Food, Local Stories, Around Town Jeff Fijolek Food, Local Stories, Around Town Jeff Fijolek

Spokane Playground's Guide to Charming Cheney

From coffee to groceries and dining to drinks, Cheney’s growing food and drink scene is lighting up the small town and is giving people a reason to visit. With a population of roughly 12,200 and only a quick 20-minute drive from Spokane, Cheney is best known as the home of Eastern Washington University. But who knew that there were so many noteworthy food and drink destinations?

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Learning the ABC's of Difficult Fruit with Spokane's Kate Lebo

Spokane author Kate Lebo is known for her love of pie, whiskey, and the local arts community. In The Book of Difficult Fruit, Lebo explores a variety of tasty but troublesome items. This exploration of produce ranging from the mundane to exotic is sure to teach you something new make you think twice next time you’re offered fruit salad!

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Diedrich Roasters Makes a Global Impact From the Mountains of the Idaho Panhandle

Despite its global influence and larger-than-life reputation, Diedrich remains headquartered in Sandpoint, Idaho, its home home since the early 1990s. Specialty coffee roasters are utilizing the company’s machinery not only in the Inland Northwest but across the world. They’re trusting Diedrich with their beans for some very good reasons.

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River City Youth Ops Teaches Spokane Teens to Grow Produce and Their Horizons

River City Youth Ops seeks to create opportunities for youth to grow and enrich their community in Spokane's West Central neighborhood. Teaching adolescents what it takes to get food onto a plate from seed to sale, students use a small plot of land as the site of their urban farm and sell the produce they grow at local farmers markets.

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People, Food, Drink, Local Stories Jeff Fijolek People, Food, Drink, Local Stories Jeff Fijolek

Sourdough Goes Viral: The Rise of the Bread Community

Stacie Kearney never expect her bread-making hobby to go any further than the confines of her home kitchen. But when COVID-19 shut down businesses and yeast flew off store shelves, Kearney sprung into action selling loaves of her Lucky Lady Bread and sharing her beloved sourdough starter “Carl" with those in the community in need of a little lift.

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People, Food, Local Stories Jeff Fijolek People, Food, Local Stories Jeff Fijolek

After a year stuck inside, these adults-only hotels offer a change of scenery and the chance to Get Out

Sometimes you want to relax, get some peace and quiet, and sleep in. In many lodging establishments, this isn’t strictly possible. A quiet moment with a book beside the pool becomes a splash-fest with sound effects. The buffet breakfast is punctuated with negotiations over how many more bites must disappear from a small plate. The walls can be thin, and the hours different from the ones you’d like to keep.

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Food is Love: Sharing a Passion for the Spokane Community With Celeste Shaw of Chaps

As the owner of Chaps and Lucky Vintage & Pretty Things, Celeste Shaw is one of the most recognizable personalities around Spokane. While all her outward achievements are enough to keep her busy 24/7, Shaw’s benevolent work behind the scenes doesn’t get as much attention. So it should come as no surprise that in the days following the COVID-19 shutdown, Shaw devised a plan to benefit others. The message being spread was simple, but universal: “food is Love.”

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People, Food, Drink, Local Stories Jeff Fijolek People, Food, Drink, Local Stories Jeff Fijolek

A Year to Grown On: Washington Farmers Face Winter, Water & Wild Weather

With 30 years of ranching under their belts, the Wieselers aren’t always tending calves in their bathroom. During a typical winter they have a straw-filled cattle trailer in the field and a hospital barn set up to handle bad weather, but as Washington faces more and more extreme temperatures, farmers like the Wieselers are having to improvise in order to protect their livelihoods.

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