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Sylvia Fountaine a finalist in Saveur’s 2018 Blog Awards

Sylvia Fountaine, who co-founded Mizuna in downtown Spokane and used to write a monthly Food column for The Spokesman-Review, is a finalist for her blog, “Feasting at Home.”

Seasonal Kitchen: Chard

Not only is chard colorful and inspiring in the kitchen, it is a nutritional powerhouse – full of anti-inflammatory agents and a multitude of antioxidants – but one of the …

Seasonal Kitchen: Honey is the essence of the flower

The color of honey often hints at its flavor.

Seasonal Kitchen: No other ingredient evokes the feeling of love quite like chocolate

Bitter, sweet, deep, nuanced and complex, chocolate possesses many faucets.

Seasonal Kitchen: Spirit-lifting lemongrass lightens and brightens

It’s not from around these parts, but it’s still very much worth getting to know.

Seasonal Kitchen: Cheers! Holiday cocktails bring festive note to the season

Toast the holiday season with these festive cocktails.

Seasonal Kitchen: Give beets a chance

Sweet and earthy, this humble root vegetable with vibrant jewel tones adds nutrition and a pop of color to fall dishes.

Seasonal Kitchen: Pears offer a variety of flavors, textures throughtout the season

In season from late summer through late winter, pears are one of the few fruits that actually ripen off the tree.

Cucumbers offer refreshing relief from summer’s heat

It turns out there actually is truth to the old saying “as cool as a cucumber.” Even in very hot weather, the inside temperature of a cucumber always remains cooler …

Seasonal Kitchen: strawberries

Add brightness and color to sweet or savory summer dishes

Give dishes a kiss of spring with fresh tarragon

Tarragon livens up dishes while bridging winter and spring

Blood oranges add a bit of drama to any dish

From chocolate cake to Moroccan salmon, let blood oranges brighten up your February blues

The pleasure of persimmons

Plump and mildly sweet, persimmons are a winter treat.

Pomegranate seeds pack a festive punch

Gem-like, garnet-colored seeds offer numerous uses in the kitchen – from topping salads to chocolatey desserts

No noodling around: Pair versatile spaghetti squash with favorite sauces and ingredients

Pasta-sounding names offers a hint of what’s inside

Vine-ripened tomatoes are all they’re cracked up to be

The end of summer gives us one of the season’s most luscious parting gifts: colorful, juicy, vine-ripened tomatoes. Full of real tomato flavor, local varieties taste of summer itself – …

Freshly picked sweet corn is a summer must

Nothing says summer quite like biting into fresh plump kernels of sweet corn right off the cob. And hands-down that’s my favorite way to eat it – for its simplicity, …

Local growers making the most of blueberry season

Right in the middle of summer, when temperatures soar, the earth offers up cool, brightly colored treasures, a consolation gift for enduring the sweltering heat. Each month of summer produces …

Rose parade

Walking through the world in June, it’s almost impossible not to notice everything in bloom. One of the most aromatic blossoms to come into season is the rose. Spicy, musky …

The Seasonal Kitchen: Seeds of wisdom

It took some time before I came to fully appreciate the intense flavor of caraway. As a child I remember its strange and jarring sharpness in rye bread – and, …

Seasonal Kitchen: Ancient grains, modern meals

Lately there’s been a growing interest in whole grains, especially biologically diverse grains. They’re the ones existing for thousands of years and now being marketed as “ancient grains” in everything …

Seasonal Kitchen: Behold the varieties of locally grown spuds

This time of year, local farmers markets brim with the vibrant colors of fall. Pumpkins, apples and winter squash dominate with their rich warm hues and bright pops of color, …

Seasonal Kitchen: Huckleberries great for sweet, savory dishes

It wasn’t until I moved to the Northwest that I tasted my first huckleberry. I was amazed at how something so tiny could pack so much intense, berry flavor. Not …

Peaches play supporting role in savory dishes

It almost seems disrespectful to tinker too much with the perfection of a tender, juicy, perfectly ripe peach. To this day, my favorite way to eat a peach is just …

Season brings bounty of alliums

For those who enjoy cooking with fresh seasonal ingredients, this is a very exciting time of year. Local farmers markets are full of people, produce, music and vibrancy. Spring alliums, …

Seasonal Kitchen: Chickpeas prove a hearty substitute for meat

When it comes to seasonal produce and ingredients, the months of late winter and early spring are sparse. This presents the perfect opportunity to comb through the pantry and use …