My Favorite Week of the Year

This week is my favorite week of the year. The weekend starts with the Bastille festival at Seattle Center.

The Bastille day festival (this Saturday) is a milestone in my food obsessed world. Two years ago I volunteered at this festival because I was looking to meet new people.
From then on, I kept volunteering at every event that I could find, meeting food people, networking and here I am 2 years later enjoying all the connections that I managed to make.

Saturday night is the Bal des Pompiers (Fireman's ball), an evening of music and dancing in the streets.
Sunday is The Bastille day festival, a festival with chef demos, food and music.
It's free and open to everyone so bring the kids to this family friendly event.

Sunday I will be judging The Chocolate Salon again. Last year was a great experience so I am really interested in seeing the creative choices this year.
I think I still have a blue cheese chocolate truffle with a bite in it from last year in my fridge.
Here is my post from last year.
Bastille Day ,July 14 Events:

Cafe Campagne Bastille Festival:
Live music, food and Burlesque performances


Le Pichet Bastille Celebration
From 6 pm and till late hours
French food and Live Jazz from Absinthe Minded Professors (7pm) and DJ Miss Broadway (11pm)

Maximillian Bastille Day Dinner
Enjoy a $35 3-course meal on the patio, overlooking the water. They have live music too.

I will try to make all 5 events. Will I be able to make it to all of them?

The Corson Building is Open

Chef Matthew Dillon of Sitka and Spruce and Wylie Bush owner of Joe Bar finally opened the Corson building restaurant/communal dining venue last week.
It will change how Seattle foodies unite.
Basically the concept is that the menu changes spontaneously. The food comes from local purveyors, artisans, farmers, farmers markets and their very own garden. They even raise their own chickens. To be in the foodie know, you sign up on the website.

The Setting is a beautiful old building in South Seattle's Georgetown Area.

The details: A Multi- course family style dinner for 30 guests, two-three nights a week
Thursday- Saturday
The other nights it will be available for private parties, events, cooking classes, butchering workshops or any other events
Dinner starts at 7 PM, 80 dollars per person
110 dollars with wine pairings
Reservations required: 206 (762-3330) or by visiting the Corson Building Website
Guests will receive a phone confirmation and may advise of any food allergies at that time
Visa or Mastercard accepted

Dates Available for now: June 20, June 21, June 27, June 28, July 3, July 5, July 10, July 11, July 18, July 19, July 26

BOOM- Bloggers That Make You Go Boom!

The last Seattle Food Blogger Meetup was at Boom Noodle. Boom is the new noodle joint in Capitol Hill.

Food Bloggers (the order in which we sat):
Lara from Cook and Eat
Ronald from Cornichon
Katrin from Simply Culture
Seadevi from Capitol Hill Triangle
Matthew Amster-Burton (Mamster) from Roots and Grubs
Lesa from The Pink Hobart
Mohini from Mango Power Girl
Layla from laylita

There were also a few lucky husbands who attended (a wife that cooks is always a plus)!

As usual the foodie gossip didn't stop. Restaurant names were being thrown around, we exchanged gifts and someone even got bacon salt. I am pretty sure that every blogger I know has tasted bacon salt by now.

Looking forward to see all the foodies again soon, thanks guys!