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

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,… Read story

Presto pesto: Peas, spinach and basil mix with pasta for simple supper

July 17, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life

Many years ago I attended a “knitters and natters” knitting circle at a friend’s house. It was a lively group of creative, clever and accomplished women. We’d bring a potluck… Read story

This creamy, tart citrus drink is made with whole limes and sweetened condensed milk.

When life gives you limes, make Brazilian lemonade with few ingredients

July 10, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Sometimes readers ask me how I can write so much and keep thinking of (allegedly) funny things to say, so I will tell you: It’s a struggle. I don’t mean that it’s a struggle in the same way as actual problems, like a hospitalization, forest fire or running out of… 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

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

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

Pretzel Bites and Beer Cheeze, Bakon Mac and Cheeze, and Girl Dinner are among the delicious plant-based options at 3 Howls Remedy House in Vancouver’s Uptown Village.

You’ll be howling for seconds at 3 Howls Remedy House in Uptown Village Vancouver

June 28, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

If I didn’t tell you 3 Howls Remedy House is Vancouver’s only plant-based restaurant and bar, you would have no idea that you weren’t eating animal products. You would just want to return again and again for the stellar cocktails and the cauliflower bites that I wish I was eating… Read story

This vibrant summer salad pairs roasted beets with citrusy zing from orange and crunch from jewel-like pomegranate seeds.

Adventures in grocery shopping can’t keep a good beet salad down

June 26, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life

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Hasselback not hassle-free; twist on sweet potatoes not worth it

Hasselback sweet potatoes: just slice, drizzle and bake! How hard can that be? Harder than you think.

Our daughter will be home from college in just a few weeks. I’m amazed that time has flown by so quickly. I’m doubly amazed at how she’s grown from someone who couldn’t pick a sock up off the floor to someone who goes grocery shopping and makes her own dinner… Read story

Fabulous Feta: Whirl roasted vegetables with cheese and herbs for scrumptious soup

Roast vegetables with feta cheese and blend them with broth and you’ve got soup!

I don’t jump on every internet food fad but I occasionally see something that piques my interest. I’m skeptical of any recipe that claims to be the easiest, quickest, most mouth-watering dish ever devised. Most things on YouTube aren’t as life-changing as promised (like the gloopy crock pot cobbler I… Read story

A Depression-era showdown between chocolate buttermilk cake and mocha crazy cake

With no butter, milk or eggs, this crazy mocha cake is extremely OK.

Last week I was rearranging some things in my kitchen and I came across my great-grandmother Ruth’s recipe for chocolate cake, scribbled on a yellowing index card. My middle name is Ruth, in honor of her. I never had the chance to meet her but I feel a kind of… Read story