Every year inmates — yes, people in jail — test their culinary abilities by entering the El Dorado County Fair’s Baking and Fiery Fair categories. Since 2007 the inmates have amassed more than 50 first, second, and third place ribbons. This year was no exception. The inmates in the culinary arts program earned 18 ribbons: […]
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By Kathryn Reed BECKWOURTH – Even iceberg lettuce doesn’t like 22-degree weather. Two days after losing 80 percent of his lettuce, Gary Romano shrugs it off. That’s what a farmer has to do as he accepts Mother Nature as his boss. “In 15 years, I never got hit like that. So, I’m not much ahead […]
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By Melissa Clark, New York Times Drinking seasonal cocktails used to mean manhattans in the winter and gin and tonics in the summer. Then a decade ago, mixologists started infusing the likes of lemon verbena and butternut squash into spirits, taking the notion of seasonal cocktails to a more literal level. Now, you’re just as […]
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By Kathryn Reed Cooked radishes? Yes. Really? Yes. OK. I decided to take Joy’s suggestion. After all, she had seen it done on the Food Network, so it must be a good idea. To me, radishes are to eat as part of a relish tray or in a salad. It had never crossed my mind […]
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By Jesse McKinley, New York Times PEBBLE BEACH — The countdown to foie-mageddon has begun. With less than a month until California’s first-in-the nation ban on foie gras takes effect, fans of the fattened duck and goose liver are buying out stocks of the delicacy, searching for legal loopholes and sating themselves at a series […]
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By Beth Hoffman, NPR It’s hard to go a day without hearing people brag about how they eat local. In-the-know consumers wax poetic about their local farmers’ markets, and some even make pilgrimages to meet their rancher, visit cows grazing and see pigs playing happily in the mud. But the dirty little secret is, while […]
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By Kathryn Reed A warning came with the food – have a glass of water nearby. The warning was not heeded. Next time Sue will know I’m serious. And to think she only tasted one green bean. I’m the one in the household who likes hot and spicy and this dish had my nose running. […]
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Dragonfly Restaurant and Sushi Bar’s second annual Cooking Outside the Box benefit dinner is June 13 from 6-8pm. All proceeds from this fun, informative event will go directly to Slow Food Lake Tahoe. The evening will feature locally grown produce, locally raised meat and sustainably produced bio-dynamic and organic wine pairings. Attendees will get to […]
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By Northern Nevada Business Weekly The owners of High Sierra Ice Cream Inc., parent of Tahoe Creamery brand ice cream, faced a daunting decision near the end of 2010. Tahoe Creamery had shut down in September 2010 because it ran out of working capital, and the investor group, headed by lawyer Garrett Sutton of Sutton […]
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By Rick Armon, Akron Beacon Journal Many craft beer drinkers hold their nose when it comes to canned beer. Rick Vernon doesn’t understand that attitude. As the owner of the West Point Market in Akron, Ohio, he has watched as more brewers put their well-respected craft beers in cans. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale — considered […]
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