March 21, 2022, 6:05am Entertainment
As every J. Kenji López-Alt super fan knows, March 8 was the release date of “The Wok: Recipes and Techniques,” arguably the most anticipated cookbook of the year. Read story
March 16, 2022, 6:07am Food
Kale salads may be all the rage, but served raw, the sturdy green can be off-puttingly tough. Read story
March 16, 2022, 6:05am Food
Travel to the far north of Italy and the terrain gets rougher, the weather colder, and the pastas more rustic. For centuries, buckwheat was one of the few grains hardy enough to survive in Valtellina, a small valley in the shadow of the Alps, and it shows in the food. Read story
March 16, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
You know you’ve done it — purchased a few avocados with the full intent of making guacamole or slicing them up for sandwiches or salads, and then the moment passes. Within a day that perfectly ripe avocado goes from good to gray and mushy. You slice it open and think,… Read story
March 14, 2022, 6:06am Food
I still remember the smell of the kitchen at my first job. Bleach, mixed with old fryer oil, cigarette smoke, and French onion soup. I started as a busser; clearing plates, filling waters, bringing out salads. Read story
March 13, 2022, 6:05am Food
The Indian Intercourse Act of 1834 — intended to regulate trade and “preserve the peace on the frontiers” — made the manufacturing of liquor in “Indian Country” illegal. Nearly 200 years later, the first Native-owned distillery on U.S. reservation land opened in Washington state. Read story
March 13, 2022, 6:05am Food
Home gardener Maggie Slighte was thrilled to discover that she could use food assistance program benefits to purchase seeds and food-bearing plants nearly 20 years ago. Slighte, who is lower-income and lives in Olympia with ADHD, autism and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, has been dialing in her strategy for growing food to… Read story
March 12, 2022, 4:18pm Business
The aroma of sizzling meat in melted butter wafts from a cast iron pan while Jaden Bales shows his favorite way to cook up the best steak cuts from a big game animal. Read story
