Food

Serve this healthful homemade hummus with crackers and crudites, use it as a sandwich spread or bake it with feta and olives for a warm dip for pita bread.

Camas woman’s healthful hummus reflects her vegan diet, food-health connection

February 15, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Healthy eating is something I don’t often mention in this column, which is more about having a laugh in my kitchen than it is about how to make a fat-free, sugar-free cheesecake. (Yuck. Just eat an apple instead.) The recipes are a simply an engaging way to explore the connections… Read story

Sweet and Spicy Pork and Roasted Butternut Squash and Green Beans.

Cayenne, cinnamon flavor pork dish

February 15, 2023, 6:03am Food

Pork is known as the other white meat. For this easy dinner, I added a sweet and spicy flavor to pork tenderloin slices using the sweet flavor of cinnamon with a touch of cayenne pepper for spice. Read story

This Beef and Bean Chili has a surprise ingredient -- cocoa powder.

This hearty chili packs a surprise

February 15, 2023, 6:03am Food

A hearty and easy way to feed a crowd, chili is an ideal addition to the party. But to add interest to this savory winter staple, we reach for an ingredient from the baking world. Read story

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for Rigatoni w/Pistachio, Ricotta and Herb Pesto.

5-ingredient pesto great for weeknight

February 15, 2023, 6:03am Food

Weeknight pasta may not sound romantic, but a Sicilian no-cook pesto provides enough homemade personal touch to save Valentine’s Day. And dinner will be ready in the time it takes to boil water and cook the pasta. Read story

Restaurant critic Bethany Jean Clement worked on this absurdly cheesy, surpassingly rich, deeply comforting recipe until she got it right -- and it's customizable, too.

Best mac ’n cheese is choose-your-own adventure

February 15, 2023, 6:03am Food

I’m here as a macaroni-and-cheese lover, not a macaroni-and-cheese fighter. The title of the following recipe — “The Actual Best Macaroni and Cheese” — clearly indulges in hyperbole, for the actual best macaroni and cheese is, of course, made the way you like it most. In this celebration of gluten… Read story

Cod easy on budget, taste buds

Baked cod is topped with lemon butter, garlicky tomatoes and a Parmesan-panko crust for a simple, but satisfying, supper.

February 15, 2023, 6:01am Food

Fresh fish is often considered a special-occasion meal. Let’s face it, some varieties can be just as expensive as the highest quality steaks. Cod, on the other hand, can be easy on the budget, especially if you’re lucky to find it on sale. Read story

How the ‘boneless wing’ became a tasty culinary lie

An order of "boneless chicken wings" is shown at a restaurant in Willow Grove, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. With the Super Bowl at hand, behold the cheerful untruth that has been perpetrated upon (and generally with the blessing of) the chicken-consuming citizens of the United States on menus across the land: a "boneless wing" that isn't a wing at all.

February 10, 2023, 11:04am Food

One day in 2020, at the pandemic’s height, an earnest-looking man with long hair the color of Buffalo sauce stepped up to a podium in Lincoln, Nebraska, to address his city council during its public comment period. His unexpected topic, as he framed it: It was time to end the… Read story