Food

Most of us are familiar with St. Patrick's Day and the whys and hows of its celebration, so let's not revisit them here. Instead, I'd like to mention several interesting things about the holiday's namesake and Ireland's patron saint. No, he didn't invent snake repellant.

If you’re looking to expand your palate and your world, a visit to Cellar & Scholar in Spokane Valley might be just the ticket.

I was hungry for an Asian-inspired quick dinner and thought of this dish. Lo Mein, which when translated means mixed noodles, is a staple of Chinese cooking. It’s served at birthday dinners, because the noodles represent long life.

Ben Pearson kind of has a thing about serving subs. 

If it’s true that you are what you eat, I’d guess I am about 10% peanut butter.

Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day of a three-day festival (some believe longer) known as Carnival, characterized by plenty of celebration and indulgence. It precedes Lent, the Christian season leading up to Easter. Fasting during Lent is traditional, though not as widespread nowadays. Abstaining from meat, alcohol and/or dairy products is common in Lenten fasting. Feasting followed by fasting, that’s not unlike bears fattening up before hibernation.

When egg prices started rising over the past year, restaurant co-owner Mike Tabb had to face a few options. But there were a couple of non-negotiables. For starters, there was no downplaying the egg options on his menus: The ingredient is literally the star of the show at the two locations of Cracked Eggery, where it shares space in bowls and between challah buns with ingredients including locally smoked salmon, lemon aioli and prosciutto.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a suggestion to help curb the growing population of an invasive species that bears a resemblance to a very large rat: Eat them.

If my 5-year-old daughter had her way, she would eat homemade pancakes every morning. But flipping a pile of from-scratch flapjacks on a busy weekday is not a reality in my home. (And try as I might, I cannot jump on the sheet pan pancake trend – rectangular pancakes just don’t compute for me.) Instead, a couple of times a week I reach for a bag of pancake mix that allows me to whip up one or two pancakes for her in about the same time it takes to toast a frozen waffle.

Last week, a wintry mix of rain and snow dampened drivers along busy East Sprague Avenue.

It’s a special treat for me today as we revisit a tribute to Dr. Seuss, published one year ago. Dr. Seuss, also known as Theodor Geisel, remains one of the most cherished and prolific children’s book authors. Two of his books are in the top 10 of Time magazine’s 100 best children’s books. Two are in the top 10 best-selling children’s books of all time, according to Statista. Green Eggs and Ham and How the Grinch Stole Christmas were among my favorite books as a youngster. Even today, copies of both are valued additions to my book collection.

Pork tenderloin is an underrated weeknight warrior.

My refrigerator is a graveyard of half-used jars. Jams, condiments, spreads, pickles – you get the idea. Even so, there’s at least one personal favorite staple I like to keep around all the time: jarred curry paste.

Just five years ago, U.S. tourists visiting Japan would have paid a small fortune – close to $500 – for a 50,000 yen omakase meal at a high-end sushi counter in Tokyo. Today, the same meal will cost visitors just a little over $300.

Forbes magazine listed No-Li Brewhouse’s Wrecking Ball Imperial Stout as one of the “World’s Best Stouts” after it won a silver medal at the European Beer Star Competition.

The first time I traveled to Spain, on a glorious two-week trip with my sister almost two decades ago, I followed an omnivorous diet, which was helpful in the land of jamón Ibérico and gambas al ajillo. The second time, I was vegetarian, so the menu was shorter – but still plenty satisfying: I enjoyed my fill of vegetable paella, escalivada, pan con tomate (sin anchoas, por favor) and, most ubiquitous of all, tortilla española.

My ideal date scenario involves a quiet, home-cooked dinner (no surprise there). The dinner is prepared by both participants and includes plenty of music and a little wine to create the right ambiance. Enya, Donovan, Roxette, and the Moody Blues are familiar sounds. Johannesburg Riesling has often been the beverage of choice. The music and food preparation is usually followed by a movie or two to accompany casual dining on the sofa. It occurs to me that this is a menu I would gladly prepare for such a special dinner, and I have, except for Cilantro-Lime Rice, a newer recipe.

Soaring egg prices are stressing out American consumers. Among the hardest hit are fitness fiends used to getting their protein from eggs, some of whom plow through half a dozen a day to hit their workout goals.

The American sports bar menu, heavy on crispy, salty and cheese-laden snacks, has not changed much since the 1980s. Chicken wings, a dip or two, nachos and at least one other fried thing – alongside a few beers – have fortified fans through countless wins and losses. But it wasn’t until the 1990s that bars across the United States regularly started offering what is arguably the ideal complement to an emotional game, a happy throuple of crunch, spice and hot cheese: the jalapeño popper.