW WAS IT DIFFERENT FROM YOUR LIFE IN JAPAN? “Completely different. In Japan, I was living in a cramped small apartment in Tokyo near the restaurant where I apprenticed. Mercer Island was a huge difference. We’ve been here for 45 years now. We love it.”

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MEMORIES OF LIFE ON MERCER ISLAND? “Admittedly, I have spent most of my time working in Seattle and have not been able to spend enough time enjoying residential life on Mercer Island. But I do cherish the summers here, especially during Seafair with the Blue Angels. Also, playing badminton at the Mercer View Community Center but unfortunately, my knees started to say, “stop doing that”.”

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY? “I love yardwork and gardening. It is a lot like cooking. You need specialized tools, hand/eye coordination, a vision for the end product, and to clean up when finished. It is also nicely meditative like doing prep work in a kitchen.”

THANK YOU, SHIRO-SAN. I’D LIKE TO SHIFT TO ED NOW. ED, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE GROWING UP ON MERCER ISLAND? “Kind of like Stranger Things but without the monsters. Now looking back, I appreciate just how normal/ safe it was. Being surrounded by a lake/moat gives a sense of separation and isolation even though you are only 15 minutes away from Seattle and Bellevue. It was the era of malls and movie theaters so riding my BMX to Bellevue Square and Factoria Cinemas is a fond memory. Also, back then, “the center” (downtown MI), as we used to call it, had a 7-11, a Denny’s, a video store and an arcade. So, as a kid, it was “totally rad”.”

I UNDERSTAND THAT MERCER ISLAND SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT YOU’RE DOING TODAY. HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS? “In high school, during summer, I used to work in the kitchen of my father’s first restaurant, Nikko.

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I was relegated to the work nobody wanted to do (ie. de-veining shrimp, washing dirt off spinach under freezing cold water, etc...). Then senior year, I rebelled and got a job on the opening crew of the brand-new Mercer Island McDonald’s. Loved it.”

ED, YOU HAVE QUITE AN INTERESTING BACKGROUND. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN LA. HOW WAS YOUR CAREER JUMP-STARTED? “Growing up, I’d always had an interest in storytelling, so I went to LA to take a class in filmmaking at UCLA. During that class, I totally lucked out and scored an internship working in the story department for my hero, director Ridley Scott. That internship led to a job, and I ended up staying in LA for 20 years.”

AND, WHAT BROUGHT YOU BACK HOME? “Before leaving for LA, I helped my father start Shiro’s in Belltown, expecting it to be his final restaurant, but…. after he sold Shiro’s and retired, he called me in 2015 and said that he was coming out of retirement and wanted to start a new restaurant. I was just wrapping a project, so the timing was right, and I came up to Seattle a couple of months later to help launch Sushi Kashiba.”

SHIRO, LET’S DISCUSS YOUR CRAFT. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NUANCES THAT YOU WISH MORE DINERS KNEW ABOUT THE ART FORM OF SUSHI? “I wish everybody could appreciate how important the concept of “Shun” is. “Shun” means “local, in season”. Especially with seafood and produce, there are the best times of the year for certain items.

Now with air shipping and refrigeration technology, everybody expects to be able to eat anything at any time, but “shun” means that we can appreciate what the current season and location bring to us because that is when it is best to be enjoyed. Like right now, uni (sea urchin) from Puget Sound is exceptional. We are so fortunate to live where all four seasons bring us wonderful food to enjoy.”

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Takai by Kashiba on Bellevue Way

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THANK YOU FOR THOSE PEARLS OF WISDOM, SHIRO-SAN. YOUR SIGNATURE IS OMAKASE. WHAT’S THE HISTORY OF OMAKASE IN SEATTLE? HOW DO YOU APPROACH OMAKASE? “This is a great question. Actually, “omakase”, which simply means “I trust and leave it to you” has been around forever. Even when I was serving Japanese businessmen and the brave, local foodies (who dared to try raw fish) in the 70’s and 80’s, most guests would just sit down at my sushi counter and tell me to give them whatever I thought they should have.

That is omakase. Nowadays, the term “omakase” has become a little overused and I find it funny because it is a difficult word to pronounce but most everybody gets it right.”

“I approach omakase the same as always. It begins with the fish and seafood

I have on any particular day. The quality, the texture, flavor, the color, everything.

Then I plan each course with how it will interact with the guest’s palate. The film Jiro Dreams of Sushi (about my teacher) really shined a light on the traditional sushi omakase experience. He is helping me even to this day.”

Shiro, thank you for your time and wisdom. Please extend thanks to Ricky too!

Ed, many thanks for everything!

This piece is a tribute to Seattle’s sushi pioneer and to my friend, Edwin Kashiba who made this story possible between his responsibilities of running the newest eastside sensation, Takai by Kashiba at 180 Bellevue Way NE. takaibykashiba.com (425) 502-7259

katsuo (bonito). prepared tataki style, seared and smoked in straw (hay) w/ginger on top

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events A curated selection of the most intriguing upcoming events in our area.

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Seattle Boat Show

LUMEN FIELD Seattle Boat Show (Feb. 3-11) has 1000 boats and watercraft on display plus 230 boating seminars at Lumen Field, with a free shuttle to boats in the water at South Lake Union. Dogs on Deck is Thursday. Children aged 17 and younger are free.

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MIYFS Foundation 21st Annual Fundraising Breakfast

MERCER IS LAN D COMMUN ITY A ND E V E NTS C E NT E R , 8 236 S E 24 T H ST, MERCER IS LAN D, WA 98 040 | 7 :30 A M Start your morning by supporting your friends and neighbors. Join MIYFS for a program focused on community and celebrating Mercer Island Youth and Family Services. On the day of the breakfast, every islander will have the opportunity to support Youth & Family Services by shopping and dining local. A number of island businesses will be donating 20% of their proceeds.

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Bike Swap

SEATTLE CEN TER | 9:00 AM Vendors sell new and used mountain, road, and track bike equipment at Cascade Bicycle Club’s Seattle Bike Swap in Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 301 Mercer St. in Seattle. Bring a helmet to test ride. Children aged 15 and younger are free.

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MEDINA Coming this Spring to The Green Store!

DELIVERY @kitchenandmarket kitchenandmarket.com

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Seattle Home Show

LU M E N FIE LD EVEN T CE NT ER, 80 0 OCCIDEN TAL AVE. S, SE ATT L E Seattle Home & Garden Show has exhibits about building, remodeling, decorating, and landscaping homes. Feb. 25th - March 5th.

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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band 2023 Tour

CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA 334 1ST AVE N, SEATTLE, WA | 7:30 PM See the legendary Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Live at Climate Pledge Arena! Current band members include Bruce Springsteen, Gary Tallent, Roy Bittan, Max Weinberg, Steven Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren, and Patti Scialfa.

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Mercer Island Schools Foundation Fundraiser

M ERCER ISLAN D HIG H SCH O O L GYM | 7:30 AM Celebrate the significant, positive impact of community donations on the schools. Distinguished alumni from MIHS will be honored.

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SIMPLIFIED-BUTELEVATED SHOPPING AT K I T C H E N & M A R K E T Bringing the flavors and makers of Pike Place Market to neighborhood stores

Inside the store

ARTICLE BY STEPHANIE KING | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANNIE LALISH

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Kitchen & Market Mercer Island Store

Hello! Stephanie here. I’m the owner of the world’s cutest little grocery shop called Kitchen & Market.

Have you had a chance to stop by since we opened our second location on the Island this fall? It’s a tiny replica of our Pike Place Market flagship, and we’ve been thrilled to have been embraced by the neighborhood so quickly! I can’t wait to pop into these pages with great seasonal ideas for cooking at home and entertaining!

Long before I created my dream grocery store, I spent a career in private-label grocery building programs for national retailers, where days were long and “what’s for dinner?” was a dreaded question–and typically, an afterthought.

My big idea for a highly curated, petite Europeanstyle market with restaurant-quality meal kits bubbled up around 2016, but it wasn’t until the world fell into the throes of COVID that momentum really took hold. With my daughter, Hannah (in her senior year at MIHS!), began testing out meal kits as part of area nonprofit fundraisers, and the recipes, culled from our family’s tried-and-true favorites, were a hit.

I really locked into the idea that shopping should be pleasant and focused, with a simplified but-elevated product mix and meal kits versatile enough to scale or repurpose into great second (even third!) meals. I often jokingly describe my store concept as “If Dean & Deluca and Trader Joe’s made a Blue Apron baby.”

That line right there has really resonated with the greater Seattle community. And so far our stores have helped make people, like me, feel successful at balancing our everyday busy lives by doing this one thing that makes everyone feel good: putting a delicious meal on the table!

There are a couple of unique features that have made every season at our store really fun for our team to dream up and for our customers to enjoy! First, we hope to bring the flavors of Pike Place Market out to our neighborhood stores by stocking hard-tofind makers from the market like Sunny Honey, Cobb’s Popcorn, and Market Spice in addition to Seattle favorites like Ellenos Yogurt, Rachel’s Ginger Beer, CONTINUED > and Molly Moon’s Ice Cream.

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Meyer Lemon Chicken with Olives

And then we really roll up our sleeves in the kitchen to collaborate with some of our favorite local chefs and personalities! Chef Ethan Stowell has been a huge supporter of our business since the beginning and we’re proud to be the exclusive retailer of his Ethan Stowell at Home freshly made pastas and the ESR wine collection that previously you could only find in his restaurants. Back in the fall he even shared his top-secret Bolognese sauce recipe for a hearty rigatoni meal kit collaboration that was one of our top-selling meal kits ever! In fact, it was such a success that you can still pick up a jar of Tavolàta’s Bolognese with his gorgeous pasta for dinner tonight. Just hop on over to our website to find the complete recipe to recreate the meal kit even though it’s hopped off the seasonal menu!

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We are so excited about our latest meal kit collaboration because it’s not only in partnership with a best-selling Seattle author, but he’s a world-renowned Pike Place Market shopkeeper! Ted Kennedy Watson of the Watson Kennedy home stores, lifestyle blog, and books “Style and Simplicity” and most recent “Guide to Stylish Entertaining.”

Ted’s Meyer Lemon Chicken with Olives meal kit is a feast for the eyes as well as the palate and is a perfect embodiment of a Kitchen & Market meal: it celebrates fresh, seasonal flavors, is easy to prepare, and is just as perfect for a weeknight family dinner as it is for entertaining company! Ted visited us in our Pike Place kitchen to cook the kit and let me tell you, it was, in Ted’s words, “divine!” (sipping some morning Sauvignon Blanc that went into the pan sauce didn’t hurt either!).

This collaboration is also near and dear to all of our hearts because a portion of the proceeds will be donated to our friends at Seattle Humane in memory of Ted’s beloved shop dog, Bailey.

Keep your eyes out in-store and on our social (we’re @kitchenandmarket) to hear about other upcoming meal kit collaborations with some of our favorite Seattle chef’s and restaurateurs – there is so much more to come!

You can find this meal kit and the rest of our seasonal menu on our website for home delivery, kitchenandmarket.com, or in our stores on Mercer Island (in Tabit Village Square at 7635 SE 27th Street, Mercer Island) and Pike Place Market (1926 Pike Place, Seattle), and in Medina at the Green Store (coming soon!).

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