June 19, 2024, 6:01am Clark County Life
I think I’ve lost my touch. Read story
June 12, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life
Our daughter will be home from college in just a few weeks. I’m amazed that time has flown by so quickly. I’m doubly amazed at how she’s grown from someone who couldn’t pick a sock up off the floor to someone who goes grocery shopping and makes her own dinner… Read story
June 6, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Life
What do journalism and barbecue have in common? It’s Rick Browne, The Columbian’s photo editor from 1998 to 2003, who was recently granted barbecue’s highest honor: induction into Kansas City’s American Royal Barbecue Hall of Fame. Browne, who was also The Columbian’s restaurant reviewer from 2019 to 2020, shares the… Read story
June 5, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life
I first tasted rhubarb on a dare. The family next door to my childhood home had a son my age and sometimes we’d talk to each other through the fence between our yards. One day I went outside and there was Adam, holding what looked like a super-sized stalk of… Read story
May 29, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Life
I don’t jump on every internet food fad but I occasionally see something that piques my interest. I’m skeptical of any recipe that claims to be the easiest, quickest, most mouth-watering dish ever devised. Most things on YouTube aren’t as life-changing as promised (like the gloopy crock pot cobbler I… Read story
May 22, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
I had a little extra time on my hands recently when I was holed up at home with a terrible cold. I did a lot of reading to distract myself, but man (or in this case, woman) cannot live by books alone. We also need the internet. As I was… Read story
May 15, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
Cauliflower is the real workhorse of Vegetable Land. Raw cauliflower has a lovely crunch and a hint of nuttiness and I always go for the cauliflower on a vegetable platter, unless there’s snow peas, because snow peas are obviously better than cauliflower. Cooked cauliflower is so tender and has such… Read story
May 8, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life
Last week I was rearranging some things in my kitchen and I came across my great-grandmother Ruth’s recipe for chocolate cake, scribbled on a yellowing index card. My middle name is Ruth, in honor of her. I never had the chance to meet her but I feel a kind of… Read story
May 1, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Life
After several weeks of recipe wrecks (meh matzos, cayenne pepper doughnuts and Greek salad wraps that didn’t wrap), I was ready for something that couldn’t fail. I’m talking about the most basic of meals, the tried-and-true, handy-dandy rice-and-chicken casserole. Since Monday is Cinco de Mayo, I thought I’d do something… Read story
April 24, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Life
I don’t like doughnuts that much, especially cake doughnuts. I know, I know — I might as well say I don’t like sunshine and money. I mean, I’m not crazy. I have reasons. Cake doughnuts just aren’t that exciting. They’re simply round pieces of cake. And cupcakes? Don’t get me… Read story
