Food

Sarah Penn, a Seattle restaurateur who served small plates before the crest of the tapas craze and who was a mentor to many women in the industry, died Jan. 23 in hospice care. She was 57.

A small-town eatery in southeast Washington was listed Wednesday as a James Beard Award semifinalist for best new restaurant.

We already know that what we eat affects our bodies. Now a growing body of research suggests our food choices can also affect our minds.

The recipe for a “sleepy girl mocktail” is simple, and its promise is alluring: swirl a spoonful of magnesium into a fizzing glass of seltzer and tart cherry juice, take a big sip and get the best sleep of your life.

To drive-thru or order at the register at a fast food restaurant is the question. Much of Spokane prefers to go with the former.

One of my husband’s favorite dishes when we dine out is Baked Stuffed Shrimp. I decided to bring the restaurant experience home and created a simple version that is tender, with a moist flavorful stuffing.

People from all walks of life – food writers, chefs and maybe your mom – warn of freezer burn, the boogeyman lurking in our kitchens waiting to take hold of our precious frozen foods. But what is freezer burn, and how do we stop it? And if it does latch on to a bag of chicken breasts or a loaf of bread, is all lost?

I love coffee and the precision that goes into brewing a cup of craft mud (trademark pending). It appeals to the part of my brain informed and influenced by my late father, a civil engineer. We shared a belief that perfection is attainable if you sweat every single mind-numbing detail, alienating anyone within a 25-foot radius in the process.

The original recipe for Caesar Salad is on the South Hill courtesy of a nonagenarian.

USA Today readers have named Spokane’s Indigenous Eats the No. 4 best new restaurant in the U.S.

January has long been associated with a fresh start and a time to adopt new practices, but in recent years it’s been an especially popular period to reflect on drinking habits. For many, this has been spurred by the growing trend of participating in Dry January, a month-long commitment to abstain from booze. But just because you aren’t drinking alcohol doesn’t mean you can’t sip on something fun. There are now more alcohol-free spirits than ever, and mocktail options at bars and restaurants just keep getting better.

The food and travel editors of the Seattle Met Magazine have named three Spokane restaurants the best in the state.

The Sopranos takes the cake as far as shows with food featured prominently. 

There is a new flavor coming to the South Perry District.

Love is in the little things.

She grew up in a leprosy colony in Thailand, moved to the U.S. and became a wife, mother, food blogger and photographer, but Suwanee Lennon never forgets where she came from.

Celeste Shaw-Coulston happened across a casting call for a Spokane home makeover show – and encouraged her daughter-in-law to apply.

If you’re trying to get on a healthier track as we start the new year, you might be tempted to heed the unrelenting call to cut certain foods out of your life. Sure, most of us could pull back on added sugars, refined grains and processed meats, for example, but instead of focusing on saying “no” to those, why not take a more affirmative path and turn your attention to the foods to say “yes” to?