The sweetest competitor: Ricky Webster is in it to win it again, this time on ‘Christmas Cookie Matchup’

UPDATED: 10:01 a.m.

Spokane chef Ricky Webster loves cooking competitions. During the holidays last year, Webster was a contestant on two of the Food Network’s one-off, holiday-centric specials, “Holiday Gingerbread Showdown” and “Christmas Cookie Challenge.”

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Dorothy Dean presents: This bread doesn’t taste like beer, but it is delicious and divine

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From 1935 to 1983, Dorothy Dean was the face of The Spokesman-Review's Home Economics department, publishing recipes, operating a test kitchen and fielding thousands of telephone calls from cooks.

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Wed., Nov. 13, 2019

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Dorothy Dean presents: This bread doesn’t taste like beer, but it is delicious and divine

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 12, 2019

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UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 12, 2019

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Here’s a hearty way to get your greens: In a cheesy pan of lasagna

Tue., Oct. 8, 2019

Lasagna is like pizza: Even when it’s bad, it’s good. With pizza, the saying goes, it’s still melted cheese on warm bread. With lasagna, sub in warm noodles for the bread, and you’ve got the same idea. What could be wrong with such bubbly goodness?

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McDonald’s is tardy to the chicken-sandwich party with a spicy entry that can’t touch Popeyes

Tue., Sept. 24, 2019

Someday, when schoolchildren read in their history textbooks about the Great Chicken Sandwich Wars of 2019, fast-food giant McDonald’s might merit only a footnote. The chain this week debuted a limited-edition spicy barbecue chicken sandwich, which naturally drew comparisons to the Popeyes chicken sandwich that famously riveted a nation when it debuted last month and quickly prompted shortages.

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Say goodbye to summer, hello to fall at Schweitzer Mountain Resort’s Fall Fest

Thu., Aug. 29, 2019

Fall Fest begins today and runs through Monday at Schweitzer Mountain Resort.

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Powered by Plants: Where to purchase plant-based products in Spokane

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 20, 2019

Like an 18th century sailor mapping out a series of Caribbean islands on a rum-running escapade, vegans and vegetarians will often ping-pong around a city bouncing from store to store in search of their preferred plant-based fix. A true first world problem.

The sweetest competitor: Ricky Webster is in it to win it again, this time on ‘Christmas Cookie Matchup’

Dorothy Dean presents: This bread doesn’t taste like beer, but it is delicious and divine

What’s Hoppin’ This Week: Six-course beer dinner, fundraiser for veterans, ‘Pray for Snow,’ Powder Keg Brew Fest

Growing healthy eaters: local dieticians point to variety, autonomy and structure for children

Borracho Tacos & Tequileria general manager honored in national contest

Happy Hour of the Week: Poole’s Public House North

Dim sum in Spokane? Yes, please

Best places to eat

Where to go for bloody marys in the Inland Northwest

Campus eats: Washington State University

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Washington makes list of Top Five unexpected states for ‘great whiskey’ production

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Dorothy Dean presents: This bread doesn’t taste like beer, but it is delicious and divine

Dorothy Dean

Dorothy Dean presents: This bread doesn’t taste like beer, but it is delicious and divine

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