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A Safer, Cleaner Seattle, One Alley at a Time
Restaurants Lead the Way as a Community PartnerA Seattle restaurant led the charge in the city’s new dumpster free alleys program. The initiative has yielded safer, cleaner alleys throughout Seattle.
Left and Right Plug into the Minimum Wage Discussion. Democrats and Republicans Weigh in on This Hot Issue
Healthy Menus Find Their PlaceA look at minimum wage from behind party lines

 

ProStart® students have been selected as Oprah’s Angel Network Ambassadors.
ProStart students shine.Harbor High School ProStart teacher, Alice Whittaker, demonstrates how student Gaby Vasquez should shave chocolate curls for her black-bottom banana cream pie, a class learning and fundraising project.

 

Healthy Menus Find Their Place
Healthy Menus Find Their PlaceMama Stortini’s Executive Chef, John Spearman, displays one of the star players in his Puyallup restaurant’s “Get Fit” menu, a luscious dessert of fresh berries layered with orange-scented marscapone and wonton crisps — a Napoleon-style presentation masterpiece.

 

Private Parties Boost the Bottom Line
Private Parties Boost the Bottom Line Before the holidays hit, learn how to fine-tune your catering and event services. Hint: it’s all in the details! 

 

 

Do you know the faces of your industry? 
The Faces of the IndustryRestaurateurs aren’t always the usual suspects. Our industry is a cadre of diversity, and the WRA’s board of directors is no exception. Check out our profiles of three board members, and see what makes our workforce so unique.

Growing Fresh, Serving Perfection Growing Fresh, Serving Perfection
 Executive Chef Keith Luce, of The Herbfarm in Woodinville, dishes up more than just a gourmet meal. The restaurant is a study in environmental sustainability and takes diners on an hours-long culinary journey from flourishing farm to resplendent dining room.

Locally Flavored, Ethnically Influenced 
Locally Flavored, Ethnically InfluencedAnthony’s Hearthfire Grill, an Olympia eatery with outdoor seating and imaginative menus, serves up a trio of cocktails on the deck.
Boundary Bay does Beer and Community Right
Boundary Bay does Beer and Community RightBoundary Bay Brewery, a company that has heart and soul, is named the nation’s largest brew pub by the Brewer’s Association.
 Spokane Chapter Romances MembersSpokane Chapter Romances Members
Spokane Chapter outreach participant, Michelle Anderson sees the day-to-day happenings at Mojo with Chef Charlie Connor in Spokane Valley, Wash.
   



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