By Huffington Post Angel Pagan has become a fan favorite in San Francisco. But with one clean swipe of second base, he may have won over America. At the very least, those in the country who love Taco Bell are now among his fans. In eighth inning of the Giants’ 2-0 win in Game 2 […]
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By Huffington Post In New York magazine, Felix Salmon posted last week that pumpkin was the new bacon. We disagreed — bacon is a year-round obsession whereas pumpkin just gets popular in the autumnal months. But maybe Salmon is right about one thing — the pumpkin obsession seems like it is reaching new heights this […]
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By Kathryn Reed With overnight temperatures last week in the 20s and the house feeling much colder than it was outside, soup suddenly started to sound good. Plus, I had to do something with all the kale that was showing up in my CSA box. Kim suggested I put the kale in soup. So I […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sometimes it’s better no one is in the kitchen when I’m cooking – especially when it’s the first time I’ve made a particular dish. This was true Sunday morning. Aebelskivers were about to be made. It was messy. (It doesn’t have to be.) It was smoky. (Doesn’t have to be.) It wasn’t […]
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By Annie Hauser, Huffington Post Some vegetarians can be awfully superior about the health benefits of their plant-based diet. What they might not know is they have the Adventist Health Study to thank. In the ’70s and ’80s, a series of studies from Loma Linda University in California, which has tracked tens of thousands of […]
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By Mark Bittman, New York Times I left Los Angeles at 4 in the morning, long before first light, and made it to Bakersfield — the land of oil derricks, lowriders and truck stops with Punjabi food — by 6. Ten minutes later, I was in the land of carrots. You know that huge pile […]
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Lake Tahoe News in cooperation with Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe is giving away two tickets to the annual wine tasting. The event is Nov. 2, 6-9:30pm at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. It will showcase more than 18 area restaurants and 30 vintners. To be in the running for the pair of tickets you must be […]
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By Dan Charles, NPR When Zarrina Mulloboeva got invited to go apple picking the other day, she thought it would be a taste of home. She’s an exchange student from Tajikistan, in central Asia — a country close to the ancestral homeland of apples. Her uncle has a small orchard. In fact, when Mulloboeva came […]
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By Kathryn Reed Drinking isn’t just about quenching one’s thirst. These days it can be a meal unto itself based on some of the ingredients. Mixologists have come into their own. They are much more than a bartender. They are chefs behind the bar – creating cocktails that are anything but ordinary. While using locally […]
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By Katie Baker, Newsweek When foodies hear the word “Fäviken,” it conjures up dark spruce forests, deep Scandinavian cold, and a hunting, foraging chef whose 14-seat restaurant in the remote Swedish hinterlands has become a pilgrimage site for global gastronomes. Now, Magnus Nilsson is bringing his robust brand of New Nordic cuisine—famous dishes include wild […]
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