Flavor

FVCC culinary students serve menu featuring Montana flavors
April 9, 2025 midnight

FVCC culinary students serve menu featuring Montana flavors

The menu highlights Montana’s rich flavors. With a focus on fresh, regional produce, hungry patrons can expect innovative sandwiches, soups, salads, desserts and beverages — all thoughtfully designed to celebrate Montana products and producers.

Grilled lemon chicken perfect for spring grilling
April 9, 2025 midnight

Grilled lemon chicken perfect for spring grilling

With spring sneaking into the Flathead Valley, we all have a deep desire to go out and fire up those cobweb-covered grills. This is a perfect recipe using asparagus, now in season, bright peppers, and purple onions.

Bourbon-plumped currants enhance the flavor of hot cross buns for Easter
April 16, 2025 midnight

Bourbon-plumped currants enhance the flavor of hot cross buns for Easter

Hot cross buns are an Easter specialty with a light, enriched crumb that's studded with currants and flavored with a gentle mix of warm spices and a hint of citrus.

Sweet spiced lamb chops with new potatoes and green beans
April 16, 2025 midnight

Sweet spiced lamb chops with new potatoes and green beans

New potatoes (also called creamers) along with green beans complement the lamb and take only a few minutes to make in the microwave oven.

Fine mountain dining returns to Kandahar Lodge on Big Mountain
April 30, 2025 midnight

Fine mountain dining returns to Kandahar Lodge on Big Mountain

Owners and siblings James Buchanan and Caitlin Buchanan hope to continue the 40-year legacy of fine mountain dining that the location represents.

Roasting fruit enhances its flavor
April 30, 2025 midnight

Roasting fruit enhances its flavor

Lightly roasting concentrates its flavor, while adding an oil, a touch of natural sweetener and fresh herbs enriches it further.

Online cooking show aims to revive indigenous traditions in the kitchen
May 14, 2025 midnight

Online cooking show aims to revive indigenous traditions in the kitchen

The beans bring nitrogen into the soil, a key ingredient for plant growth and development. The corn provides a stalk for the beans to climb and the squash acts as a ground cover, preventing weeds and retaining moisture.

Steak and spaghetti: Spencer & Co. Steakhouse has been serving the valley for more than three decades
May 28, 2025 midnight

Steak and spaghetti: Spencer & Co. Steakhouse has been serving the valley for more than three decades

The beef, from Red Lodge, is cut in-house three times a week by Davey’s husband Kent, who has been a meat cutter in the valley for 40 years. The menu also features fish of the day, lemon pepper chicken and pork chops.

Carrot ginger soup full of bright flavors
May 14, 2025 midnight

Carrot ginger soup full of bright flavors

Though the pop-up has come and gone, here’s your chance to enjoy this wonderful vegan soup anytime. It's full of bright flavors and rich texture, matching the motto of Root & Rye: good and good for you!

Slow-cooked barbecue pork a must have for summer
May 28, 2025 midnight

Slow-cooked barbecue pork a must have for summer

This recipe is tailor-made for hardworking folks who want to enjoy the holiday without spending the entire day in the kitchen.