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Senior events for December 2025
COLUMBIA BASIN — The weather outside may be frightful, but the holiday events this month make the chill in the air…
Biscuits and gravy make for a easy, filling meal
I had the recent opportunity to make some biscuits and gravy for a small group of people. Have you ever made it from scratch?
How do you like these apples?
Apples are one of nature’s most versatile foods. They are “shelf stable” at lower temperatures, they come in their own packaging, there are many varieties, and…
Adventures in biscuitmaking
Last week I had been speaking with a food broker and he had brought up the subject of beer bread, having had some amazing stuff from a place in Wenatchee. I su…
Salvage your spuds with a batch of soup
One of our bins of potatoes in the basement has started to grow, despite efforts to keep them cool and in the dark. I changed my plans around and made up a bat…
Can you can? Sure you can
Home food preservation has always been a big deal in our house, with both of our families having long histories of putting up foods. My wife has kept a list of…
Rice dishes better than anything from a box
Nearly everyone has tried that famous named boxed rice side dish. You know, the one that features the cable car from that city in California. Did you know it i…
Better breakfast at a fraction of the price
I like those breakfast sandwiches with sausage, egg, and cheese that you can get at certain drive-through restaurants in town. Trouble is, they always seemed s…
Onion soup is simple to make but takes time
Onion soup is one of the easiest soups to make. Brown up some onions over and over, add some stock and you are done. Right? Almost.
Allied Arts soirée set for Jan. 27
MOSES LAKE — Tickets are on sale for the annual Columbia Basin Allied Arts fundraising soirée, set for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at the 4-H building at the Grant Count…
Try this rich, thick oxtail soup
My family butchered its own beef when I was growing up. One of the things I don't recall ever seeing used was the meat in the upper tail, known as “oxtail.”
Give your scallops special treatment
My introduction to the proper cooking of scallops came in chef school. Up until then, I had treated them like any other seafood, not knowing about the pan-fryi…
Christmas cookies fit for Grandma's kitchen
This week I had to make up a few cookies for the church potluck. Rather than purchase a package of some ready-made version, I made up a few batches.
Getting creative with casseroles
Casseroles normally don't make an appearance at our house, except for after baking a turkey. I ate lots of casseroles as a kid and really have no aversion to t…
Turkey soup puts holiday scraps to yummy use
I have plenty of turkey leftovers and have been running through my share of ways to use it up. My first pieces of recycled bird were from before baking it, whe…
A tale of two cheesecakes
This last week I made up a cheesecake for a birthday. I grabbed my trusty recipe and got to work.