Food news

Taste Café is a delectable treat

When a colleague raved about the chocolate chip cookies at Taste Café, I was unmoved.Oh, I was positive that the cookies tasted just fine. I had been to the new downtown café and catering business owned by mother-daughter team Jane and Hannah Heber. But we had just discovered the most wonderful chocolate chip cookie recipe at home via Cook's Illustrated and I thought any attempt at comparison would just be unfair.

Budget-friendly ways to save on herbs, spices

Packaged spices can be expensive – as much as $4 for a small container of ground cumin. Here are three strategies to keep your foods seasoned and your budget under control.

Drying food yields year-round goodies

Whip up a winner for the fair

Lake Chelan area looks promising for quality wines

'Bruno' shovels some bull

If you two agree on it, it'll be OK

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Hints from Heloise

NBC debuts 'Philanthropist'

Celebration hard for cash-strapped

Karo Syrup Layered S'more Bars a sweet kids treat

Culinary calendar

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Embracing Nature

Tips will help preserve summer year-round

Strawberries offer up a summer tastebud delight

The Mick tests his mettle

As older sister, apologize to her

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Hints from Heloise

Reality tops the night

Refer to letter writers' comments unedited

Main Market Co-op meeting Saturday

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New world Cuisine

Outdoor chefs can barbeque by book

Publisher extends deadline for cookbook submissions

Healthy Choice entrees earn mixed reviews

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That's one Crazy idea

Decadent delight is contest winner

Plant starts let families grow their own food

Chips and cherries … mmm

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