Skier drink special at Lakeside Inn
Lakeside Inn and Casino in Stateline is offering a free drink to skiers between 4-7pm every day. Flash a season pass, lift ticket, or mountain employee ID from any resort to get a drink toke.
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Local ingredients inspire Fairmont Whistler chef
By Kathryn Reed WHISTLER, British Columbia — “Bring on the Games” is Vincent Stufano’s approach to the Olympics, which begin this week in his native country. Stufano, who hails from Montreal, is the executive chef at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Fortunate for him, his favorite Olympic sport, the luge, can almost be seen from where […]
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Last Tracks wine-ski event returns to Diamond Peak
Diamond Peak ski resort in Incline Village is bringing back its Last Tracks wine event starting Feb. 6 For $29 participants can the last chairlift to the mid-mountain Snowflake Lodge and enjoy wine tasting and appetizers before skiing down a freshly groomed run at sunset. Last Tracks Schedule Feb. 6 – Sebastiani Feb. 13 – […]
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Barrel of fun at El Dorado County wineries
By Kathryn Reed PLEASANT VALLEY — Who needs a bottle when you have the whole barrel? It was more like who needs today’s wine when you can have tomorrow’s during the annual Bring Out the Barrel wine tasting event at 22 El Dorado County wineries last weekend. Tasting rooms were full of people out for […]
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Teter-ing on a slope of syrup
Publisher’s note: This first appeared in the December 2006 issue of the Tahoe Mountain News and is reprinted with permission. Hannah Teter hopes to repeat her 2006 performance in Vancouver next month. By Kathryn Reed Kobe beef, Mouton Rothschild Cabernet, Swiss chocolate — certain foods and beverages stand above the rest. For those who know […]
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Farmers market cookbook to be published
Two women who love fresh food and cooking spent 2009 cooking up a fresh idea. Joanne Neft and Laura Caballero cooked weekly dinners using fresh Placer County produce and meat for eight guests for 52 weeks. The fruit of their labor? A 300-page cookbook called “Placer County Real Food” will be coming out in April. […]
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Inn-credible Black Bear breakfast
Publisher’s note: This is reprinted with permission from the January 2006 issue of the Tahoe Mountain News. The Black Bear Inn now has a cookbook for purchase full of breakfast recipes. By Kathryn Reed Living in Tahoe provides for some spectacular weekends — like the one just before the holidays arrived. How can you beat […]
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Chilly weather good for some state crops
Sacramento Bee Apparently all this cold weather has done more than just drive us into our kitchens to cook soup and bake bread – it’s aiding fruit and nut trees. Most fruit and nut trees need a certain amount of chill hours – recorded when the temperature drops below 45 degrees – in order to […]
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Food Network films in Reno
By Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal Chris Etcheverry and Jeannie Janning went to Reno’s Dish Cafe for a bite to eat today and wound up in front of a camera wielded by a crew filming a segment for Guy Fieri’s television series, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. “You take a bite of the food and they ask […]
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Skater-winery owner Fleming to host dinner at Squaw
Peggy Fleming, the 1968 Olympic figure skating champion, and husband Greg Jenkins will be at the Resort at Squaw Creek on Jan. 15 to promote their Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery of Los Gatos A “Skate and Taste” is from 4 to 5:15pm at the resort’s ice rink for $20. A four-course dinner at Six […]
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