Food

Orecchiette with Beans and Broccoli Rabe.

Broccoli rabe adds texture to pasta

March 1, 2023, 6:52am Food

Orecchiette is a little ear-shaped pasta that is typical of Apulia in Southern Italy. It’s perfect for this vegetarian dish. The small shape captures the sauce and mixes well with the other ingredients. Read story

Lindsay Gardner and her 3-year-old daughter, Ellie, measure flour into a mixing bowl for cookies.

Kids in the kitchen? Yes, please

March 1, 2023, 6:03am Food

Dustin Gardner has mentored scores of young cooks in the 16 years he’s served as executive chef of Casbah, an upscale Mediterranean restaurant in Shadyside. But it’s safe to say the budding chef who tugs tightest on his heartstrings is his pint-sized daughter. Read story

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for Spanish Chorizo, Ham and White Bean Stew.

Chorizo enlivens bean stew

March 1, 2023, 6:03am Food

In Spain’s rugged Asturias region, winter winds coming off the Atlantic demand rib-sticking meals that make the most of preserved foods. Read story

It's not Campbell's soup. It has a stronger tomato flavor with subtle spices. Flavor it with whatever herbs you like best.

Homemade tomato soup, cheesy cheddar toast feels like home

March 1, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

Whenever I was sick as a girl, my mother made me Campbell’s tomato soup. She’d set up a TV table in the family room next to the couch, where, home from school for the day, I’d be snuggled up on the couch watching reruns of “Gilligan’s Island.” She’d bring me… Read story

Beets are high in nitrates which may improve cardiovascular health in several ways.

Give me a beet: Why this root vegetable should be on your plate

February 28, 2023, 6:00am Food

Meet the beet. Fans of “The Office” may know it as the mainstay of Schrute Farms. Others may have casually tossed them into conversation, remarking that someone has turned “beet red” from embarrassment. Read story

Making a salad might be getting more expensive. Could climate change be to blame?

Farmworkers cull lettuce in Salinas. Lettuce is a major crop in the Salinas Valley, valued at $1.2 billion.

February 27, 2023, 6:00am Food

In his nearly four decades of growing lettuce, spinach, kale and other leafy greens in California and Arizona, Tony Alameda has seen plenty of bad years. But lately, he said, there have been many more “noticeably bad” years in a row. Read story

Vancouver’s El Gaucho not worth the hype

El Gaucho in Vancouver offers Wicked Shrimp as a starter.

February 24, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

El Gaucho served steak in Seattle from 1954 to 1985. Paul Mackay rebooted the steakhouse in 1996, and went on to open El Gaucho restaurants in Portland, Tacoma and Bellevue. His son, Chad Mackay, now runs these businesses as part of the Revelers Club, a collection of Pacific Northwest restaurants… Read story