Recent stories by Rick

• Local beers get cask treatment

  May 10, 2013 in Features, Seven on Page C15 When it comes to craft beer these days, “roll out the barrels” has a whole new meaning. Aging beer in barrels that previously held wine, whiskey or other spirits to …

• Boomers haven’t strayed from music that helped define generation

  April 29, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Almost 40 years ago, in one of its biggest hits, Fleetwood Mac sang: “Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow. … Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone.” Today, fans of the band – which … 4

• Waddell’s Noble has a handle on craft beer industry

  April 10, 2013 in Food on Page C1 The beer business just keeps getting bigger and better for Michael Noble. Since Noble opened Waddell’s Neighborhood Pub & Grille in south Spokane with his partners in 2008, the number …

• Brothers bring outdoors theme to new brewery

  March 13, 2013 in Food on Page C1 From fishing to hunting, hiking to snowboarding, Jason and Ryan Wing are all about adventure. Now the Coeur d’Alene brothers are embarking on a new one: launching their own brewery. … 3

• A year later, Geno’s shines with varied menu

  February 20, 2013 in Food on Page C1 It’s been more than a year now since Geno’s ran away and joined the circus. The old Geno’s, beloved as it may have been to its regulars, was a one-trick … 1

• CdA Brewing back as River City

  February 13, 2013 in Food on Page C1 River City Brewing may be the Spokane beer scene’s new kid on the block, but it’s been around the block a few times. Behind the venture are the Spokane-based owners …

• Downsizing invites simplicity, savings

  February 11, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Everything about the baby boom generation has been big: their numbers, their ambitions, their impact on society. But there’s one thing about the boomers that’s starting to get smaller: their … 4

• A taste of tea

  February 6, 2013 in Food on Page C1 Maybe it’s time to turn over a new leaf when it comes to your cooking – a tea leaf, that is. Tea has traditionally served as an accompaniment to foods …

• New year brings new breweries

  January 9, 2013 in Food on Page C1 Looks like the new year will bring even more new breweries to the Inland Northwest. Among the latest local projects to surface: 1

• Trickster’s treats

  December 12, 2012 in Food on Page C1 For Matt Morrow, it’s like Christmas in … well, December. Morrow had hoped to have his Trickster’s Brewing Co. in Coeur d’Alene up and running by July, if not sooner. … 4

• Beer aficionados reap the benefits as retailers capitalize on liquor law

  November 14, 2012 in Food on Page C1 The privatization of Washington liquor sales has been a mixed bag for seekers of spirits, with prices running higher than the state-store days. But beer drinkers are benefiting. Two retailers … 3

• Pot of gold

  November 7, 2012 in Food on Page C1 As archaeological finds go, it was fairly significant – a piece of terra cotta pottery whose origins date back a couple thousand years, to Etruscan times. It was right there …

• Flavors from the South sizzle at Casper Fry

  October 17, 2012 in Food on Page C1 For a true taste of the South, you don’t have to go any farther than South Perry. Since June, Casper Fry has been serving up the likes of grits, greens, …

• Spokane Party Trolley embraces drinking and riding

  September 21, 2012 in Features on Page C1 It’s green, 19 feet long, runs on 20 legs and produces a bit of a buzz. No, we’re not talking mutant insect. This is the Spokane Party Trolley – an … 15

• Local crop of breweries just keeps on growing

  August 8, 2012 in Food on Page C1 Warm weather must make breweries grow, because they just keep sprouting around the area. Here’s the latest update on the upcoming crop: Red Barn – Agriculture is an apt analogy … 4

• Cycling for suds

  August 3, 2012 in Features on Page C1 Sometimes, it’s all about the bike. Sometimes it’s all about the beer. But more often these days, it’s about both. Bicycling culture and craft beer culture are riding rising waves …

• Belgian-style brewery Selkirk Abbey opens in Post Falls

  July 11, 2012 in Food on Page C1 A Belgian-style brewery in Post Falls may not seem like the logical next step in the evolution of the local craft beer scene. But that’s what homebrewing pals Jeff Whitman … 2

• Crafty move at No-Li Brewhouse

  May 23, 2012 in Food on Page C1 Spokane’s newest brewery is also its oldest. Those bottles of No-Li Brewhouse beers that are starting to show up in stores are a blend of homegrown pride and imported expertise. 6

• Parisi’s eccentric ‘Off the Mark’ joins lineup today

  July 18, 2011 in Features on Page C1 “Off the Mark” joins our weekday comics lineup starting today. The quirky comic by Mark Parisi – which was named Best Newspaper Panel by the National Cartoonists Society in 2008 …

• ‘Sherman’s Lagoon,’ ‘Off the Mark,’ ‘Pickles’ win comics poll

  July 17, 2011 in Features on Page D1 Call it the last laugh. Our grand experiment with testing new comics is over – for now, anyway – and as a result, you’ll see some changes on our comics …

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