Food

A breaded chicken cutlet sandwich. Thin breaded chicken cutlets fry up in minutes, and are terrific made into sandwiches or served with dipping sauces.

3 lunch ideas kids – and parents – can enjoy

August 23, 2023, 6:04am Food

Bologna sandwiches may be the easiest kid’s school lunch, but it’s not difficult to prepare brown-bag meals that parents can appreciate too. These chicken cutlet, pasta salad and chicken salad recipes come together with flavor-boosting ingredients in just about 30 minutes. Read story

Jean Miller's family recipe book contains generation of recipes, including her mother Mary O'Malley Laughlin's handwritten recipe for plum upside-down cake, passed down from her maternal grandmother, Honorine Boulanger O'Malley.

Plum Delicious: Vancouver family’s recipe is ‘the flavor of memory’ and connection

August 23, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

Who says pineapple is the only fruit that gets to have an upside-down cake? Why not bestow the same honor on the humble plum? Take a lesson from Honorine Boulanger O’Malley, a resourceful mother and businesswoman who used her wits and creativity to feed a crowd with plum-upside down cake.… Read story

Spicy chili shrimp tostadas require no cooking on a hot summer day.

Shrimp tostadas spice things up

August 23, 2023, 6:02am Food

Here’s the thing about 110-year-old houses. They ooze charm and character, but they also can be a royal pain in the neck. Read story

This August 2019 image shows a recipe for vinaigrette. If you take a couple of minutes to play with some different oils and vinegars, you'll quickly see how easy it is to make a homemade vinaigrette, and to keep changing it up so your salads sparkle all year long. (Cheyenne M. Cohen via AP) (Cheyenne M.

Vinaigrette without hitting the bottle

August 23, 2023, 6:02am Food

Making salad dressing can feel daunting for many of us. We either fear it a little, and keep hitting the bottle (bottled dressing, of course), or if we do make our own, we get stuck in that one-dressing rut. Read story

Black pepper might sound odd, but with the three kinds of sweetness her, it doesn't taste peppery.

Pears with ice cream, honey and pepper is summer’s best dessert

August 23, 2023, 6:01am Food

Too many pears is a happy problem to have. At a sad time recently, someone sent a box of bereavement pears, not something to belabor here except to say that the gift — with one pear, mysteriously deemed special, wrapped in golden foil in the center of the cushioned box… Read story

Niche Wine Bar in downtown Vancouver adds taste of Japan

The owner of Vancouver's Niche Wine Bar, Leah Jackson, recently visited Japan to tour sake breweries.

Leah Jackson has helped customers find a wine that suits them from the curated collection at Niche Wine Bar in downtown Vancouver for the past 13 years. After a recent trip to Japan, she added a short list of sake to the menu, as well as sake tastings the last… Read story

Time for a Tuna-up: Chilled pasta salad is catalyst for invention — what could be easier for dinner?

This chilled tuna pasta salad is just right for a summer lunch or dinner.

When I don’t know what to make for dinner, I turn to tuna. My fishy little friend in the can always knows just what to do. If it’s cold outside, it becomes a warming casserole. If it’s too hot outside to turn the oven on, it becomes a tasty sandwich.… Read story