In this edition of Food Seattle Select Guide we offer some quick and simple tips for summer entertaining. Our motto is simple: when it comes to entertaining the secret to success is to keep things basic, casual and fun. Forget the fancy dinner settings with matched china and silverware; formal floral table arrangements and 5-course menus, make use of what you have (plates, glasses, tablecloths). For table ornaments put out bowls of lemons or fruit or small glass jars filled with fragrant herbs like rosemary, mint or parsley. Simple doesn’t have to mean cheap or tacky; it can be elegant and memorable. After all summer entertaining should be about having fun – and that includes you!
Seattle Restaurant Week is the biggest, most price-conscious dining promotion to ever hit King County. Running next in October, 2010 the promotion, allows diners to have the opportunity to indulge in $25 three-course dinners at over 106 of the area’s best restaurants, some also offering $15 three-course lunches.
