By Dan Myers, TheDailyMeal.com The hot dog is one of the few foods that’s nearly impossible to screw up. You heat it through, tuck it into a bun, squirt on some mustard, and call it lunch. But there’s a big difference between not screwing something up and turning it into a paradigm-shifting, transcendental dining experience. […]
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By Sam Dean, Bon Appetite As far as we’re concerned, the mint julep is as important to the Kentucky Derby as the horses, or the jockeys, or whatever it is everyone seems to be cheering about while we launch our faces into another leafy sprig of mint. It’s the quintessential Southern drink–the sweaty climate calls […]
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A scientist responsible for discovering the family ties of several varieties of wine grapes and a vineyard responsible for the rediscovery of the Sierra foothills as prime viticulture territory are receiving the California State Fair’s top wine and viticulture honors. Carole Meredith, professor emerita of the Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis, is […]
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By Kathryn Reed Fresh produce is about to arrive on the South Shore – and it doesn’t involve a grocery store. The farmers’ market season begins Friday at Kahle Community Park in Stateline. This is the first market to open in the area. It will be one of three on the South Shore. Markets throughout […]
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By Donna Jones, Santa Cruz Sentinel WATSONVILLE — Cathy Calfo couldn’t help but be impressed by the wholesale produce market in Guangzhou, China, with its 40,000 workers, hundreds of trucks, and “unimaginable” quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables changing hands in all-cash transactions. Calfo, executive director and chief executive officer of Santa Cruz-based California Certified […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – Like all farmers, grape growers have a precarious relationship with Mother Nature. “In 2011 we never picked the Merlot. If the birds won’t eat it, you can’t make wine,” Vaughn Jodar of Jodar Vineyards in Placerville told Lake Tahoe News. “2012 was beautiful. People are thrilled with the wines out […]
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By Kathryn Reed I’m still trying to understand what, “It’s a little too mushroomy” means. “Too mushroomy” is like a foreign language to me with no English translation. While at first the phrase uttered by Sue bothered me, it didn’t take me long to realize that meant I didn’t have to share my mushrooms. That, […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – Based on the number of cases leaving wineries and headed for vehicles, wine sales in El Dorado County are doing well. Granted, buyers could have been lured by last weekend being the first of two weekends of the annual Passport where there are some special deals going on that aren’t […]
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By Kathryn Reed One would think my reading comprehension would be better than it is at times. Well, at least my memory isn’t so good. And skimming is not a good thing to do when reading a recipe. Had I remembered reading the first paragraph of the recipe, I would not have made the frosting […]
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By Kathryn Reed Scrambled eggs are just about the only way I make eggs. But that can get a wee bit old even for someone who doesn’t make them that often. The recipe below is something I made for Sue for her birthday earlier this month. I think it would be a perfect Mother’s Day […]
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