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by Kathryn Kingen

If you can't take the heat then you better get out of my kitchen, because I love my peppers. I love them hot, sweet, roasted, dried, flaked, fresh, ground, stuffed, sauteed or sauced. In fact, one of the first adventurous…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Shadow the cat and the “sinkhole” on NW 80th are not necessarily related items. However I am becoming somewhat obsessed with both, as though I actually lived next door to the missing cat and the failing roadway.

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Recently I walked down memory lane and reached into my past to call old friends that I hadn’t contacted for years. I talked with one who moved in with her son as she could not take care of her home anymore.…MORE

During the week of March 23, Josephine Maiorano of Seattle served as a page in the Washington State Senate. Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, sponsored Maiorano’s weeklong experience in the Legislature.

“It was a pleasure to sponsor…MORE

By Katy Wilkens Asian cooking is often considered healthy because it is usually lower in protein and higher in vegetables than standard American fare. But many Asian sauces have too much salt to be healthy. A tablespoon of soy sauce contains more…MORE

With spring on its way more and more visitors are catching the sunset at the Sound. The BNT recently caught a few photos at Golden Gardens. We invite others to share their photos with us. Please send them to Shane at shaneh@robinsonnews.com.…MORE

Populuxe Brewing, located at 826B NW 49th St., celebrated their second anniversary over the weekend.

Taps flowed with new brews in honor of the celebration, and beer-fans showed up in droves to imbibe, eat and congratulate Populuxe…MORE

Carrying out the wishes of the deceased is top priority for funeral homes and cemeteries. But what if those wishes are for a natural burial? With environmental and consumption implications looming, more and more people are changing what happens…MORE

By Gwen Davis

Think college is hard? The non-stop studying, demanding professors, student loans and crazy class schedules can make any undergrad question why they ever left home in the first place.

However, try saying that after you…MORE

By Pat Cashman

A few months ago in this space I wrote about the side effects that come with certain medications and other products. This column is sort of a part two of that---although if this one seems even more incoherent than usual…MORE