The weekly farmers market is in South Lake Tahoe today from 8am-1pm in the American Legion parking lot on Highway 50. Growers from El Dorado County and beyond will continue to bring their produce to Tahoe through Oct. 13. A slew of items are available — peaches, peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, onions, garlic, squash and […]
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BY JOHNATHAN L. WRIGHT, Reno Gazette-Journal The match seems a natural one. Chef and farmer, farmer and chef. One supplies bounty; the other shapes it. As easy a pairing, you’d think, as vodka and olives or designer and muse. Today, chefs everywhere extol farm-to-table cooking, but traditionally, the relationship between farmers and chefs has often […]
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Hear Justin Boeger, president of the El Dorado Winery Association, on KTHO AM-590 (www.kthoradio.com) at 10am Saturday or Monday at 6pm talk about what’s going on with this year’s crush and what else is going on with the wine industry in El Dorado County.
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Wilbur Hot Springs will host guest chefs Charlie and Marion Cascio Sept. 25. Charlie Cascio has cooked throughout Europe, including Germany, France, Belgium and Spain. Cascio has worked as a personal chef and has been head chef for numerous restaurants. He has taught natural food cooking seminars to individuals, restaurants, and health professional throughout Europe […]
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More than 2,000 food and wine lovers came out for the 24th Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival last weekend, where they were treated to gourmet demonstrations, fine libations and dozens of delectable creations from some of Sierra Nevada’s finest restaurants. The festival, which took place at the Village at Northstar in Truckee, featured […]
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Lakeside Inn and Casino at Stateline is creating a five-course meal to pair with Chile’s award-winning Montes Alpha winery. The meal begins with a conch salad accentuated by Brazilian xuxu slaw. Montes Alpha’s stainless steel-fermented Sauvignon Blanc will accompany this course and the next. Next up: Puerto Rican prawns sauteed in achiote oil with a […]
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Charbay Tequila Blanco will make its presence known at the Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival. The Sept. 12 tasting at the Village at Northstar will feature Marko Karakasevic, a 13th generation distiller and an integral part of the creative force behind the Charbay Artisan Winery and Distillery in St. Helena. Karakasevic will share […]
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By Kathryn Reed OLYMPIC VILLAGE — “The reality is God is the winemaker — and any winemaker who thinks he is hasn’t been in the industry long enough.” That’s what Sam Sebastiani of the famous Sonoma County Sebastiani family told this reporter years ago for a San Francisco Examiner story. Some would disagree and say […]
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The Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival (Sept. 11-13) at the Village at Northstar in Truckee is offering a number of culinary events for free to celebrate September being California Wine Month. Attendees can peruse the festival’s outdoor Gourmet Marketplace and Trade Fair, which will feature epicurean goods and gifts, and the North Lake […]
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One of North Lake Tahoe’s most heated competitions will pit culinary comrades against each other to determine who rightfully deserves the title of Mountain Chef at the Blazing Pans Cook-Off Sept. 12. The cook-off is part of the three-day Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival (Sept. 11-13) at the Village at Northstar in Truckee. […]
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