Next week, Northwest cheesemongers will fight for France’s Mondial du Fromage. The U.S. is small cheese in this arena: No American has won the elite tournament.

Our food writer picks her five favorite sandwiches of the Seattle summer, from a PLT and a mortadella sandwich with tangy peppers to one with zucchini and mint.

The trick to these delicious brats is to boil them (preferably in a Seattle IPA) before you grill them.

A hard-boiled egg split slightly down the middle and stuffed with a chunky tomato relish, kosua ne meko is a quick Ghanaian snack sold by street vendors.

As long as sushi lovers’ demand remains, environmental advocates and suppliers say controversial fish like bluefin tuna will keep being delivered.

The latest in brews and booze: Hillman City gets two notable watering holes; a big-name Ballard brewery expands to Capitol Hill; Uptown adds another sports bar.

The vodka in this dish can help you smell, and in turn taste, the sauce’s flavors in a heightened way.

This recipe pairs smashed cucumbers with avocados for creaminess, along with briny shrimp steamed with sesame oil for a light summer meal.

Some beloved burger joints have expanded recently. But it was the steamed dumplings at a strip mall cafe in Federal Way that caught our critic’s eye this month.

Neighborhood Eats heads to Bothell this week to try teriyaki (with a twist) at one eatery and a tasty food tour through the Mediterranean and India at another.