Chef Kenji brings back "Tasting Notes"
Seattle Now
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4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
James Beard Award winning cookbook author J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is one of the most prominent voices in Seattle's culinary scene.
But it isn't just food he's passionate about, music is another passion.
He paired his passion for food and music for an event on Friday night: Tasting Notes.
Patricia Murphy talks with Kenji and Grammy Award-nominated violinist Tessa Lark about the event and what visitors can expect.
Find tickets to Friday's Tasting Notes in Seattle here.
Tasting Notes will also take place in La Jolla in August.
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| 0:00.0 | On the latest episode of sound politics, the vast majority of Americans say that money in politics is a threat to democracy. |
| 0:08.8 | Seattle came up with a novel solution. |
| 0:12.2 | Give everyone money to donate to candidates. |
| 0:14.6 | Now, is that working? |
| 0:15.9 | We'll talk about it ahead of the August 5th primary when voters will decide if the democracy voucher program should |
| 0:22.8 | stick around. That's on the latest sound politics, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:32.6 | Hey, hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Wednesday. This is Seattle now. Kenji Lopez-Alt loves food. |
| 0:41.2 | It's not surprising, as he's one of the biggest voices in Seattle's culinary scene, but he also loves music. |
| 0:49.1 | He paired those two loves together for an event on Friday night, tasting notes. It will be indulgent. |
| 0:56.7 | Last year, we broke the world record for largest simultaneous chocolate tasting, |
| 1:01.6 | and we're going to break it again this year. |
| 1:04.1 | Patricia Murphy will talk with him and musician Tessa Lark in a minute, but first, let's get |
| 1:09.3 | you caught up. |
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| 1:21.9 | He's charged with murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022, and he pleaded guilty earlier this month. |
| 1:23.6 | As part of his plea deal, Coburger will avoid the death penalty, but may serve the rest of his life in prison. |
| 1:30.5 | Koberger's motive is still not clear. |
| 1:34.0 | Candidate Survivor's back. |
| 1:35.5 | A game show for local candidates for office with out-of-the-box tactics to get younger people into Seattle politics. |
| 1:43.4 | You want out-of-the the box? This year's event is |
| 1:45.9 | Dungeons and Dragons themed and candidates will lip sync battle. Survivor between candidates for |
| 1:53.0 | Seattle's mayor, city council, and city attorney. It's free tomorrow night at Numos on Capitol Hill. |
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