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Fresh Sheet: Pamper pets with new cookbook

By Lorie Hutson lorieh@spokesman.com(509) 459-5446

Support your furry friends by picking up this new collection of recipes from Partners for Pets.

“Food Fur Thought” is a little cookbook filled with recipes for families, including those of the four-footed persuasion. Kitties might like the Fishy Scramble or Savory Cheese Treats, while family dogs could dine on Garlic Cheese Dog Biscuits or Doggie Doughnuts.

Partners for Pets’ goal is to eliminate euthanasia of healthy, adoptable pets, teach people about the problem of overpopulation and help families select pets. The nonprofit, volunteer organization was started in 1996.

Copies of the 60-page, soft-cover cookbook can be found at Partners for Pets, 8901 E. Trent Ave., next to Albertsons at Trent and Argonne. The books are $10 and all proceeds will go into a building fund.

For more information, contact Partners for Pets at (509) 893-9829.

Cooking classes blooming

Spokane transplant Paula Mannino will begin teaching Italian cooking classes next month.

Mannino says her mother’s family hails from the Italian province of Abruzzo and her father’s ancestors are from Messina, and she learned the best culinary traditions of both regions.

She has also studied regional cooking from other areas of Italy and has cooked for her family in the small village of Carini.

One-night classes are May, 6, 13 and 20. Mannino also will teach a series of four classes in June called Italian Cooking I. Each class is $45 and students help prepare a five-course dinner, including dessert. Afterward, they sit down to eat the meal.

For more information or to register call Mannino at (509) 893-8969.

More Japan Week eats

“The Highland Park United Methodist Church will host its 59th annual Sukiyaki Dinner on Saturday from noon to 7 p.m.

Dinner is $12. Church members, many of them Japanese-Americans, also offer sushi and senbei (rice crackers) for sale, along with crafts.

The church is at 611 S. Garfield St. For more information, call (509) 535-2687.

“Atsumi McCauley will teach sushi classes Thursday and May 1 as part of the Japan Week festivities.

Classes are $20 and students learn how to make their own sushi rolls and other Japanese treats. The classes are held at the Japan Cultural Center, 4000 W. Randolph Road. Call (509) 328-2971 to register or for more details.