Food

Skillet Maple-Glazed Pork Chops With Potatoes and Broccoli (Linda Gassenheimer/TNS)

Maple glaze sweetens pork chops

March 30, 2022, 6:00am Food

Here’s a way to add flavor to boneless pork chops. I find they can easily become dry when served without a sauce. This maple glaze solves that problem and adds a sweet and tangy sauce to the dish. You can make this quick dinner in one skillet. To speed the… Read story

Dan Wavrin, cheesemaker for his family's Ferndale Farmstead, playfully flips provolone cheese blocks back up onto the aging rack, Feb. 4, 2022. To the left is the smoky Schamorza cheese.

Cheese is a risky business, yet Washington’s cheese-making scene is on the rise

March 28, 2022, 6:00am Food

It’s warm and humid in the cheese-making room at Ferndale Farmstead, a low-slung red building on a rural road in Ferndale, Whatcom County, Washington. Whey is draining directly onto the floor from elevated tubs filled with curds and whey — the drains leading to an exterior whey tank — as… Read story

Silagy Sauce offerings have expanded beyond the original hot sauce.

Spice things up: Clark County-grown peppers go into locally made hot sauces

March 25, 2022, 6:00am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

As you peruse the Vancouver Farmers Market, now open for the season, you’ll find an unprecedented variety of locally made hot sauces. Read story

Sour cream coffee cake is among the bakery treats on display at Bleu Door Bakery.

Bleu Door Bakery reopens, expands in Uptown Village Vancouver

March 24, 2022, 6:03am Business Subscriber Exclusive

After two years of being closed to indoor dining, Bleu Door Bakery in Vancouver’s Uptown Village reopened its blue door on March 1. Read story

Leftovers, pantry staples make better fried rice

March 23, 2022, 6:04am Food

The secret to a great fried rice is all in the leftovers. Read story

Seafood curry dish features flavorful spices

March 23, 2022, 6:04am Food

Indian spices flavor this dinner of plump shrimp, scallops and rice. The flavors of India are an intriguing combination of savory, sweet and hot spices. I made this Seafood Curry with fresh ginger and mild curry powder. It provides a flavor for this dinner that goes perfectly with the seafood. Read story

One-pan chicken dinner a quick, easy way to put hearty meal on the table

Artichoke Chicken is a one-pan dinner with big Mediterranean flavors that takes minutes to prepare followed by no-fuss baking in the oven.

My husband and I grew up in a church that kept a loose form of kosher, the Jewish dietary guidelines that govern, among other things, what kinds of meat to eat. Pork products are strictly forbidden, as are all shellfish, smooth-skinned fish like sharks and catfish, and mammals other than… Read story