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Information provided by Nordic Heritage Museum On view from September 19 - November 9, 2014, The Color of Time: From Dusk to Dawn features the newest body of work by photographer Tod Gangler. The enchanting photographs subtly examine Ballard as…MORE

by Pat Cashman

Walking home from school one day, I saw the sign posted prominently on the door of a saloon called “The Palace.” It read: NO MINORS ALLOWED!

I remember feeling a sense of outrage. Why, I wondered, would hard-working…MORE

by Pat Cashman

Walking home from school one day, I saw the sign posted prominently on the door of a saloon called “The Palace.” It read: NO MINORS ALLOWED!

I remember feeling a sense of outrage. Why, I wondered, would hard-…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel Most everyone learns about the seasons and that they only occur in temperate climates. Remember Pete Seeger singing “Turn, turn, turn, turn. There is a season for everything under heaven.” I always wondered what it would…MORE

by Kathryn Kingen

Reel down then pull up with all your might, reel down again and pull up until your arms fall off! That is what it was like landing my first tuna. I was with my family bobbing off the tip of the Baja in white-capped seas,…MORE

by Chef Jeremy Mclachlan

Tuna used to be la crème de la crème in the U.S. for decades as a meaty and flavor-packed fish. It was the No. 1 seafood consumed here in America, and canned tuna was an amazing vehicle for protein…MORE

Kombucha: elixir of the gods or strange vinegar flavored drink with gelatinous goop floating at the bottom?

Most people that have tried the beverage either love it or hate it. Lovers of the health juice have claimed a slight euphoric…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Ballard Avenue. What can I say? Once upon a time there were bars and brothels, then artists, industry and music. Then came the period described by The New York Times as, “a magic moment of coexistence” between…MORE

By Pat Cashman

I just mailed out the last of my Labor Day cards yesterday. If Hallmark sells Labor Day cards, I’ve never seen them---so this was a job I had to myself. It was hard work, but isn’t that point of a Labor Day card?

A…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

The newest plant in my garden is inspiring me to try lots of fun recipes. Called zisu by my Chinese neighbor, shiso by a Japanese-American friend, hangul by Koreans, this basil-like herb is known as perilla in…MORE