Family Dinners To-Go
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Here's just a sampling of local family-style take-out options.

Beacon Hill at Home Order at beaconhillathome.square.site for free dinner delivery within a 10 mile radius of Beacon Hill. Deliveries are 3 pm to 5 pm Thursdays or Fridays. (Pictured above.)

The Ivory Table Catering Company "Dinner boxes" feature three days' of ready-to-heat meals, including entrees and sides ($49 per person/per box). A recent weekly three-meal lineup included entrees of French onion soup, slow-cooked barbecue chicken and penne with a brown butter pumpkin cream sauce. All include a variety of side dishes. Add dessert or breakfast sandwiches to your weekly order, which is due by Saturdays at 3 pm. Order at store.ivorytable.com. Pick up on Tuesdays at 1822 E. Sprague. Add $10 for delivery.

Max at Mirabeau in Spokane Valley "Family dinner packs to go" serve four to six people. Options include chicken alfredo ($50), chicken piccata ($60), creamy crab "maccheroni ($80)," grilled salmon ($95), or baby back ribs ($80). Order at maxatmirabeau.com or 922-6252. Same day orders available with three-hour notice. Pick up 4 pm to 8 pm at 1100 N. Sullivan Rd., Spokane Valley. Free delivery on orders of $75 or more.

Charley's Grill & Spirits "Just throw it in the oven and you're ready to go!" meals for two include either chicken with blackberry barbecue sauce ($20) or sirloin steak ($25) with Caesar salad, potatoes and Texas toast, or a chicken cobb salad kit with egg, bacon, tomatoes and blue cheese crumbles. Call 328-8911 or email Shirley@charleyscatering.com to order. Pick up at 801 N. Monroe.

Nectar Catering and Events Learn to cook some of executive Chef Steven Swenson's most popular meals using the Nectar Fresh make-at-home meal kits ($35, feeds four). Kits include step-by-step instructions and ingredients for making pad thai, sesame ginger beef, honey chipotle pork and other options. Or try Nectar Express for ready to heat, pre-made family platters. Choices include fajitas, pot roast, tikka masala, roasted pork loin or chicken marsala ($40, feeds four) or lasagna ($35, feeds four). Easy-to-reheat brunches including mimosas ($40) also available. Order at 951-2096 or nectarcateringandevents.com/store. Pick up Monday-Friday11 am to 2:30 pm at 120 N. Stevens or choose delivery 3 pm to 6 pm for $5.

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Carrie Scozzaro has made a living and a life with art: teaching it, making it and writing about it since her undergrad days at Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of Art. Her writing can be found in back editions of Big Sky Journal, Kootenai Mountain Culture, Sandpoint Magazine, WSU Magazine, and Western Art & Architecture...