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  • Food and beer festival in Truckee

    Food and beer festival in Truckee

    Dragonfly’s Beer & Food Festival is March 7 from 6 to 8:30pm in Truckee. Attendees can stop in anytime during the evening and roam the food and beer stations. Each of the six food items are not only paired with a specialty beer from Firestone Brewing Co., but created using the beer as an ingredient. […]

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  • Eat and ski to raise money

    Eat and ski to raise money

    Experience the exhilaration of gliding through the forest on cross country ski trails working up a hearty appetite, and then enjoying gourmet grazing right on the trail. Outdoor enthusiasts and foodies can ski or snowshoe from one food station to the next during the 11th annual Gourmet Ski Tour, a fundraiser for the Tahoe Cross […]

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  • Redefining buying meat in bulk has nothing to do with big box store

    Redefining buying meat in bulk has nothing to do with big box store

    By Blair Anthony Robertson, Sacramento Bee Joshua Lurie-Terrell and his wife, Jineui Hong, often buy their meat in bulk. So do some of their friends and neighbors. A caravan to the local big-box superstore? Hardly. Part of a growing movement nationwide, they’re doing their shopping the old-fashioned way, albeit with some newfangled twists sending out […]

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  • K’s Kitchen: Not the run-of-the-mill tofu dish

    K’s Kitchen: Not the run-of-the-mill tofu dish

    By Kathryn Reed All of a sudden I hear a ruckus in the kitchen. Then the sounds of cooking follow. Pretty soon an aroma I can’t quite make out reaches the other side of the house. I go to investigate. Sue is busy stirring this and that. Clearly, I had no idea dinner was going […]

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  • Free IHOP pancakes raises money for children’s hospitals

    Free IHOP pancakes raises money for children’s hospitals

    For the seventh consecutive year, IHOP restaurants nationwide will offer each guest a free short stack of its famous buttermilk pancakes on National Pancake Day in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. For every short stack of buttermilk pancakes served on National Pancake Day — Feb. 28, IHOP guests […]

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  • California wine grape harvest drops 7% in 2011

    California wine grape harvest drops 7% in 2011

    By Melonie Turner, Sacramento Business Journal California’s 2011 wine grape crush totaled 3.3 million tons, down 7 percent from 2010, according to a preliminary report by the state Department of Food and Agriculture. Red wine varieties accounted for the biggest share of all grapes crushed, at 1.9 million tons, down 7 percent from 2010. White […]

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  • Winnemucca eatery’s Basque dressing hits shelves

    Winnemucca eatery’s Basque dressing hits shelves

    By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal A bit of Winnemucca Basque cuisine has made it to the aisles of Northern Nevada’s biggest supermarkets. The Martin Hotel dressing, the house salad topping on the historic site’s dining room tables, now can be found in Raley’s and Scolari’s supermarkets from Reno to Elko. It’s been a remarkable ride […]

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  • K’s Kitchen: Mushrooms capture the heart and stomach

    K’s Kitchen: Mushrooms capture the heart and stomach

    By Kathryn Reed I have a feeling I won’t find much love Valentine’s night. I have my choice of two school board meetings to attend. Not that these boards aren’t made up of lovely people, but, well, it’s just another second Tuesday of the month for me. That’s why I spent Saturday night making a […]

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  • Conference focuses on survival of small farms

    Conference focuses on survival of small farms

    In the midst of a challenging economy, the 2012 Nevada Small Farm Conference looks to agriculture to help communities rebuild local economies. Western Nevada College will host this year’s Nevada Small Farm Conference March 8-10 at the Fallon Convention Center and Western Nevada College Fallon campus. The event includes four pre-conference workshops, two days of […]

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  • Dining at Dragonfly helps cancer foundation

    Dining at Dragonfly helps cancer foundation

    Dragonfly Restaurant and Sushi Bar has paired up with Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation to help raise money for children battling cancer. The Basa meal prepared by chef and owner Billy McCullough will donate $3 of the sales to this foundation to alleviate the burden for three Truckee families. The Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation’s […]

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