Destination Hotels & Resorts, parent company of Resort at Squaw Creek, is creating a Kids Healthy Recipe Contest in support of this being National Nutrition Month. The contest encourages consumers to submit their favorite healthy recipe children enjoy eating. The winning recipe will be featured on the company’s Kids Café healthy menu selections for a […]
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Tahoe Cross Country hosts its 10th annual Gourmet Ski Tour March 13. Bring skis or snowshoes or rent gear for the 1-3pm trek along a one-mile trail filled with food and wine kiosks. Cost is $30 adults, $25 ages 13 to 17, free for 12 and younger. Price includes an afternoon trail pass. Dessert in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sometimes it’s the simplest of suggestions – like a different green salad – that can change a whole meal. My friend Sheri knew I was having some friends over and lasagna was on the menu. She suggested the salad below. It’s good to try new things. Seldom am I adventuresome with salads […]
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By Mary Widdifield Yes, sir. There is a gap in my resume. That’s right, 12 years out of the workforce. And no, it isn’t a misprint that I garnered experience in sales, marketing, public relations, management and inventory control. That would be the Girl Scout cookie sales. Try managing inventory of 660 boxes of Thin […]
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In celebration of National Pancake Day, IHOP restaurants nationwide – including the one in South Lake Tahoe — will offer each guest a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. This year, IHOP is hoping to stack up more donations than before, with […]
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By Jerome E. Horton The California Board of Equalization this week approved the Alcoholic Beverage Tax Regulation 2558.1 and authorized its publication, beginning the formal rule making process. The next step is a 45-day comment period which will lead to a public hearing in front of the board in May. This new regulation clarifies the […]
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Dragonfly Restaurant and Sushi Bar is partnering with Slow Food Lake Tahoe to host a twist on the community supported agriculture box. It’s slated for March 2 at 6pm in downtown Truckee. Attendees will get to solve the mysteries contained in CSA veggie boxes by visiting food demo stations, trying their hand at rolling rice […]
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By Kathryn Reed Puttanesca probably wasn’t on a vocabulary or spelling test when Klaire Pirtle was principal of Kingsbury Middle or Minden Elementary schools. That’s because the Italian dish is better known as “whore’s style spaghetti.” The retired Douglas County School District educator helped her daughter, Amber Asbjornsen, whip up a bowl of puttanesca worthy […]
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By Jack Sommars, AAHA The folks at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ (ASPCA) Poison Control Center don’t need a calendar to know when it’s Christmas or Valentine’s Day. Their phones ring off the hook. Yet another pet — most likely a dog — has gotten into some chocolate. “We actually […]
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Each year the Rotary Club of Truckee selects a local nonprofit group to run the silent auction at the annual Crab and Pasta Feed which is slated for March 19. The High Fives Foundation is this year’s group. In addition to the traditional live auction, this year’s event will include a performance by comedian Rick […]
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