The Spovangelist

When the casual consumer thinks of prepared food products made in Spokane, delicious Bumble Bars, Brain Freeze ice cream, and Small Planet tofu spring to mind. While cooking up some hand-me-over boxed macaroni from a doting parent last night, our curiosity caused us to examine the fine print. We were shocked to read the following [...]

We are all charged up about local foods after attending a Spokane Farmer’s Market fundraising event and watching Food, Inc. at the re-opened Magic Lantern Theater last week. Part of the Spovangelist’s thesis is that problems in the social realm are more difficult to identify and discuss than those observed in physical reality. While we [...]

“This July 4th, let’s declare our food independence by sourcing the ingredients for our holiday meals as locally, sustainably and deliciously as possible, and let’s ask our elected officials to do the same.” Spokane is proud to be an All-American City. What better way to act on our patriotism than to celebrate the bounty of [...]

Happy Birthday Blog! A lot has changed over the last twelve months. Venues and restaurants have come and gone, and countless numbers of people have too. KYRS Thin Air Radio has a whole slew of new shows on the air, and is getting ready to reach Chewelah, Loon Lake and Deer Park with 6,000 watts [...]

Fall brings the smell of wood smoke and frosted pine needles to the Inland Northwest. This signals its time to make the 15 minute pilgrimage out to Green Bluff to enjoy the best of fall before temperatures drop and snow begins to blanket the area. One thing Spovangelist loves about the Apple and Harvest Festivals [...]

It’s been said before, and it’s worth saying again: We all have a lot to look forward to with the arrival of the Main Market Co-op in it’s NEW and much improved retail location. This just in from the Downtown Spokane Partnership’s “Street Talk” newsletter: Main Market Grocery Cooperative Begins Membership Drive and Announces a [...]

Tell everyone you know: An outstandingly progressive Community Kitchen is setting up shop on East Sprague this September. Their plans are so exciting its almost too good to be true, but as Spovangelites we must believe in, manifest and trumpet their success. Excerpts from the One World Everybody Eats Spokane website: Business Model The One [...]