Food

Health inspections for April 24-29

May 5, 2023, 6:01am Clark County Life

For more information, call Clark County Public Health at 564-397-8428 or visit www.clark.wa.gov/ public-health/restaurant-inspection. In the health department’s scoring system, the fewer the points, the better. A perfect score is 0. The worst possible score is 448. An establishment with 100 or more points will be closed. Read story

Local coffee shops are rolling out a new program for customers who forget their reusable cups and want to borrow one.

Vancouver coffee shops join program to reduce cup waste

May 5, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

Coffee shops around Vancouver are rolling out a new program for the well-intentioned among us who nonetheless forget our reusable mugs. Read story

Arroz con leche -- "rice with milk" or rice pudding -- is especially rich and creamy with whole milk, evaporated milk and condensed milk.

Arroz to the occasion with rich rice pudding with a hint of citrus

May 3, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

I was browsing around our local dollar store a couple of weeks ago when I strolled by the refrigerated foods section. My eyes landed on the tempting selections of puddings and gelatin dessert cups: tapioca pudding, flan and gelatina de mosaico (a kind of jello salad made with colorful gelatin… Read story

McDonald’s making changes to burgers

May 3, 2023, 6:03am Food

McDonald’s hopes a few changes to its burgers will be a recipe for success. Read story

Tortilla strips add color to taco salad

May 3, 2023, 6:03am Food

Here’s a new take on one of America’s very popular Tex-Mex dishes: the taco salad. It has the flavors of a handheld taco but with a new twist. Read story

Morel mushrooms have returned to Washington. What to know, how to avoid ‘poisonous’ lookalike

Morchella conica is an old binomial name previously applied to species of fungi in the family Morchellaceae. It is one of three scientific names that had been commonly used to describe black morels, the others being M. angusticeps and M. elata.

April 30, 2023, 6:00am Food

The hills are alive with the sights of mushrooms! It’s nearing peak mushroom season for both novice and pro foragers in the Pacific Northwest. The 2023 mushroom season is predicted to be more fruitful than 2022’s, but the less-than-normal weather has made experts wary of being too hopeful. Read story