By Eric Guevin You will be thankful if you don’t let fire gobble up your holiday. Cooking fires continue to be the most common type of fires experienced by households in the United States. This is even more apparent during the holidays. There is an increased incidence of cooking fires on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Adapting to change – that’s Dale Dodd’s approach to staying viable in the always unpredictable restaurant business. Unable to come to an agreement with his landlord on Ski Run Boulevard, Dodd decided to move his 20-year-old Scusa’s restaurant to Highway 50 in the middle of South Lake Tahoe where he had been […]
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By Kathryn Reed Vegetables keep being washed. Knives don’t seem to stop. Bread comes and goes from the oven. Cranberries whir in the food processor. It’s Sunday afternoon and the kitchen at Grace Hall in South Lake Tahoe is a bevy of activity in preparation for tonight’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner. With 275 people served […]
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By Kathryn Reed I’ve become addicted to homegrown carrots. But my supplier says I’ve been cut off. The season is over. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do. I don’t want to share the soup I made with my last bag of those luscious orange veggies. I had good intentions to do so before […]
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It’s being billed as a Beer & Food Festival – the combination of six Lagunita’s Brewing Company specialty beers paired with food from Dragonfly. The Dec. 1 event is from 6 to 9pm at the Truckee restaurant. Attendees can stop in anytime during the evening and roam the food and beer stations. Cost is $32. […]
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By Jeff Pelline, Sacramento Bee When it comes to finding farm-fresh citrus, most people think of Florida or California’s San Joaquin Valley. But the Sierra foothills are home to the crème de la crème of citrus: the mountain mandarin. The mandarin is a true citrus experience. It has a sweet and tangy scent, is seedless, […]
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By Mary Clare Jalonick, Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Congress wants to keep pizza and French fries on school lunch lines, fighting back against an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier. The final version of a spending bill released late Monday would unravel school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year, which […]
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By Kathryn Reed Some people read cookbooks like they are novels. That’s what my friend Toni does. I approach them as books with recipes – not much more. Now, it’s not quite that simplistic. I often go to cookbooks to try something more, to challenge myself, to make something special, to use an ingredient I […]
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By Kathryn Reed This is going to be the most expensive Thanksgiving dinner you’ve ever had. At least that’s what the American Farm Bureau Federation is saying. Each year the organization prices out what a turkey dinner for 10 people will cost. It’s gone up 13 percent since 2010 – the largest one-year spike since […]
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A line at the table was a good indicator Silkwood would end up being the people’s choice for best winery Friday night at the annual Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe wine tasting. The Modesto winery’s Syrah is the only red wine served in first class on JAL. They started pouring early, having been in town […]
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