Become the Hostess With The Mostest

If you ask Renee Erickson if she ever thought she’d become a James Beard Award-winning chef, restaurateur and cookbook author, her answer will probably surprise you. “I fell in love with restaurants. I loved being there and, slowly, I worked my way into the kitchen. It was...
Before it was a white, brick-and-mortar building emblazoned with the words Sur La Table, our Pike Place store was simply a glimmer of a vision for our founder, Shirley Collins. “There wasn’t a place in Seattle at the time to buy any kind of cooking equipment—nothing. If you...