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Strawberry Pocky Cruffins are displayed on a tray at the Sunday Bakeshop in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. From ube cakes to mochi muffins, bakeries that sweetly encapsulate what it is to grow up Asian and American have been popping up more in recent years. Their confections are a delectable vehicle for young and intrepid Asian Americans to celebrate their dual identity.

New Asian American bakeries find bicultural sweet spot

Strawberry Pocky Cruffins are displayed on a tray at the Sunday Bakeshop in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. From ube cakes to mochi muffins, bakeries that sweetly encapsulate what it is to grow up Asian and American have been popping up more in recent years. Their confections are a delectable vehicle for young and intrepid Asian Americans to celebrate their dual identity.

August 30, 2021, 6:05am Food

For some Asian Americans, the dim sum cookie at Sunday Bakeshop here will taste like childhood. Read story

Dandelion Teahouse calls its bathroom the Roost Room.

Clark County restaurants’ designs call for cool commodes

Dandelion Teahouse calls its bathroom the Roost Room.

August 27, 2021, 6:03am Business

Several new Clark County restaurants have put a surprising amount of thought and effort into their restrooms, from the drunken-monkey wallpaper at Acorn & The Oak to the otherworldy vortex at Thirsty Sasquatch to the Anthony Bourdain shrine at Mav’s Taphouse. These elaborate restrooms are unisex. Read story

ELT sandwiches with basil mayonnaise.

What to make with tomatoes, corn and more

ELT sandwiches with basil mayonnaise.

August 25, 2021, 6:05am Food

It’s a grand time to be a vegetable lover. Local supermarkets highlight fresh, crisp greens and slender summer squashes from nearby farms. Signs advertise weekend farmers markets selling heirloom tomatoes, baskets of rainbow carrots, peppers and farm-fresh eggs. Come August, enterprising teens sell sweet corn from makeshift stands. Read story

Summer vichyssoise (potato and leek soup) (Linda Gassenheimer/TNS)

Try this refreshing summer soup

Summer vichyssoise (potato and leek soup) (Linda Gassenheimer/TNS)

August 25, 2021, 6:05am Food

Here’s a summer soup that can be made ahead and is refreshing for a warm evening. This traditional French soup takes only 15 minutes to cook. It’s a simple vegetarian meal. Serve it warm or make it ahead and serve it at room temperature. Read story

Old-fashioned bread and butter pickles are flavored with brown sugar and onion, with turmeric adding a lovely golden hue.

Easy homemade pickles, 3 ways

Old-fashioned bread and butter pickles are flavored with brown sugar and onion, with turmeric adding a lovely golden hue.

August 25, 2021, 6:04am Food

It’s the rare person who doesn’t love pickles. Read story

A recipe for steamed clams with corn, fennel and cr?me fra?che.

Clam, corn chowder a treat

A recipe for steamed clams with corn, fennel and cr?me fra?che.

August 25, 2021, 6:04am Food

Sweet corn and briny clams could be the most classic of American pairings. Hundreds of years before Europeans arrived on New England shores, Native Americans created the clambake by digging pits in the sand to steam them with lobster. Add water and cream to the mix, and chowder would follow… Read story

With its cool whipped topping and spongy, espresso-soaked cookies, tiramisu is the perfect summer dessert.

Tasy tiramisu made in minutes

With its cool whipped topping and spongy, espresso-soaked cookies, tiramisu is the perfect summer dessert.

August 25, 2021, 6:04am Food

I tend to eat a lot of Popsicles for dessert during summer because they’re sweet and cooling when the weather on my back porch is anything but. But I’m not against making something from scratch as long as it doesn’t require turning on the oven. Read story

The future home of Basalt Brewery, at 400 E. 37th St., will be about 13,000 square feet, and the owners envision having a few food trucks in the parking lot. There are no additions planned for the building, but the interior will undergo a large renovation; the owners hired<a href="https://www.sumdesignstudio.com/brewery"> SUM Design Studio based in Portland</a>.

Basalt Brewing to open in old Vancouver Fire Department station

The future home of Basalt Brewery, at 400 E. 37th St., will be about 13,000 square feet, and the owners envision having a few food trucks in the parking lot. There are no additions planned for the building, but the interior will undergo a large renovation; the owners hired<a href="https://www.sumdesignstudio.com/brewery"> SUM Design Studio based in Portland</a>.

August 25, 2021, 6:02am Business

The former Vancouver Fire Department station near the Main Street Safeway in Vancouver’s Shumway neighborhood will be transformed into a new brewery and taproom called Basalt Brewing. Read story