Thrillist, the popular travel and leisure website, put Washington state at No. 7 when it ranked all 50 states by their beer last week.
I dragged my children away from their bickering and wrestling matches, the iPad and the snack drawer to find some fresh air and perspective. We drove up to Cowiche Canyon, parking at the upper parking lot off Scenic Drive. The kids and dog tumbled out of the car, grumbling about sweatshirts …
I love newspaper food pages, what with their Bolognese sauce recipes and reviews of locavore bistros. They tell us how to eat well, and that’s something of real value. Putting thought into wha…
I was in Boston last week. My husband and I try to get away once a year, just the two of us, and Boston has been on our bucket list for years. Having never made it to the East Coast before, we…
Tonight my children will run wild through the neighborhoods of Yakima, frenetically shuffling from house to house, ringing doorbells and shouting the time-honored “trick or treat!” into the we…
I inherited my grandmother’s loaf pans. They’ve been around for years now, moving with me from house to house. I somehow ended up with a large one and half a dozen mini loaf pans. They are sli…
Feel like some fresh homemade food with a side order of aviation? Reno’s on the Runway opened in late September next to the McAllister Museum of Aviation on South 16th Avenue. The restaurant i…
Minado Buffet opens today.
From 2010 to 2016, in Central Washington, cases of anencephaly — in which babies are born missing part of the brain and skull — were detected at a rate far higher than the national average. Folic acid can help prevent the devastating birth defect.
Memories of summer are fading as winter begins to take hold in the Yakima Valley. Thousands of acres of cherry trees are dropping their leaves, and their branches sway as chill winds scour the valley. An occasional hard, shriveled fruit is all that’s left of the luxuriant harvest of June and…
The latest batch of inspection results covers inspections performed in July 2018. We're including restaurants that get a perfect score - no issues found - and those facilities with failing grades or those where inspectors still need to confirm work has been done to bring a facility up to sta…
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YAKIMA, Wash. -- Vendors interested in joining the first Yakima Taco Fest have until June 1 to submit applications and sponsorship requests.
Almost like clockwork, every spring, I forget we ever had winter and decide with unrelenting enthusiasm that the only things I want to eat are fresh vegetables and berries, preferably grown in my own garden.
We have been so darn lucky to see many innovative new restaurants opening up in Yakima of late. But, in fact, we have been pretty lucky all along to have a few really stellar eateries here that have a history of serving the community. Gasperetti’s has been a Yakima restaurant institution for…
Since our last update - four failed inspections to report, and 10 passes with perfect scores.
YAKIMA, Wash. -- On Monday night, Felipe Hernandez and his family walked down the red carpet at the James Beard Foundation Awards gala in Chicago.
UNION GAP, Wash. - An national food awards gathering in Chicago that will honor one of our area's culinary treasures is now live on Twitter.
One of my favorite quotes from my favorite cookbook, “Bread and Wine,” is: “Life at the table is life at its best.” When I think about my life, my friends and family, and my community — so much of it revolves around the table. It might be the kitchen table or an outdoor table on the back pat…
Spring is finally here and signs of life are sprouting on the trees and up from the ground, and although we get to enjoy lots of sunshine here in the Yakima Valley, we do get our share of rainy and gray days. It’s on those days that we want a little warmth and a cheery place to enjoy a meal.…
Carousel French Cuisine at 25 N. Front St. has been a date destination for years, ever since Gerard Thiry opened it in 2003. Depending on how new your relationship is, though, dinner by candlelight might be too heavy a scene. So we’re suggesting a daytime date there — Sunday brunch.
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Shattered expectations lead one of two ways.
OLYMPIA – A proposal to end the personal exemption for parents who don’t want their children vaccinated against measles was sent Monday to the full Senate with Republicans calling it an attack on personal freedom and Democrats defending it as good science.
YAKIMA, Wash. -- They run our favorite restaurants, prepare and serve the food and drinks we love and know what coffee we want before we say a single word.
If Special Agent Dale Cooper had planned a Yakima stop on the way to his investigation in Twin Peaks, I’d like to think he’d have eaten at Mel’s Diner.
YAKIMA, Wash. -- I never thought I’d be old enough to notice that a dollar doesn’t go as far as it did when I was a kid.
They run our favorite restaurants, prepare and serve the food and drinks we love and know what coffee we want before we say a single word.
YAKIMA, Wash. -- They run our favorite restaurants, prepare and serve the food and drinks we love and know what coffee we want before we say a single word.