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Perfectly sweet potatoes: Think outside the pumpkin with Sweet Potato Crisp dessert

November 20, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life

It’s that time of year again when everyone remembers that sweet potatoes exist. They have, in fact, been eaten by humans for about 5,000 years, originating in what is now… Read story

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Cake or pie: Can’t decide? Have both

Monika Spykerman/The Columbian (Monika Spykerman/The Columbian)

November 6, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Huzzah! It’s time for my annual pumpkin recipe. All year long, I hoard pumpkin recipes like a dragon hoarding gold. I weigh the pros and cons of each: Does it contain oodles of real pumpkin? Is it portable enough to carry to holiday gatherings? Does it keep well for breakfast… Read story

This moist, apple-packed Cinnamon Swirl Applecake is just what you need this fall.

Cinnamon Swirl Apple Cake a perfect peace offering for the persnickety

This moist, apple-packed Cinnamon Swirl Applecake is just what you need this fall.

October 23, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

We’re right in the middle of painting our kitchen and the adjoining sitting room. More truthfully, my husband is in the middle of painting while I watch from the sidelines. If you think that’s unfair, well, yes, it is. But Simon likes to do things his own way and —… Read story

These chocolate chip cookies have a special ingredient — Ovaltine.

Has there ever been a better way of ending the day? Crispy, chewy Ovaltine cookies taste great

These chocolate chip cookies have a special ingredient — Ovaltine.

September 25, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

One thing I really enjoyed about our recent trip to England was the variety of fun things to drink, like Ribena blackcurrant syrup and sparkling elderflower flavored water. What really got my taste buds going were hot drink powders like Barleycup, Horlick’s and Ovaltine. Read story

Welsh cakes are a perfect teatime treat: Light, flaky and with a texture that melts in your mouth like shortbread.

Wishing for Welsh magic: Baker tries to recapture sweetness of family trip

Welsh cakes are a perfect teatime treat: Light, flaky and with a texture that melts in your mouth like shortbread.

September 18, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Our family has just returned from a three-week sojourn in Great Britain, so I’ve got a bit of reality whiplash. One day I woke up in a tiny Welsh village that’s straight out of a fairy tale and then, boom, a dozen hours later I’m going to bed in Washougal.… Read story

Blend cottage cheese with cocoa powder and maple syrup, and you’ve got … a kind of soup. But it’s high in protein and low-ish in fat.

The proof is in the pudding and this cottage cheese pudding proves to be pretty bad

Blend cottage cheese with cocoa powder and maple syrup, and you’ve got … a kind of soup. But it’s high in protein and low-ish in fat.

August 21, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

We’re about to take a long-delayed trip to visit my husband’s parents in Wales. It’s been 14 years since our last visit, mainly because the cost of such a journey overshadowed our ability to fund it. We hoped to go in 2020, but you all know what happened then. Now… Read story

Two cups of fresh peaches and a pecan-brown sugar streusel topping make this coffee cake irresistible.

Perfectly peachy: The Bundt cake was a disaster but coffee cake hit the spot

Two cups of fresh peaches and a pecan-brown sugar streusel topping make this coffee cake irresistible.

August 7, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life

I love peaches. When it’s peach season, I eat peaches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I can’t get the taste out of my mind, and I don’t want to. I want to feed the craving. I mean, that’s how you handle a craving, right? Or do I misunderstand the fundamental… Read story

Perfect for potlucks or get-togethers, this chilled, layered Chocolate Bliss is a little bit messy and a lot delicious.

Follow your (chocolate) bliss: Can you really have too many cool, creamy desserts in the summertime?

Perfect for potlucks or get-togethers, this chilled, layered Chocolate Bliss is a little bit messy and a lot delicious.

July 24, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

When I was in high school, our family spent a week with my mother’s side of the family on my great-aunt Marilyn’s cotton farm in Wichita Falls, Texas. One night, Marilyn and my great-uncle Wendel hosted a big family potluck. Everyone brought something. There were the usual suspects: fried chicken… Read story

Pie may be all-American, but this Deep Dish Summer Crisp — with extra-deep fruit filling and topping — can’t be beat.

The world is a wild and baffling place: Summer fruit crisp is the perfect comfort food

Pie may be all-American, but this Deep Dish Summer Crisp — with extra-deep fruit filling and topping — can’t be beat.

July 3, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

I was going to make a citrusy beverage to welcome the official start of summer but instead I have reached back into my childhood to make the most comforting dessert I could think of: a deep-dish summer fruit crisp. It’s a crisp and not a crumble because it has oats… Read story