Beer/Drinks

Chicken noodle soup, a cozy blanket, your favorite TV show, lots of sleep. When you’re feeling sick or stressed, you likely have a few go-tos that help you feel better.

Even before I quit drinking, I had a lot of questions about the legitimacy of a booze-filled brunch. As someone who enjoyed alcohol a bit more than the average bear, I should have been thrilled there was a socially acceptable excuse for slamming back cocktails at 10 a.m.

Community is a guidepost for Amber Park: the community she felt in her early childhood growing up among “hippies and wolves” in the Okanagan of British Columbia, trading with neighbors, milking cows, preserving food and reading atlases for fun, the community she’s fostering at Wanderlust Delicato with her wine club and cooking classes, the community she felt serving residents their meals at a retirement home as a teen mom, or in the Perry District with her new wine bar, Pacific to Palouse, designed to feel like an extension of the neighborhood’s living room.

Make no beans about it, Evan Oeflein is on an energetic crusade. The owner of Seattle Strong Coffee has carved a healthy niche in the cold brew market with his ready-to-drink craft beverages which deliver a hefty caffeinated punch along with great flavor without artificial additives or extra calories.

What’s your favorite wine movie? I’m thinking of films made for theater or TV that feature wine as a theme, plotline or backdrop. To make my list, a film needs to get the wine part right, and not rely entirely on stereotypes about wine or wine lovers. For this discussion at least, I’m excluding documentaries aimed at the oenoscenti or movies meant to teach us about wine. These are films that tell a story with wine involved.

Each year in the Inland Northwest, dog owners eagerly await the days of sunny, warm, easy-breezy outings with their pack. Finally peak dog-walking season arrives and before you know it, it’s already so hot that Fido has to wait for a walk until after dinner.

At the pottery shop where my mom worked for years, there was a running joke about how to make pots that would sell: “Make it good, or make it blue.”

Krista and Robby French, owners of Stylus Wine and Vinyl Bar in Coeur d’Alene, are taking a new approach to wine and music by bringing it to some place unexpected.

From staff reports

If you’ve been to a wine store lately, you may have noticed it’s rosé season. As our gardens burst out in various shades of pink each spring, so too do the shelves at our local shops sprout bottles, boxes and cans of pink wine. Here are a few things to know – and a few misconceptions to avoid – about rosé.