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A date to remember: Make a date with gooey and heavenly sticky toffee pudding

March 12, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

All right, it’s official. I’ve got spring fever. I’ve now seen every sign that foretells spring’s arrival: bumble bees, crocuses, daffodils, a few over-eager cherry blossoms and stacks of matzo… Read story

Sweep out old routine with winter vegetable salad

March 5, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

Now that my husband and I have been empty nesters for about a year and a half, I’m feeling a degree of restlessness in our routine. Read story

Chocolate and raspberries play nice together in these decadent chocolate raspberry muffins.

Muffin ventured, muffin gained: Chocolate muffins hit the sweet spot

Chocolate and raspberries play nice together in these decadent chocolate raspberry muffins.

February 26, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

My daughter, who’s pursuing a degree in art education at Western Washington University, occasionally sends me photos of completed assignments, just to show me what she’s been working on. Last week she sent me a self-portrait that absolutely blew me away. She’d crafted not just an accurate picture of herself… Read story

It’s big, it’s dramatic and it’ll warm you up on a winter night: It’s a whole stuffed cabbage, drizzled with herbed tomato sauce and sprinkled with freshly grated Parmesan.

Good stuff: Whole stuffed cabbage has ‘wow’ factor, heartiness to ward off chill

It’s big, it’s dramatic and it’ll warm you up on a winter night: It’s a whole stuffed cabbage, drizzled with herbed tomato sauce and sprinkled with freshly grated Parmesan.

February 19, 2025, 6:03am Clark County Life

Is it just me, or is there a lot going on right now? “My brain is broken,” I said to a friend yesterday. I’m finding it hard to sit still, to concentrate, to read, to write. I can’t even muster the focus necessary to do complex algebraic calculations. Read story

Ditch the usual chocolate cake on Valentine’s Day and serve this moist, fragrant lemon ricotta cake instead.

When life gives you lemons … let them eat cake

Ditch the usual chocolate cake on Valentine’s Day and serve this moist, fragrant lemon ricotta cake instead.

February 12, 2025, 6:06am Clark County Life

My husband and I are coming up on our 30th anniversary in June. I’m astonished that I’ve been so lucky as to spend roughly three-fifths of my life with someone I never get tired of being with. We don’t run out of things to say, we make each other laugh… Read story

Do you like spinach? Good, because this recipe has three bags of it — plus marinated artichoke hearts, cream cheese and Parmesan. Yup, it’s good.

Dip into deliciousness: Spinach and artichoke casserole great as dish or target of chips, veggies

Do you like spinach? Good, because this recipe has three bags of it — plus marinated artichoke hearts, cream cheese and Parmesan. Yup, it’s good.

February 5, 2025, 6:01am Clark County Life

Are you ready for some serious spinach? With artichokes and cream cheese and butter, all warm and delicious with a golden Parmesan cheese topping? Good, because that’s what we’re making this week. Read story

These soft, chewy, cinnamon-laced cookies are a tiny little treat that feels indulgent.

Small and round and cute: Cinnamon cream cheese cookies have a delicious silky texture

These soft, chewy, cinnamon-laced cookies are a tiny little treat that feels indulgent.

January 29, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

For the past couple of months, I’ve been eyeing the New York Times recipe for Ginger Cheesecake Cookies, for obvious reasons. It’s a ginger cookie! With cream cheese inside! As a bonus, the ginger cookies are extra-gingery, with three kinds of ginger — crystallized, fresh and powdered. And have I… Read story

Warm your winter spirit with this stick-to-your-ribs split pea soup. This recipe is vegan, but you can use chicken stock instead of water or add ham or bacon.

Peas & thank you: Warm split pea soup chunky and perfect way to peas the day

Warm your winter spirit with this stick-to-your-ribs split pea soup. This recipe is vegan, but you can use chicken stock instead of water or add ham or bacon.

January 22, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

You may be shocked to learn that I don’t read every single book for my book club meetings and it’s usually because I’m reading other things. I need at least half an hour of quiet reading every morning before I can even begin to think about the day and fiction… Read story

Bread-and-butter pudding, in which slices of buttered bread are doused in custard and baked until toasty, is slightly different than bread pudding.

Just desserts: Bread-and-butter pudding even better than bread pudding

Bread-and-butter pudding, in which slices of buttered bread are doused in custard and baked until toasty, is slightly different than bread pudding.

January 15, 2025, 6:02am Clark County Life

My English husband’s two favorite desserts are quintessentially British: apple crumble (with custard, if he can get it — that is, if I’m willing to make it) and bread pudding. When we were first married, he often spoke of bread-and-butter pudding. I thought it was just one of his weird… Read story

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Making slaw by the book: Coleslaw from Dolly Parton’s cookbook full of fiber and flavor

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January 8, 2025, 6:00am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

As we lurch boldly into another year, a reader suggested that I try something “cleansing” to assist in divesting ourselves of the old so that we can be open to the new. Perhaps that’s an allusion to digestion. In that case, I’ll take it both metaphorically and literally and offer… Read story