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By Eliza Billingham
When I stopped into Indy Mart Food on Pine Road in Spokane Valley, I gazed across the bags of gorgeous beans and lentils, intriguing spices, jars of ghee and bottles of rose water. The small Indian market attached to a gas station had plenty of exciting, tempting ingredients. But it was the small fridge filled with homemade treats that made me pull out my wallet. At the end of a middle aisle, facing the back wall, the tiny refrigerator had stacks on stacks of clear plastic containers. They held different Indian desserts made by a local sweet shop, the proprietor told me. Each square, diamond and triangle was topped with an assortment of pistachios, almonds or rose petals, and they were all unlabeled. I snagged a couple of my visual favorites, paid, and taste tested immediately upon getting into the car. I was in heaven. Turns out, the sweets I chose were different kinds of "milk cakes," simple concoctions of ghee, milk, sugar and a few spices, which were utterly and simply delightful
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By Eliza Billingham
If you're lucky enough to be looking for a lunch spot in Spokane Valley, you're in for an especially mean meal. Don't look for billboards or online ads — neither of these trending spots have spent a cent on advertising. The new kids on the block have already gotten in with the cool crowd thanks to word of mouth and unsolicited social media attention. If Spokane Valley is one big cafeteria, these are the queen bees everyone is buzzing about.
Sorella
By Eliza Billingham
My friend texted me a few weeks ago: "I've been wanting to try that new restaurant in Kendall Yards with the pictures. What's it called again?" I knew what she was talking about immediately. She was thinking of the gorgeous, golden gallery wall in Sorella, Lauren Blumenthal's new Italian restaurant on the east end of Summit Parkway's shopping and dining strip. Because even if you've never been inside, you know how beautiful Sorella is just from glancing through the windows. It's memorable to passersby and Inlander readers alike, who voted Sorella the best restaurant that opened in the past year.
It was June 1988. Walt Disney Pictures and Steven Spielberg were releasing Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The UEFA Euro football tournament was being hosted in West Germany. James Hansen, a NASA scientist, warned Congress about this new idea called human-caused climate change. The average cost of a hamburger was under $1. And people were flocking to drive-thrus. When Port Angeles, Washington-based entrepreneurs Peter and Sheila Stewart analyzed the burger industry, they took note of the drive-thru craze. So they opened the first Frugals, a small fast-food joint with a double drive-thru. The design would cut down on overhead costs and keep food prices down, even though they focused on high-quality ingredients and never-frozen beef. The concept was a winner, and Frugals expanded to Tacoma in 1990, Auburn in 2000, and Kalispell, Montana, in 2001, with other locations popping up in Montana over the years until Spokane's own Frugals opened in March 2022. Jessa Morris started as a supervisor when the joint first opened two years ago in the old Wolffy's Hamburgers location on North Hamilton.
An elderly couple are headed toward the door at White House Grill when they spot its chef hanging out at the bar. "Wonderful," the man says. "Delicious as usual. We'll be back." Four regulars are sitting with the chef. One sips a dirty martini, as he does before every Wednesday afternoon bowling session. He's been coming to White House Grill for the past 20 years. The two at the end have him beat by close to a decade — they've been regulars for almost 30 years, ever since the Mediterranean restaurant opened in 1996. Yes, they come back for the Chilean sea bass and the blackened salmon. Or the calamari, which comes piled high on the plate. Or the sarmisak, a savory, extravagant dip that epitomizes the restaurant's exaggerated love for garlic. But really, they come back for the chef, Raci Erdem.
"Umi, oh my, I'm a fool for you, baby!" Ok, that might not be exactly what Lulu sings. But it's the song this city's been singing this past year while digging into Las Vegas rolls, Kobe beef rolls, and, of course, the Spokane roll at this uber popular Kendall Yards sushi spot. Chefs Tong Liu and Haru Wang have captured the hearts of seafood lovers across the Northwest with their killer knife skills and unstoppable creativity — East Coasters are tempted by the baked lobster roll, and raw fish skeptics can join in the fun with the First Love roll with banana tempura and coconut cream. This is the stuff of simp-y love songs for sure. [1309 W. Summit Pkwy,]
The Mango Tree
By Eliza Billingham
In the earliest Hindu scriptures, the mango tree and its fruit are considered sacred. Six thousand years later, the Mango Tree restaurant is continuing the tradition of delicious food and intimate, secluded dining experiences across Spokane and Coeur d'Alene. Their curries, biryanis and samosas have earned crowds of dedicated followers. Butter chicken poutine, naanchos, Indian kitchen fries and the chicken malai sandwich have changed the way many think about ordinary life. If you're looking for something delicious, unique, luxurious and celebratory, do as the masses do and savor the spice and sweetness of the Mango Tree. [1726 W. Kathleen Ave., Coeur d'Alene]
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By Eliza Billingham
Aaron Fish, executive chef of Adam Hegsted's Eat Good Group, will be featured on the newest episode of Chopped, a Food Network competition featuring four chefs, three courses, and unexpected secret ingredients. Between managing all eight Eat Good Group restaurants, Fish flew to New York in December to film after being in contact with the Food Network for about a year. Even he hasn't seen the episode yet, which airs at 5 pm on Tuesday, March 26.
By Eliza Billingham
I have two words for you: tinned seafood. I'm not just talking tuna. I'm talking sardines, anchovies and mackerel. Mussels and octopus, even. Tinned fish has finally been having its moment and I could not be more thrilled. Normally, I hate food trends on social media, but no one else has taken up the task of giving the tiny fin tin the hype it deserves. ,,, And a whole collection of imported tinned fish are featured on Ruin's happy hour menu from 3 pm-5 pm. For $12, chefs Tony Brown and Peter Adams pair each type of tinned seafood with exactly the right condiments — some pickled onion, curry aioli, a sprig of dill — whatever makes that specific fish or shellfish shine. All you have to do is pile it on top of a pillow of Ruin's to-die-for focaccia.
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By Nate Sanford
On Thursday, the City Council voted unanimously to approve a $342,000 contract extension with Jewels Helping Hands, a nonprofit homeless service provider, to operate three local churches as homeless shelters serving about 20 people each through the end of August. The extension makes a temporary program started under a state of emergency slightly more permanent, and offers a hint at what the city's long-term approach to sheltering may look like going forward.
By Eliza Billingham
On a refrigerator door at My Fresh Basket, an eye-level green flier with an illustration of three fluffy, yellow chicks blocks the view of the egg cartons. "Senate Bill 1019," it reads. "Signed August 2019, this senate bill bans the use of cage confinement for egg-laying hens and the sale of egg products from out-of-state operations not meeting cage-free standards." It ended with an explanation — or warning — that the law would "significantly impact current egg pricing." In simpler language, Washington state passed a law in 2019 that all eggs sold in Washington, including those produced in other states like Oregon, must be cage-free. The law went into effect on Jan. 1 and, if you believe the flier, is the reason egg prices are rising in Spokane. It's not just grocers. Amber Gunn, an analyst with the Mountain State Policy Center, blamed the legislation for "skyrocketing egg prices." Seattle's KIRO 7 News ran a piece saying the law "takes toll on bakeries." And OregonLive reported that "more ethical eggs can mean higher prices." The new law may increase egg prices, especially at first. But the cage-free law isn't the only factor, and maybe not the most important. There's inflation and increased costs for feed, labor and materials. But the biggest impact on egg prices is a mysterious strain of the avian flu lurking in wild bird populations that's wreaking occasional havoc on commercial egg operations.
By Eliza Billingham
Gwendolyn Koren's grandmother's maiden name was Hershey. Yes, that Hershey. But today, the distant descendent of Milton Hershey himself is trying to upend the dairy-defined, over-refined chocolate industry that his empire practically rules. "We have a really milked-down idea of what chocolate is," Koren says. She wanted to offer something more pure, more local, and more delicious. In 2023, Koren launched Inspire Motion Chocolates, a line of dairy-free dark chocolate sweetened with raw honey from Spokane-area honey farms. The decadent, guilt-less morsels aim to change your life and change the world of cocoa. By ditching inflammatory ingredients, using only compostable packaging and taking advantage of unique local honey flavors, Koren offers customers sweet treats that are good for body, soul and planet.
By Eliza Billingham
Fifty years ago, women had just been allowed to compete in marathons, a feat that had previously been considered too physically demanding for a female body. Today, Senior Airman Kortney James is a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialist and instructor for the Air Force, one of the most physically and mentally demanding jobs in the U.S. Armed Forces. James was one of about a dozen women honored by Fairchild Air Force Base during a special Women's History Month incentive flight. On March 9, an all-female maintenance crew readied a KC-135 Stratotanker to be flown by an all-female flight crew serving a group of all-female honorees.
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As of this entry, we are a quarter of the way done with this Around the World project, and I have never been as surprised by food as I am by these three dishes. Two are unassuming plates at White House Grill. The third is a treat that I've eaten almost every Sunday without any clue of the cultural and geopolitical history it represents. I can't do justice to the scope of these foods' histories and impacts here. But consider this an introduction, hopefully a good one, that starts a surprising experience of your own.
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"Come guess me this riddle: What beats pipe and fiddle? What's hotter than mustard and milder than cream? What best wets your whistle? What's clearer than crystal? What's sweeter than honey and stronger than steam?" So lilts the old Irish folk song, "The Humours of Whiskey." It sings the power of ancient whiskey, an English borrowing of the Gaelic word "usquebaugh," which means "water of life." Tucked between ponderosas in the Selkirk foothills of Clayton, Washington, a few all-but-forgotten Old World recipes for these "waters of life" are being resurrected in the New World. Will Persons is the craft distiller and owner of Olde Tyme Spirits, a line of Celtic brandies and some traditional Slavic spirits. Armed with a cookbook of centuries-old recipes handwritten by his grandfather, Persons is reintroducing spirits distilled from apples, apricots, cherries and plums that are older than America itself. In today's legal world, "whiskey" has to be distilled from fermented grain, so Persons' fruit-based spirits don't count. But he's convinced that anyone singing about "water of life" a hundred years ago would have been sipping on something similar to the smooth, rich spirits that he's creating today.
By Eliza Billingham
When Richard “Dale” Storr sat in solitary confinement outside Basra, Iraq, his cell walls were so thick that he couldn’t hear if anyone else was in the jail. This Saturday, the four walls of his neighborhood bar will be so full of people that he probably won’t be able to hear much else. On Feb. 2, 1991, Storr — or “Storr Man,” as the fighter pilot was known — was shot down and captured on a Desert Storm mission. The Gulf War ended on Feb. 28, and a week later, Storr was released to make his way back home to Spokane. Today, Storr owns Hi Neighbor Tavern, a sports bar on North Monroe Street that’s over 50 years old. Every year, Storr celebrates his “Freedom Day” with family and friends. But this year, Hi Neighbor staff are planning the biggest bash yet. On March 16, Hi Neighbor is hosting a celebration of the perfect storm: Storr’s Freedom Day on March 6, St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, and Storr’s birthday on March 18. The open house starts at 1 pm and goes until the party’s over. There will be plenty of drinking, reminiscing and one-upping stories. And despite Storr’s disapproval, there will definitely be cake.
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Ah, authenticity. The bane of every food lover's existence. Either food is "bad" because it isn't authentic, or traditions are "bad" because they inhibit creativity. People who experiment with the status quo either get blacklisted as posers or heralded as visionaries. Chefs travel to Paris to study authentic French cooking. Tourists make a living by blogging about local "authentic" spots. The law gets involved, giving legal definitions to what is and isn't a bourbon or bratwurst or baklava. But then Edward Kim creates his Midwest/Asian fusion spot Mott St. in Chicago and attracts Michelin attention. Midwest and Asian? Is that even a thing? Since food epitomizes much of what we care about — memory, family, home, money, survival — it's no wonder that most people hold white-knuckled to opinions on how food ought, and oughtn't, be. One of today's featured items is an ancient drink from central Mexico that predates Spanish colonization. Another is an obnoxious snack from the modern streets of Mexico City that relies on food coloring and childlike wonder. Which one is authentic? Which one is worthy of respect, admiration or celebration?
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By Eliza Billingham
At golden hour across Mexico, mothers lean out of doorways, windows or porch frames, and call to their kids. "Doesn't matter where you are at 6 pm, you gotta be home for dinner," says Alberto Bahena, who grew up in Mexico and is now a chef at Patrón, the newest Mexican restaurant on Spokane's South Hill. "You're out there playing with friends. You're, you know, working on fixing the house. Mom calls you to eat — you have to eat. You have to be there. It brings family together." Food and family are as integral to Patrón Mexican Restaurant as they are to Mexican culture. Patrón opened on East 29th Avenue last December, replacing what used to be Jalisco's Mexican Restaurant and Tequileria after it moved to the North Side.
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