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Easy holiday cranberry cake with hot butter sauce

This tart yet buttery cake is the perfect solution to excess cranberries this holiday season.

A pint of In the Shadows’ HBL — Honey Basil Lemon — blonde ale, which took home a bronze medal in the 2022 Washington Beer Awards. (Aaron Swaney)

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Tiny but mighty: These Snohomish County breweries won big at Washington Beer Awards

Check out this year’s Washington Beer Awards winners from Snohomish County.

A quarter of a smoked chicken at The Kitchen at Quil Ceda Creek Casino, with classic barbecue sides.

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Smoked chicken’s barbecue flavors dazzle on rainy fall days

You can smoke the bird like they do at Quil Ceda Creek Casino, or prepare it in a…

Della Terra, a Snohomish farm-to-table catering business, is offering a full Thanksgiving meal with hearty Pacific Northwest entrees, seasonal sides and a farmers market salad. (Joanna Monger Photography)

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Thanksgiving Day: Snohomish County restaurants open for dine-in or takeout

These Snohomish County restaurants are offering Thanksgiving meals for dine-in or takeout.

Kim Taylor, left, and Jeff Stoner co-own Greenbank Cidery, a newly opened taproom on Whidbey Island with eight varieties of cider on tap. (Rachel Rosen / Whidbey News-Times)

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Cider tasting room opens on Whidbey Island

The owners of Greenbank Cidery have opened a tasting room in Coupeville. Eight varieties of cider are on…

Pot and sweet pies await customers at the newly opened Pie Dive Bar in Snohomish, Washington on May 17, 2022. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Order your Thanksgiving pie ASAP from these Snohomish County bakeries

It’s already time to get your Thanksgiving dessert orders in.

The veggie tofu pho at Phở Thanh Na in Monroe is chock-full of tender-crisp broccoli and carrots, bright aromatics and a light, flavorful broth that acts as a canvas for fresh bean sprouts, herbs, lime, chili oil and sriracha. (Taylor Goebel / The Herald)

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Good soup: Where to find chowder, pho and more belly-warming bowls

These Snohomish County eateries are the perfect soup stops on a cold fall (or winter) day.

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Make these enchiladas for an easy weeknight dinner

This recipe for enchiladas verdes con pollo is “super cheesy and delicious,” our Forum reader writes.

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Warm up with pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

Together with the wind and rain, these cookies are a sure sign fall has arrived.

Cindy Montgomery with her son, Ryan Gobin, owner of Ryan’s REZ-ipes, laugh at the antics of patron on Oct. 14, at Skookum Brewery in Arlington. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Smashburgers, frybread, pulled pork nachos: Ryan’s REZ-ipes is worth the long lines

Former police officer Ryan Gobin still serves his community with mouthwatering dishes from his popular food truck.

Lisa Laidlaw, owner and baker at House Balthazar, holds a plate of macarons in the kitchen Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, at House Balthazar in Monroe, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Monroe’s tiny House Balthazar makes macaron magic

Lisa Laidlaw left her corporate job to bake French macarons with big flavors.

Supermodel on the plate. Use a pretty pan and you can just take it from oven to table. (Amy Drew Thompson/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

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This Nigella Lawson dish is a one-pan, zero-mess delight

It has few ingredients. It smells fabulous. It looks gorgeous. It is pretty much perfect.

Oktoberfest Stout Spicy Cheese Dip

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Taste of Tulalip: Here’s a perfect dip for October

Salutes “National American Beer Day” and “National Pretzel Month” with this warm, creamy beer cheese dip.

Cody Castiglia makes a dish of black cod and red sauce. Photographed in Snohomish, Washington on April 27, 2022.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Snohomish chef’s signature dish: Buttery black cod in “crazy water”

Cody Castiglia, who celebrates local ingredients, shares his for a Mediterranean-style seafood dish.

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Five local breweries, taprooms to support after Toggle’s closes

These local watering holes are serving up the best regional brews, both to go and on tap.

The steak toast at Bapmukja in Lynnwood is stacked with marinated short rib, Korean chili pepper sauce, melted cheese and cabbage. Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Taylor Goebel / The Herald)

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Nuggets: Sully’s closes, LA Korean barbecue chain opens in Lynnwood, Katsu Burger reopens in Lake Stevens

Check out the latest Snohomish County restaurant news in this week’s Nuggets column.

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Captain Whidbey Inn’s apple cake from the archives

This Washington apple cake with cream cheese frosting is the perfect fall treat.

Former television food personality Graham Kerr meets with residents of Windsor Square Senior Living before giving a presentation on Thursday, Sep. 15, 2022, in Marysville, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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At 88, TV chef ‘Galloping Gourmet’ still sizzles with the ladies

Graham Kerr, the granddad of cooking entertainment shows in the 1960s, calls Snohomish County home.

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Cookie bars fit for hungry fishermen

Laurie Olsen makes these decadent bars for her fisherman husband and crew aboard the St. John II.

Dan Stucki grabs a free coffee from Espresso Chalet before heading out on his first day to assess the Bolt Creek Fire on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Stucki served as a division supervisor and traveled from Utah to help contain the fire. He's been a firefighter for 21 years. (Taylor Goebel / The Herald)

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Gold Bar coffee shop fuels hundreds of firefighters amid Bolt Creek blaze

The massive blaze threatened Espresso Chalet. That didn’t stop owners Mark and Sandy Klein from giving firefighters free…