Ballard - Features

Two brothers living in Ballard have started the first African-American winery in the state.

Their label, Carter-Lamour, takes its name from the middle names of the Dreux and Dain Dillingham. Between the two of them, they have almost 15…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

This week I learned that even if you’ve never heard a coyote kill a cat before, you know it when you hear it. Although I like to think of myself as eager to learn every day, there will always be things that I wish I’d…MORE

Cooking over an open wood fire may be a once in a while activity for most Westerners, but for almost half of the world population, cooking over an open wood-fueled flame is a daily task, and the practice has serious health, social and…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“I hope your birthday wish was for a rain,” a friend wrote to me. That is exactly the wish I made on what would total 55 candles, on the birthday I’ve been told to call double nickels.

As someone who has never…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

One of my favorite parts of summer is the 10-day kayak trek I do through the San Juan Islands with my husband and about a dozen Boy Scouts. That’s 30 meals to plan, shop for, pack into kayaks, cook in the wild and…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

My sister says that I exaggerate my stories. I am not exaggerating when I say that in high school French we spent an entire semester just reading, Voltaire’s Candide, or Optimism (1758). I think this experience culled…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

The other day I got carried away and made a lot of ricotta. Because it is relatively low in salt, it doesn’t keep very long – about a week in the refrigerator. Therefore I had to find several recipes to use it up…MORE

By Leigh Pate

"We don't know ..."

A cancer patient hears these words too many times during their treatment. "We don't know what caused it. We don't know if this treatment will work. We don't know if your cancer will come back. We…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

I remember warning a young parent that from the time your child starts kindergarten time speeds up. The days that seemed too long walking back from Ballard, pushing the empty stroller and balancing groceries and giraffe…MORE

Among many names for Ballard like “Snoose Junction” and “Gilman Park,” readers may not be privy to the fact that Ballard was once named “the shingle capital of the world” because of all the lumber and shingle mills that took up shop here. The…MORE