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3 Ninjas fire it up in Kendall Yards

Tue., Jan. 1, 2019

The popular local food truck has opened its first brick-and-mortar location.

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Where to go for bloody marys in the Inland Northwest

Tue., Jan. 1, 2019

It doesn’t really matter how you feel about tomato juice. It’s going to be doctored up, anyway.

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Central Food’s New Year’s Day Brunch Platter is back

Mon., Dec. 31, 2018

Meant to serve four, the platter is actually a baking sheet that’s so big and so loaded it has to be wheeled to your table.

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Syringa has new digs

Thu., Dec. 27, 2018

The popular sushi restaurant in Coeur d’Alene has relocated from 1401 N. Fourth St. to its new – and much larger – spot at 1710 N. Fourth St., the former site of the now-closed Bistro on Spruce.

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Jeremy Hansen still plans to get his gin bar

Thu., Dec. 27, 2018

The Spokane chef and restaurateur is working to transform the bar program at his Inland Pacific Kitchen restaurant into a gin-forward offering.

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Mac and cheese, please

Thu., Dec. 27, 2018

Mark your calendars: Coeur d’Alene’s second annual Mac & Cheese Festival is Jan. 19.

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Best of 2018: What the Spokane restaurant scene served up

Tue., Dec. 25, 2018

Here’s a round-up of the best restaurant openings from 2018 Food section coverage.

News >  Home and garden

Holiday treasures: Favorite ornaments remind us of loved ones and special times

Sun., Dec. 23, 2018

These trinkets are well-loved, even if – in some cases – only the memory of them remains.

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Chef Battle comes to Spokane Valley

Fri., Dec. 21, 2018

Chef Battle, a national cooking competition produced by Social Power Hour, is coming to Spokane Valley on Jan. 6.

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Winner, winner

Fri., Dec. 21, 2018

Chef Adam Hegsted is throwing a bash for the second anniversary of his Fried Chicken & Local Beer Dinner Series.

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Wife of chef seeks assistance

Thu., Dec. 20, 2018

The wife of a Spokane chef has set up a GoFundMe campaign to help raise money for her family while her husband receives medical care.

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Spokane-area chefs share their ideas for winning Christmas dishes

Tue., Dec. 18, 2018

Christmas dinner isn’t about wowing everyone at the table but recreating family favorites, old standbys that not only satisfy but also offer up a serving of nostalgia, dishes that their own kids can often help them make

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Blackbird offers free Christmas Eve meal for veterans

Mon., Dec. 17, 2018

The fourth annual event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 24.

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Picabu is closed but its cookbook – on sale now for $20 – offers customers all of its recipes

Mon., Dec. 17, 2018

Owner Jane Edwards has created a cookbook that includes all – and she means all – of Picabu’s recipes from its nearly 14 years in business.

News >  Travel

Weekend Getaway: Perusing Port Townsend

Sun., Dec. 16, 2018

Washington’s small Victorian seaport is an end-of-the-road destination all year long, even in late fall and early winter. Just bring your peacoat.

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A votre Sante: Decade-old downtown Spokane restaurant Sante plans to close in 2019

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 17, 2018

Owners Jeremy and Kate Hansen plan to shutter Sante in the next three to six months and renovate the space to house their new steak-and-burger saloon-style establishment called Smoke & Mirrors.

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Manito Tap House set to sell

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 14, 2018

Patrick McPherson, who opened the restaurant in 2011, is in the process of selling the business to Liz and Curtis Nelson and their partner Todd Phelps.

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Gather & Savor is selling a ‘Bundle of Curated Coupons’ for Christmas

Fri., Dec. 14, 2018

Deal at restaurants and coffee shops are good through Feb. 15, 2019.

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Riverbank Taphouse opens at Northern Quest Resort and Casino

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 13, 2018

The menu features shareables such as a hummus plate, large soft pretzel with beer-cheese dip, button mushrooms with Gorgonzola-garlic butter, sweet and spicy popcorn, poke, roasted olives, flatbreads and more.

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‘The Compassionate Kitchen’ brings a traditional Tibetan Buddhist perspective to the practice of mindful eating

Thu., Dec. 13, 2018

It’s written by Venerable Thubten Chodron, abbess of Sravasti Abbey in Newport, and published Dec. 11.

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Food Advisory Committee needs new members

Thu., Dec. 13, 2018

Spokane Regional Health District is looking for volunteers to serve on its Food Advisory Committee. Applications must be received by Dec. 31.

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Plans for Jeremy Hansen’s Ridpath Brasserie and next-door gin bar on hold

Tue., Dec. 11, 2018

Citing construction delays, chef Jeremy Hansen said the project – which would be his biggest yet – is on hold indefinitely.

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Common Crumb slated to resume retail in early 2019

Tue., Dec. 11, 2018

The bake shop, located in the back of the Saranac Commons building in downtown Spokane,

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Chef Spotlight: 7 Questions and a Recipe with Philip Stanton of Park Lodge

Tue., Dec. 11, 2018

“I started cooking small dishes with my mother at home, and it was something I enjoyed more than work around the farm.”

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Make Clover’s Beef Matambre

Tue., Dec. 11, 2018

The Spokane restaurant’s take on the Argentinian dish features butterflied flank steak stuffed with chorizo, Anaheim chiles and cheese.