By Chris Macias, Sacramento Bee If you’re rooting for the San Francisco Giants as the World Series kicks off today, there’s one wine you should keep by your side. Tip your cap and take a sip from Bumgarner Wines. OK, so the winery owners aren’t related to Madison Bumgarner, the Giants lefty who pitched two […]
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Best-selling author Terry Walters, whose bestselling first book “Clean Food” fueled a nationwide “clean” movement, will teach Reno how simple and uncomplicated it is to eat cleaner and add more whole foods to their lives. Her new book “Clean Start” (Sterling Epicure, November 2010) is designed to be an all-you’ll-ever-need guide for a healthy and […]
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By Jessie Price, EatingWell My pantry at home is always well-stocked. (Actually most people would probably call it overstocked.) I don’t feel right if my cupboards are bare. And once I started working on our new book, EatingWell on a Budget, I realized that my pantry-stocking obsession also had the benefit of helping me save […]
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By Kathryn Reed WOODSTOCK, Vt. — As a vegetarian, I have a few simple ways to rate a good menu. No. 1, there is something on it I will eat. No. 2, the choices are not a veggie burger (unless it’s a burger joint or something like that) or a portabella sandwich. Growing in importance […]
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With a resume that ranges from culinary apprenticeship at Walt Disney World to designing menus for visiting Olympic athletes, Danny Stoddard is primed for his new position as Tahoe Truckee Unified School District’s culinary operations manager. Stoddard will be responsible for bringing the district’s new food philosophy to life by developing recipes, menus and supervising […]
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By Chris Macias, Sacramento Bee Dahlynn McKowen kept noticing the tapping in people’s palms when she visited wine tasting rooms around the Sierra Foothills and beyond. Wine tasters, especially the younger ones, just couldn’t get enough of their smart phones – between sips. McKowen knew it was time to develop a wine application for the […]
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El Dorado’s family-owned wineries will raise a special toast to their Silver State neighbors Oct. 29-31, celebrating Nevada Day with complimentary tastings and special promotions in their tasting rooms. From that Friday through Sunday, Silver State residents can take advantage of special promotions in El Dorado’s tasting rooms. And everyone, regardless of residency, is invited […]
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Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe’s 2010 An Evening of Food & Wine Tasting is Nov. 12 from 6-9:30pm at Harrah’s convention center in Stateline. Eighteen restaurants and 32 vintners are part of the event. Tickets are $65 each and can be purchased from a SISLT member or online. In addition to the main event […]
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Lone Eagle Grille in Incline Village kicks off its Winemaker Dinner Series with Gregory Graham on Oct. 15 at 6pm. Nine years ago Graham set out to produce world-class wines from Lake County. His hands-on approach to winemaking, complemented by 25 years of experience, is giving consumers fresh, structured, fruit-forward vintages that are reflective of […]
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By Robert Celaschi, Comstock Just as winemakers won’t put just any old juice in a barrel, they won’t use any old barrel either. For one wine, it’s French oak. For another, American. For yet another, Hungarian. In some cases the wine goes into a steel tank and never touches oak of any kind. When winemakers […]
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