By Kathryn Reed So many recipes are seasonal either because of the ingredients or the weather outside. With winter being at least a six-month long season in Lake Tahoe, soup is always a good choice. Many soups are relatively easy to make and don’t involve going up and down every aisle of the grocery store. […]
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Publisher’s note: Thank you everyone for your fun stories about wine. Janine Green of Carson City was picked by Lake Tahoe News to win the tickets to the Passport Weekend. Her story is below. By Janine Green I remember my first sip, as if it were yesterday. The broad rimmed glass touched my lips as […]
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By Helen Thompson, Sacramento Bee Why is agriculture vital to the Sacramento region? To start, our region’s farms help feed the world. Roughly half of the nation’s specialty crops come from California, while more than 28 percent of the state’s production is shipped overseas. Agriculture also is one of the few regional bright spots in […]
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Lake Tahoe News and the El Dorado Winery Association are teaming up to offer LTN readers two free tickets (value $150) to Passport Weekend. Twenty-six wineries will be participating, with lots of deals and food at each one. The annual event is the weekends of April 10-11 and April 17-18. It’s your choice which weekend […]
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By Kathryn Reed We all have food issues. You know, trigger foods. Foods to make us happy. Cravings. Compulsions. Something where one isn’t enough. French fries. They are my problem. I think an order can qualify as a meal. When I’ve been alone in a drive-through I have ordered two helpings of fries – for […]
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By Jonathan Wright, Reno Gazette-Journal There is the regular way to make a recipe, proceeding by ingredient and method, and then there is the television way. Nancy and Joe Horn, the owners of DISH Café, learned that in January when a Food Network crew occupied their restaurant. The crew was shooting an episode of “Diners, […]
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El Dorado County’s wineries recently brought their version of gold from the Sierra Foothills to San Francisco and returned with valuable sales leads and exposure to a new, appreciative audience. Approximately 300 trade members and consumers enjoyed medal-winning Zinfandel, Bordeaux, Rhone and Burgundian varietals poured by 24 wineries in the posh surroundings of Postrio Restaurant […]
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By Chris Macias, Sacramento Bee Diego Bartolome just wanted to start a salsa business to help his mom after she lost her job. What the El Dorado County fourth-grader didn’t expect was a crash course in red tape. The 10-year-old co-founded a hot little salsa company, grossing $1,000 from his Diego’s Awesome Salsa by December […]
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By Kathryn Reed Paperwork is expected to be signed today to change the ownership, name and look of Chase’s Restaurant at Lake Tahoe Airport. The matter is before the South Lake Tahoe City Council, which meets starting at 9am at the airport. Sam Sonki Ahn has been operating the eatery for about five years. He […]
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Taste medal-winning wines from 24 El Dorado wineries March 20 in San Francisco. In addition to the 100 or so wines available for sampling, there will be live jazz and appetizers including Moroccan braised short ribs, proscuitto-wrapped squab and Hamachi crudo, prepared by local chef Jordan Grosser. Participating El Dorado Wineries: Auriga, Boeger, Busby, Cedarville, […]
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