Ruby de Luna
Reporter
About
Ruby de Luna is a reporter with a focus on food and how it intersects with health, communities, and culture. She has also reported on health care and immigrant communities.
Ruby is a transplant from Taipei, Taiwan. She holds a B.A. in communication from Seattle Pacific University. She is proud to be one of the few old-schoolers who can edit tape with a razor blade.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Conversational Mandarin, Tagalog
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Member, AAJA
Stories
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Arts & Life
Radical bake off: SAM showcases edible pieces of art
You don’t often see a baking competition in a museum. But that’s what happened recently at the Seattle Art Museum. Two dozen professional and home bakers brought their sweet creations--inspired by artworks from the museum’s exhibit called Victorian Radicals.
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Arts & Life
Hacks to boost your lunch game this year
Uou might have everything ready for school, but what about your lunch game?
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Politics
Local Planned Parenthood: No federal money, no problem
Local Democrats vow to continue supporting Planned Parenthood and programs that provide reproductive health care. The announcement comes in response to new federal rules prohibiting clinics that receive Title X money from discussing abortion access.
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Arts & Life
Tips and tricks for safe urban foraging
It’s berry-picking season in the Northwest. Blackberry bushes everywhere are loaded with fruit. This prompted listener Colin Peterson to send us this question: “We love picking the blackberries in our neighborhood this time of year. And I was wondering about soil contamination and what impact that may or may not have on the berries we pick.”
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Arts & Life
Does eating less Chinook salmon help endangered orca whales?
It’s been about a year since some local businesses decided to stop selling chinook salmon as a way to help ailing orca whales.But does it really help?
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Arts & Life
How safe is urban foraging?
On this week's episode of SoundQs we look at the safety and etiquette of foraging in the city.
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Politics
Seattle Council overrides mayor's soda tax veto
At issue is what to do with the surplus money from the soda tax. Last year Mayor Durkan used the money for other programs such as food banks and meals for seniors. The council wanted to avoid a repeat of that.
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Arts & Life
The soft serve days of Seattle summer
Seattle has plenty of artisanal ice cream makers to offer cool relief from the heat. But for fans of classic soft serve, what options are available? We recruited two young reviewers to check out some local spots. Here's what they found.
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Arts & Life
Poppy, Chef Jerry Traunfeld's final Seattle sensation, is closing. Now what to do with all these cookbooks?
Jerry Traunfeld, one of Seattle’s influential chefs, is calling it quits. His popular restaurant Poppy will close Sunday after 11 years. He recently sold the restaurant and plans to move to Palm Springs, California later this year.
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Arts & Life
Who knew? Tasty tempura has started kitchen fires
We wondered if that has ever happened here. We also set out to find out what causes them to ignite.