Dry January begs for sophistication this year. Skip the sugary sodas and craft a mocktail that fits your vibe.
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DUFUR - The headquarters of Azure Standard, the nation’s premier independent distributor of organic and healthy food, was destroyed by fire ov…
Last Sunday, members of the Hood River Crag Rats were all set to scale Wind Mountain when it was reported by one of the “Rats” that 40 tons of vinegar apples were at the Ralph Jarvis ranch, ready to be hauled to the vinegar plant, and nobody ready to haul them.
Seeing that whitening toothpastes cost more than those without whitening, Ethan Hansen, a sixth grader at The Dalles Middle School, decided to see if the extra expense was worth the money.
Blue Bus Cultured Foods will now have the honor of sporting a new embellishment on its Shakedown Beet, Kraut-chi, and Cortido fermented products: a Good Foods Award sticker.
There’s just something satisfying about knowing how to make perfectly uniform meatballs, chocolate mousse or baked potatoes in half the time. Today I have a plethora of fun and easy kitchen tips that are sure to raise your kitchen IQ and make you smile at the same time.
A recent column on the proper storage for fresh fruits and vegetables generated a lot of great reader feedback -- plus dozens of new tips and tricks to make all grocery items last longer. I love this stuff so much, I must admit to being slightly compulsive -- gathering, testing and assessing techniques. Here are a few of my new favorites:
There is nothing quite like the sensations of laundry fresh out of the dryer that’s been treated with any number of commercial fabric softeners. So why bother making it yourself? I can think of a couple reasons:
Some tips that land in my email box are instantly recognizable as winners. But some leave me wondering, will that really work? Today’s first tip falls into the category, forcing me to test it out. Just to be sure. And guess what? It really does work. I don’t know why, but it does. Try it!
Each year the Oregon State University Extension Service Master Food Preserver Program here in the Gorge offers a series of “a la carte” classes folks can participate in to learn about food preservation and home cooking topics.
