‘It’s to make other people smile’: Spokane Valley couple’s retro ‘blow mold’ collection unites at Christmas
The Bettses don’t know how many blow molds they have; it’s become too hard to keep track, as one counting challenge among the ...
Top food trends of 2024: Value meals, dying chains and recalls galore
2024 was a big year, news-wise: AI stopped feeling like the future and more like the present, wars raged, the Paris Olympics ...
Hoisin sauce gives new life to leftover ham in this cabbage stir-fry
Hoisin sauce adds tons of flavor to this simple cabbage and ham stir-fry that’s an easy way to transform leftover meat from ...
Black plastic kitchen tools could contain toxic chemicals. Here’s what to do.
But she and other experts are urging people to avoid using spoons, spatulas, ladles, tongs and containers made from the ubiquitous material. A growing body of research suggests black plastic, which ...
Rob Curley: Cynicism, trusting your mother’s love and peaches on Christmas
A perfect example is when someone I both trust and admire recently told me the story of how Bing Crosby wrote the Christmas classic “Silver Bells” after hearing the Salvation Army bell ringers in ...
Reel Rundown: ‘Pictures of Ghosts’ navigates the complex emotions of nostalgia
Streaming on the subscription streaming-service Criterion Channel, Filho’s film is a look back at the Brazilian coastal city of Recife where he lived as a youth. He particularly recalls Recife’s ...
‘Get the kid his peaches’: A lesson in true journalism
It happened one Christmas Eve a long time ago in a place called Oakland on a newspaper called the Tribune with a city editor ...
Eddie’s Kitchen and Tavern offers a #stayclassy Rat Pack return to the classics
On Nov. 9, he opened Eddie’s Kitchen and Tavern on the Newport Highway. Pereira previously co-owned Lost Boys Garage in north ...
It’s a holiday tradition: Spin Control’s 12 Trivias of Christmas quiz
To keep this from delaying the trip to our own Christmas celebrations, Spin Control offers its annual 12 Trivias of Xmas Quiz ...
This day in history: It was a white Christmas and, for some, a wet Christmas (but not the way you think)
From 1974: A Christmas Eve snowfall made for a white Christmas in Spokane. Accumulation was only about an inch, but that was ...
Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger, 26, killed in avalanche
Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger was killed Monday in an avalanche in her native Switzerland, just days after her 26th ...
South Korea opposition targets acting president with impeachment
South Korea’s main opposition party is seeking to impeach Acting President Han Duck-soo in a potentially risky move to put ...