August 25, 2021, 6:05am Food
It’s a grand time to be a vegetable lover. Local supermarkets highlight fresh, crisp greens and slender summer squashes from nearby farms. Signs advertise weekend farmers markets selling heirloom tomatoes, baskets of rainbow carrots, peppers and farm-fresh eggs. Come August, enterprising teens sell sweet corn from makeshift stands. Read story
August 25, 2021, 6:05am Food
Here’s a summer soup that can be made ahead and is refreshing for a warm evening. This traditional French soup takes only 15 minutes to cook. It’s a simple vegetarian meal. Serve it warm or make it ahead and serve it at room temperature. Read story
August 25, 2021, 6:04am Food
It’s the rare person who doesn’t love pickles. Read story
August 25, 2021, 6:04am Food
Sweet corn and briny clams could be the most classic of American pairings. Hundreds of years before Europeans arrived on New England shores, Native Americans created the clambake by digging pits in the sand to steam them with lobster. Add water and cream to the mix, and chowder would follow… Read story
August 25, 2021, 6:04am Food
I tend to eat a lot of Popsicles for dessert during summer because they’re sweet and cooling when the weather on my back porch is anything but. But I’m not against making something from scratch as long as it doesn’t require turning on the oven. Read story
August 25, 2021, 6:02am Business Subscriber Exclusive
The former Vancouver Fire Department station near the Main Street Safeway in Vancouver’s Shumway neighborhood will be transformed into a new brewery and taproom called Basalt Brewing. Read story
August 25, 2021, 6:01am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
My dear friend Angela gave me two tomatillo starts in April — in addition to many other baby veggies — before we had even turned the sod for our new vegetable garden. The tomatillos languished in containers for about a month until we were finally able to get them in… Read story
August 24, 2021, 6:03am Business
The Yard Milkshake Bar, which began quietly serving ice cream treats on the Vancouver waterfront several weeks ago, marked its official opening last weekend. Read story
August 20, 2021, 6:03am Clark County Life
After its cancellation last year due to the pandemic, the Craft Beer & Wine Fest returns this weekend to Vancouver’s Esther Short Park with beer, wine, whiskey, cocktails, food trucks and live music. Read story
August 19, 2021, 6:05am Business
Portland smash-burger food truck hit the spot! will open its first restaurant in Vancouver’s Uptown Village later this year in the space recently vacated by Starbucks. Read story
