By Kathryn Reed We have gotten in more barbecue days this summer (and it’s not even really summer) than we usually do by the end of June. The warm nights of this past weekend were ideal for being on the back deck and aromas coming from outside instead of from the kitchen. I rarely measure […]
Read more
Despite the cold temps and needing to be bundled up, farmers braved the cold drive up to Tahoe and patrons made their way to the American Legion for the first farmers’ market of the season in South Lake Tahoe. As more produce ripens, more vendors will be at the Tuesday market. The market is open […]
Read more
The West Shore Cafe in Homewood is looking for mixologists. Recipes for the new signature Moonlight Mojito cocktail recipe are being accepted online through June 5. The top 10 cocktails will be voted on during a contest June 9, 2-5pm. Cost is $20. For more info, call (530) 525.5200.
Read more
By Kathryn Reed The Best Western at Timber Cove changed hands this week and a new restaurant on the pier is open. Bob Maloff, who died a year ago, had left the South Lake Tahoe hotel, including the pier that juts far into Lake Tahoe, to his estate. Urbana Holdings based in Georgia is now […]
Read more
By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Pursuing a vision to make a buck while helping to improve Lake Tahoe’s clarity, a Nevada man hopes to begin harvesting crayfish from the lake’s waters within this month. With all but one key permit expected to be in hand this week, Fred Jackson and Tahoe Lobster Co. Inc. are […]
Read more
By Kathryn Reed It isn’t quite like the Food Network’s “Restaurant Impossible,” but the challenge is probably the most difficult culinary test these budding chefs have had to execute. Students in Steve Fernald’s Food Preparation class at Lake Tahoe Community College are tasked with planning a three-course lunch menu that includes a beverage, make enough […]
Read more
By Jim Shahin, Washington Post For some time now, commercial barbecue sauce has been progressing from its Dark Ages, when slow-smoked meats were tortured with bland, sweet, corporate slathers, to a more enlightened era of complex boutique sauces flavored with everything from habaneros to peaches. The homemade sauces in our second annual Smoke Signals barbecue […]
Read more
By Timothy Sandoval, Sacramento Bee Restaurant owner Sonny Mayugba was given an offer he almost could not refuse two weeks ago. Not by a local gangster, but by a user of a popular online review site, Yelp.com. Mayugba said the user threatened to blast the Red Rabbit Kitchen and Bar at 2718 J St., which […]
Read more
By Amy Harmon and Andrew Pollack, New York Times GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — On a recent sunny morning at the Big Y grocery here, Cynthia LaPier parked her cart in the cereal aisle. With a glance over her shoulder and a quick check of the ingredients, she plastered several boxes with hand-designed stickers from a […]
Read more
By Nancy Lindahl, Enterprise Record Hanna and I got to witness the birth of a new business Sunday as Oliver Wong rolled his pristine blue and white cart out of its trailer, installed light posts and hung out a ladder of flavor signs for his new ice cream business, Spoons. The cart is small, but […]
Read more