Follow these tips when you try your hand at Chinese cooking. What tastes like a pot sticker but looks like a million bucks? The dumplings served on the eve of Chinese New Year, of course… via Food & wine | Primer to Chinese cooking | Seattle Times Newspaper.
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That’s not good news for consumers who buy milk, but the rise in prices may give Whatcom County farmers a chance to recover from a disastrous 2009. “I can’t remember the last time milk prices rose in the last half of January,” Visser said. “December looked a little dark (with milk prices going down...
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This turkey recipe is a takeoff on veal scaloppine. Makes 4 servings1 1/4 pounds mushrooms, such as cremini, white and oyster, cleaned and stemmed as needed, then cut into 3/4-inch chunks via Food & wine | Recipe: Turkey scaloppine with steakhouse-style mushrooms and onions | Seattle Times Newspaper.
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Green Acres Radio is a new feature at Crosscut: This week on Green Acres Radio we look at the rapidly growing alternative food system and talk to author Mark Winne about his new book on the topic, Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners and Smart-Cookin’Mamas: Fighting Back In An Age of Industrial Agriculture. via Green Acre...
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Worcestershire Chicken Served with Lemon Broccoli Serves 4 Prep time: 20 minutes Total time: 35 minutes The lemon zest in the broccoli, the cinnamon in the rice, and the Worcestershire in the chicken all make for a vibrantly flavored meal! via Worcestershire Chicken | NoTakeOut.
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This just in from Stanwood Cupcakes: 2 new cupcakes have arrived in our display case. One is a salted caramel drizzel over butter cream on a velvet crumb cake. The other 2 are raspberry filled chocolate cupcakes with butter cream, one with shaved chocolate and the other with a white chocolate heart that I...
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Tips on getting the most out of the coupons you clip. Call us “extreme couponers” or “crazy coupon ladies.” Just don’t call us late for dinner, because we’ll be the ones bringing extras of everything, which we bought for pennies on the dollar. via Food & wine | Strategies for cutting your food costs...
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A ham is loved for more than just its meat — the bone is great for making soup. Once the ham is pretty much picked over, cut up any big chunks of meat still attached to the bone into bite-size pieces along with the leftover ham. The chopped ham and the meaty bone can...
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EVERETT — Among the 3,300 or so different places where you can eat a prepared meal in Snohomish County, only a couple of dozen each year are good enough to earn a nomination for the Snohomish Health District’s annual Excellence Award. via Snohomish County Business Journal: Health district awards cleanest eateries in county.
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Wienerschnitzel Served with buttery potatoes & a salad Serves 4 Prep time: 15 minutes Total time: 30 minutes You may use pork, veal, or even turkey for this simple Viennese recipe. It turns out so crisp and delicious, the potatoes tender, the cabbage salad crisp and tasty!  Squeeze lemon atop the wienerschnitzel and be...
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