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Food + Dining Editor

Allison fell in love with food, cooking and restaurants during college, when she began working in restaurant and catering kitchens around Seattle. She still remembers going to the just-opened Palace Kitchen for her 21st birthday and ordering the decadent pumpkin risotto; it was excellent. Allison then spent six years writing about restaurants--first in Seattle, then in New York City--as the Restaurants Editor of Citysearch.com. Through the years Allison has reviewed hundreds of restaurants around the country, from Los Angeles to Idaho to Memphis, Tennessee, including all of the four star restaurants in NYC. Allison can now be found bellying up to the bar at Seattle’s best restaurants with her husband and, whenever possible, her burgeoning foodie daughter, who already enjoys braised lamb, wild mushroom risotto, hummus and goat cheese (and she’s only a year old).

Allison accepts pitches for local food and food trends and restaurants.

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08/12/10    Cheap Eats: Thai Curry Simple
08/12/10    Restaurant Review: Blue Acre Seafood
08/12/10    Restaurant Review: June
08/12/10    Restaurant Review: Luc
08/12/10    Food We Love: Gelato
08/12/10    Restaurant Insider: September 2010
07/20/10    Seattle's 48 Best Sandwiches
07/08/10    Restaurant Review: Nettletown
07/08/10    Restaurant Review: Bisato
07/08/10    Restaurant Review: El Pilón
07/08/10    Restaurant Review: Pier Review
07/08/10    Food We Love: Green Giant
05/14/10    Cheap Eats: China Town's Noodle King
05/14/10    Restaurant Review: Emmer&Rye
05/14/10    Restaurant Review: Phoenecia
05/14/10    Food We Love: Full Tilt’s Ube Ice Cream
04/13/10    Seattle's Great Escapes: Play Close To Home
04/13/10    Seattle's Great Escapes: Ketchum Sun Valley
04/13/10    Great Escapes 2010: Bend
04/13/10    Great Escapes 2010: Methow Valley
04/13/10    Great Escapes 2010: Friday Harbor
04/09/10    Great Escapes 2010: Lake Chelan
04/08/10    Seattle's Great Escapes 2010
04/07/10    Cheap Eats: Columbia City's Fish and Chips
04/07/10    Restaurant Review: Wabi-Sabi Sushi
04/07/10    Restaurant Review: Toulouse Petit
04/07/10    Food We Love: 35th St. Bistro's Roasted Beet Salad
04/01/10    Best Restaurants: Our Favorite New Restaurants
03/31/10    Best Restaurants '10: The Foodie's Blind Spot
11/13/09    Cheap Eats: Rizzo's French Dip
11/13/09    Restaurant Review: Naam Thai
11/12/09    Restaurant Review: Delancey
11/10/09    Food We Love: Cuban Sandwich
10/15/09    Most Influential: Josh Henderson
10/13/09    Meet the Producer: Caveman Energy Bars
10/09/09    Mini Review: Seattle Pie
10/09/09    Review: Carmelita
10/09/09    Review: Fresh Bistro
10/09/09    Restaurant Review: Bastille
10/09/09    Food We Love: Bon Bon Confections
09/23/09    Restaurant Insider: Iron Chef & Sin-Free Sushi
09/21/09    Cheap Eats: Righteous Ramen at Aloha Noodle
09/21/09    Review: Elemental Next Door Wine Bar
09/21/09    Restaurant Review: Café Revó
09/21/09    Review: Seattle's Mobile Street Food
09/21/09    Food We Love: Sweet & Savory Bakery's Egg Sandwich
08/24/09    Restaurant Insider: Dogs and South-End Sushi
08/24/09    The Best Seat is at the Bar
08/20/09    Review: The Yellow Leaf Cupcake Co.
08/19/09    Restaurant Review: Perché No Pasta & Vino
08/19/09    Restaurant Review: Tilikum Place Cafe
08/19/09    Restaurant Review: Dining at Local Arts Venues
08/19/09    Food We Love: Bakery Nouveau Pizza
07/16/09    Cravings: Frozen Treats
07/16/09    Restaurant Insider: Street Eats
07/14/09    Cheap Eats: Hallava Falafel Truck
07/14/09    Restaurant Review: Hudson Diner
07/14/09    Restaurant Review: Sitka & Spruce
06/17/09    Cheap Eats: Rancho Bravo
06/17/09    Restaurant Review: Chantanee
06/17/09    Restaurant Review: Moshi Moshi
06/17/09    Restaurant Review: Anchovies & Olives
06/16/09    Food We Love: Peachy Keen
05/27/09    Restaurant Insider
05/14/09    Cheap Eats: Golden Gumbo
05/14/09    Review: Cantinetta
05/14/09    Food We Love: Clam Digging at Ray's Cafe
04/14/09    Best Restaurants 2009: Favorite Dishes and Bites
04/14/09    Best Restaurants 2009: Trend Watch
04/13/09    Sweet & Petite
04/10/09    Review: Oddfellows
04/10/09    Review: Taberna Del Alabardero
04/10/09    Restaurant Review: Monsoon East
04/10/09    Food We Love: Do the Twist
03/17/09    Farewell Note to the PI
03/12/09    Best New Restaurants 2009
03/11/09    Best Restaurants 2009: 100 Years of Seattle Dining
03/11/09    Best Restaurants 2009: Restaurants to Watch
03/11/09    Cheap Eats: Bookish Bite
03/11/09    Review: Pearl
03/11/09    Review: Barrio
03/11/09    Food We Love: Wicked Good
02/17/09    Cheap Eats: Meat in the Market
02/17/09    Review: Slice of the Times
02/17/09    Restaurant Review: Art at Four Seasons
02/17/09    Food We Love: Shiro’s Honor Roll
01/22/09    Restaurant Review: Poppy
01/22/09    Food We Love: On the Lamb
01/22/09    Mini Review: Sweet Eats Seattle
01/22/09    Mini Review: Kushibar
01/22/09    Mini review: Shiku Sushi
12/22/08    Restaurant Specials
12/19/08    Cheap Eats: The Big List
12/09/08    Restaurant Review: Spinasse
12/09/08    Food We Love: The Pickle Plate
12/09/08    Review: Juno
12/09/08    Review: Olivar
11/21/08    The Rise of the Independent Toy Store
11/21/08    Best or Worst? You Decide…
11/18/08    Best of 2008: Beauty
11/14/08    Best of 2008: Random
11/14/08    Best of 2008: Sports
11/14/08    Best of 2008: Green
11/14/08    Best of 2008: Kids
11/13/08    Best of 2008: Food
11/13/08    Best of 2008: Pets
11/13/08    Best of Shopping
11/13/08    Best of 2008: Entertainment
11/13/08    Best of 2008: The Arts
11/13/08    Budget Burger
11/13/08    Sutra
11/12/08    The Bell Curve at Branzino
11/12/08    Rare Treat
11/12/08    Meet the Producer
10/22/08    Retro Dessert Classics
10/15/08    Island Soul
10/15/08    Restaurant Review: Spring Hill
10/15/08    Why We Love the Pasta Primer at Palace Kitchen
10/15/08    Rialto Pasta Bar & Grill
10/14/08    Seattle's Best Desserts
10/14/08    Can't-miss French Onion Soup
10/14/08    Bistro Turkuaz
10/14/08    Artemis
10/14/08    Restaurant Review: The Corson Building
08/26/08    The Capital Grille Competes with Seattle's Big Boys of Beef
08/21/08    35th Street Bistro Has Many Hits; A Few Misses
08/21/08    If Reinvention is Tricky, Table 219 is Reborn, Sort of
08/20/08    Pretty Desserts Beckon at Kirkland's French Bakery
08/20/08    Stick 'em Up: The Many Faces of Corn on a Stick
08/20/08    Virginia Inn: A come-as-you-are Tavern in a Tourtist-heavy Locale
08/15/08    Parisian Crepes In Seattle
08/13/08    Want It To Go? Try Fish Fry's Fried Fish
08/12/08    Ballard's Lunchbox Laboratory Reinvents the Burger Joint
08/05/08    Ballard Gets Some Much-needed Vietnamese Food
08/04/08    Joule Brings East and West To the Table With Korean and French Flavors
07/21/08    Enotria in Laurelhurst
07/16/08    Restaurant Review: Jasmine Provincial Vietnamese Restaurant
07/15/08    The Herbfarm Shows Its Age
07/08/08    Food We Love: Grilled Fish Tacos at Flyin Fish Make the Perfect Summer Meal
06/20/08    Cheap Eats: Hot Masa
06/20/08    Howling at the Moon
06/20/08    Food We Love: King Crab
06/20/08    Restaurant Review: The Spanish Evolution
06/20/08    Cheap Eats: Gringo Grub
06/20/08    Food We Love: Savory by the Slice
06/20/08    Restaurant Insider
04/25/08    Restaurant Insider
04/24/08    Top 10 Very Best Restaurants 2008
04/24/08    Best New Restaurants 2008
04/24/08    Best Restaurants 2008: All the Rest
04/24/08    Best Restaurants 2008
04/21/08    Food We Love: On a Roll
03/18/08    Food We Love: Market Value
03/14/08    Chefs to Watch 2008
03/14/08    The Breakfast Club
03/14/08    Trendwatch: Good Street Food
03/13/08    Restaurant Insider
03/13/08    The Mighty Quinn
03/07/08    Trendwatch: Better Late-Night Dining
03/07/08    Trendwatch: Cooking en Sous Vide
03/07/08    Trendwatch: Communal Tables
02/14/08    Shell Game