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A tale of two children (and Brussels sprouts)

If you have more than one child, you may understand this tale. I have two children. One is an adventurous eater, and one is not. One loves fish, and the other can’t stand it (although I don’t recall her ever tasting much of it). One adores butter and milk, while the other would prefer not ...

Move over, Honeycrisp: New apple to debut at grocery stores

SPOKANE, Wash. — They call it the Cosmic Crisp. ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ not a video game, a superhero or the title of a Grateful Dead song.ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ a new variety of apple, coming to a grocery store near you Dec. 1.Cosmic Crisp is the first apple ever bred in Washington state, which grows the majority of the ...

Leaning in to Puttanesca

It took me a long while to make puttanesca sauce, the feisty Italian tomato sauce packed with sharp, pungent and briny flavors. I admit it was the anchovies that gave me pause. While I don’t mind anchovies in moderation, I don’t liberally cook with them, either, foolishly reverting to a ...

Marcie Legler’s hot pepper mustard

Marcie LeglerÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ hot pepper mustard25 to 30 hot peppers (I used seven different peppers: Ghost, Scorpion, Habanero, Fatalii, Datil, Hungarian Hot Wax and Jalapeno)32 ounces prepared mustard (I used spicy brown mustard)5 cups white sugar32 ounces apple cider vinegar3 tablespoons salt1½ cups ...

The Family Table: A kitchen vacation

I took a couple week hiatus from cooking recently.It wasn’t voluntary.While cutting some kale, I also cut my thumb.I wish I could say it was the first time I had a mishap cutting things in the kitchen, but I’ve needed stitches to close up a nasty cut or two before. This, however, was the ...

Feeling hot, hot, hot… or not?

<strong>H</strong>ot peppers, like hot coffee, seem to be an acquired taste.Some may quail at the thought, while others revel when they feel the burn and break out in a sweat because they’ve consumed something that measures high on the Scoville scale.“They make ...