Dining

Home Cooking Chronicles: Everyday meatballs

Simple comfort food is my cooking goal every new year, especially this specific new year. Unfortunately, I kicked…

Dining

Cooking With Campiche: The delight of homemade pate

My dear friend Dennis wears his love of cuisine like a winter raincoat. Generally, the best part of…

Coastal Life

Thirsty Growler: In 2024, a turbulent year for coastal craft brewing

The high-flying North Coast craft beer scene experienced some turbulence in 2024, but the year ended with a…

Dining

Home Cooking Chronicles: Cheddar and black pepper scones

Each new year, I say I’m going to do new things that I never do, or I do…

Dining

Cooking With Campiche: A scrumptious start to crab season

When asked if I had something special to offer our readers for Christmas, I thought immediately of crab,…

Dining

Home Cooking Chronicles: Peanut butter balls

Every Christmas season when I was growing up, we’d go to my grandmother’s kitchen to make homemade candy.…

Coastal Life

Thirsty Growler: The dark art of making stouts

For Dave Coyne, the art of brewing demands a constant pursuit of perfection. Perhaps that’s why he enjoys…

Dining

Cooking With Campiche: Sauce for a winter’s night

I thought it might be fun to veer away from the traditional Bolognese and experiment with a spicier…

Dining

Home Cooking Chronicles: Sticky toffee pudding

My friend Rachael helped me fall in love with British baking many years ago, even before “The Great…

Dining

Queer community potluck to be held Thanksgiving Day

ASTORIA — On Thanksgiving Day, the Lower Columbia Q Center is hosting a queer community potluck between noon…

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