We reported on Green Lake resident Melany Vorass and her urban foraging back in December. More than homemade goat cheese or fresh vegetables, what really got people's attention was Vorass' habit of catching, killing and eating the squirrels unlucky enough to find themselves in her backyard.

Well, thanks to the above video by the Associated Press, who paid Vorass a recent visit, we can all now enjoy her recipe for fresh-caught, home-cooked squirrel.

Anyone getting a tingle of culinary inspiration?

Sure, you can grow a big, smelly beard or mustache anytime of the year. But for the next few months, you’ll be able to tell any complaining significant-others/employers/busybodies that you’re doing it for the kids.

The fourth annual Beard & Stache Festival returns in February. But first, organizers of the fundraiser need willing hirsute gentlemen to come down to the High Dive in Fremont Sunday to get their photo taken.

Those photos will adorn up to 125 cans placed around the city to collect donations for Treehouse, which supports King County foster children. Whoever’s facial hair earns them the most donations will earn prizes and the grudging respect of lesser beards and mustaches.

Photos will be taken from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 29 at the High Dive, located at 513 N. 36th St. If you can’t make it – or need a few more days of facial-hair-growing time – there will be a second photo shoot from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 9 at Bluebird Ice Cream, located at 1205 E. Pike St. (but only if the 125 spaces aren’t filled up at the first shoot).

Local charities will be able to help keep lots of feet warm, thanks citizens who donated socks to the Seattle Police Department collection.

The North Community Police Team and the North Precinct Advisory council collected 4,488 pairs of socks, according to the department.

“I want to personally thank all the citizens in the precinct who gathered 4488 pairs of socks,” says Sergeant Dianne Newsom. “(We collected) 154 pairs of gloves, 285 hats, 19 scarves, 3 afgans, 2 knitted baby shoes.”

The socks, along with gloves, scarves, hats and blankets will be delivered to charities including ROOTS in the University district and Harborview’s Pioneer Square Foot Clinic.

The department sends a special thank you to Target, Northgate Community Center, Lake City Lions, University Masonic Temple, Members of the North Precinct Advisory Council and others.