November 16, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Life
I loved stuffed vegetables. Peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, acorn and delicata squash are all delicious when stuffed. And I never met a stuffed mushroom with whom I didn’t become fast friends, even if the friendship ended with me eating the mushroom. Of course, a mushroom is a fungus and not a… Read story
November 9, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
If parenthood teaches you anything, it’s that you’re capable of failing spectacularly. Read story
November 2, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Life
I was in my mid-30s before I really learned how to cook. I taught myself by making a lot of mistakes and then I just kept making the things that tasted good. This means that, though I love trying new things, I do have a repertoire of tried-and-true recipes that… Read story
October 26, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life
One of the nice things about being a food writer is that people give me food, almost, I think, as a challenge. “See what you can make out of this load of stuff!” my benefactors seem to be saying. In the past few years I’ve received dry pasta, flour, zucchini… Read story
October 19, 2022, 6:01am Clark County Life
The other day I had coffee with an old friend. Well, actually, she’s more than that. She’s a little like family, although we haven’t really spoken in years. She’s known my dad since their college days, and she was a good friend to my mother. She came to my stepmother’s… Read story
October 12, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life
My husband loves nothing better than a bowl of rich, steaming beef stew, ladled over a generous portion of creamy mashed potatoes. He starts talking about it in late summer, when our carrots are plumping up and looking like they might need pulling soon. He walks out to our backyard… Read story
October 5, 2022, 6:01am Clark County Life
Last week we looked at our garden, still pumping out produce even this late in the season, and wondered: What the heck are we going to do with all of it? Read story
September 28, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life
My stepmother, Kaye Wolverton, passed away recently. Her memorial service was on Sept. 19, the same day as Queen Elizabeth II, though with a bit less pomp. Like the royal funeral, there was a dog present, though my father’s rat terrier is markedly less well-behaved than the former queen’s corgis.… Read story
September 21, 2022, 6:01am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
We just returned from a week on Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia, including two glorious days in Victoria. We ate our way around the city, enjoying various British delights: fish and chips on Fisherman’s Wharf, shepherd’s pie at a bustling pub and buttermilk scones at the… Read story
September 7, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Life
Our family is about to leave for a weeklong vacation. We’ll be traveling by car on several days and it’s always nice to have snacks for the road. We usually pack sliced apples and pears, crackers, grapes and dried fruit. This time, I thought I’d make something special for our… Read story