A selection of Pacific Popcorn flavors on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 in Monroe, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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A new Monroe popcorn company is pop, pop, popping

Launched 18 months ago, Pacific Popcorn offers six flavors from Alpine Chili White Cheddar to Portage Bay Strawberry.

Aurora Echo, owner of Wildly Beloved Foods, begins making cavatelli pasta with one of her Bottene pasta machine on Thursday, June 27, 2024 in Clinton, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Whidbey artisanal pasta maker shares her secrets

For Aurora Echo of Wildly Beloved Foods in Clinton, “sharing food is so ancient; it feels so good.”

Charcoal’s grilled pork belly with fish sauce caramel, pickled carrot and daikon slaw steals the show at Crave! Northwest food festival at the Lynnwood Event Center on Friday, June 21, 2024, in Lynnwood, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Food festival hopes to make Lynnwood an annual destination

Food entrepreneurs shared ideas, tried new foods and found inspiration at the Crave! food festival — which aims…

Crave Spokane Valley 2023 (Courtesy of CraveNW Media Relations)

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Sold out Spokane food festival coming to Lynnwood

The event Friday night at the Lynnwood Event Center will feature “foods from around the world.” The goal…

Denise McKenzie, who has been a bartenders at Kuhnle’s Tavern for many years, works behind the bar on Monday, June 17, 2024 in Marysville, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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After 106 years, Kuhnle’s Tavern in Marysville is closing

Come say farewell Sunday from noon to midnight at the historic bar with five beers on tap and…

Melinda Grenier serves patrons at her coffee truck called Hay Girl Coffee during the third annual Arlington Pride event in Arlington, Washington on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Annie Barker / The Herald)

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Hidden costs, delays crush hopeful food truck owners in Snohomish County

Melinda Grenier followed her dream to open Hay Girl Coffee. Thousands in fees later, it has cost her…

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This super-fast shrimp scampi makes a tasty, easy summer meal

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Diamond Knot is partnering with APEX Art & Culture Center to mix APEX’s Dogtown Collection artwork with its beer cans. (Photo provided by Diamond Knot Brewing Company)

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Diamond Knot Brewing taps Everett’s APEX to add street art to beer cans

The Mukilteo brewery partnered with the art and culture center to slap graffiti-style artwork on its newest beer…

Fred’s Rivertown Alehouse owners Mark and Ginger Nuss at the “staff table” inside the alehouse on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in Snohomish, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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As owner faces health scare, patrons rally around Snohomish bar

Fred’s Rivertown Alehouse owners Mark “Chewey” Nuss and his wife, Ginger, face mounting medical bills and home care…

Once-hot direct-to-consumer pots and pans are up for grabs on secondhand marketplaces at steep discounts — or ending in the garbage. (Shawn Michael Jones/The New York Times)

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Is this the end of Instagram cookware?

Once-hot direct-to-consumer pots and pans are up for grabs on secondhand marketplaces at steep discounts — or ending…

A person walks into Paris Baguette next to the Alderwood Mall on Thursday, May 30, 2024 in Lynnwood, Washington. This is the first Paris Baguette location to open in Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Cafe latte and pastries, anyone? Paris Baguette opens in Lynnwood

On a roll: The franchise opened six new U.S. bakery cafes this year, including the first Washington store…

Stephen Chavez, owner of Crossed Arrows Brewery, speaks about the future of his brewery. (Photo by Caitlyn Anderson)

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Army veteran right at home with Crossed Arrows Brewery on Whidbey Island

At his home-based brewery, Stephen Chavez makes the beer he likes, with flavors like root beer, creamsicle and…

Eggs at Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon, Mo., Jan. 26, 2023. How long do eggs really last? Believe it or not: It’s longer than you think. (Neeta Satam/The New York Times)

Food & Drink

How long do eggs really last?

Believe it or not: It’s longer than you think.

It may be hard to stick to your food budget, but there are many ways to be resourceful with what you have without feeling as though you have your head just above water. (Chris Gash/The New York Times)  — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SLUGGED GROCERY SPENDING TIPS BY KRYSTEN CHAMBROT FOR MAY 16, 2024. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

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9 Tips to Stretch Your Food Budget

These expert hacks can help you lower your grocery bill.

Tony Cladusbid, co-owner of the Beaver Tales Coffee franchise, watches over the canoe racing at the Penn Cove Water Festival on Saturday. (Photo by Sam Fletcher)

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More than coffee: Swinomish Native shares family history and wisdom

Tony Cladusbid is the co-owner of Beaver Tales Coffee in Coupeville. He recently changed his name to honor…

FILE — Newly filled bottles of Sriracha hot sauce at Huy Fong Foods in Irwindale, Calif., on April 28, 2014. Huy Fong, the maker of the most popular variety of Sriracha sauce, told distributors in May 2024 that it would halt production of all its products until at least September, rekindling fears of another prolonged shortage of the beloved condiment. (Emily Berl/The New York Times)

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Another Sriracha shortage may be on the horizon. What happened?

Huy Fong Foods, the producer of the most popular variety of Sriracha sauce, has faced several supply glitches…

Pablo Garduno and the team at Barbacoa Judith’s churn out pit-roasted lamb tacos by the dozen at the Hidden Gems Weekend Market on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Boom City in Tulalip, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Food & Drink

Eating our way through Tulalip’s Hidden Gems weekend market

Don’t miss the pupusas, pit-roasted lamb tacos, elotes and even produce for your next meal.

With a few simple steps, you can rein in your spending at the supermarket. (Chris Gash/The New York Times)

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Budgeting Is a Must at the Market

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A giant seven-dollar apple fritter eclipses a plate on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Karl’s Bakery in Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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$7 buys an apple fritter the size of your head at Karl’s in Everett

The fritter spills over a dinner plate. The bakery’s owner: “I would imagine it would exceed your daily…

Andy's Fish House cooks put together a three piece fish and chips order on Thursday, March 19, 2020 in Snohomish, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Dive into the county’s best fish and chips

Buoy oh buoy! Herald readers voted this seafood restaurant the best spot for maritime munchies.