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CHECKING IN ON A NEW MENU >>> Back in college, before the Macintosh and VHS, I tried sea urchin, one of nature's stranger edibles, in a sushi restaurant located in the basement of a Vancouver, B.C. hotel. Goofy-faced and swooning, exclaiming it tasted like the ocean in a cloud. It wasn't
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DINING IN THE SOUTH SOUND LIVE NO ONE ELSE >>> ANNOUNCER: Housed in Gig Harbor's historic Garden Clubhouse, JW Restaurant opened in mid-spring to patron praise and media attention-naturally focused on the restaurant's New American dishes with a twist. Managing Partner Jason Winniford and Chef Justin Goodfellow have kept value-pricing in
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JAKE DE PAUL: ONE OF THE BEST IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>> I have to admit, I think the whole "deconstruction" craze in restaurants these days is a bit silly, sort of like Ranked Choice Voting. The idea is that you take something like a cheeseburger and serve it "deconstructed":
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Downtown Puyallup, if you haven't noticed, is hell bent on becoming another great food and fun district in the South Sound. Located a couple blocks west of the Puyallup fairgrounds, the energy sprouted with a robust farmers' market. Trackside Pizza opened three weeks ago to be part of this growing