By Kathryn Reed I’ve had a thing for corn this summer. But that’s not the best food choice when someone in the house has braces. The recipe below, though, makes these yellow nuggets edible for her. It seems like every ear I buy at the farmers’ market is sweeter than the next. While these enchiladas […]
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By Geoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times If you want to slow climate change, white meat may be the right meat, according to two studies that tally the environmental effect of the beef industry. Raising cattle in the U.S. requires 28 times as much land and 11 times as much irrigation water, and pumps at least […]
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Sugar Bowl Resort will kick off its annual dining series at Donner Summit’s Lake Mary on July 18. There will be 13 dinners on the shores of private Lake Mary, with a portion of each evening’s proceeds benefiting different local nonprofits. Chef Alan Davis serves French-inspired California cuisine paired with a wide selection of wines, […]
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By Ari LeVaux, Outdoor Walmart, already one of the country’s largest distributors of organic foods, will gobble up additional market share this summer, thanks to a deal it struck with Wild Oats to carry more than 100 of the natural-food chain’s house-branded products. The agreement, coming on the heels of Target’s Simply Balanced line, which […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review Journal CARSON CITY — A coalition of wine enthusiasts has formed to lobby the 2015 Legislature to allow production and sales of the fermented beverage in Clark and Washoe counties. Nevada law now bans the selling of wine that is made “on premise” in counties with more than 100,000 […]
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By Kathryn Reed OLYMPIC VALLEY – Heirloom tomatoes, corn bisque and black trumpet mushrooms = heaven, even for a carnivore. Chef Chad Shrewsbury had guests of this month’s Study of the Seasons: Farm to Tahoe dinner at the Resort at Squaw Creek’s Six Peaks Grille raving about his ability to transform ordinary ingredients into extraordinary […]
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By Allison Aubrey, NPR Eat more when you’re stressed? You’re not alone. More than a third of the participants in a national survey conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health said they change their diets during stressful times. And many of us are quick to turn to […]
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By Willa Young, Los Angeles Times Skip the peaches and cheese, farmers market guests can now sample wine at farmers markets all over California. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a measure into law Tuesday that allows farmers markets to conduct wine and cider tastings. The bill, AB2488, was approved by the Assembly and the Senate of […]
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By Kathryn Reed I remember when I grew zucchini it got to the point I had so much even my colleagues were tired of it. Squash can be prolific. And while it’s possible to get zucchini year-round, I’ll get on my soapbox and shout – fresh is best. Now is the time to be loading […]
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Squaw Valley Institute is having a farm to table dinner Aug. 21 at the historic Poulsen family estate in the heart of Squaw Valley. The evening will have an Argentinian culinary flair. Local chefs such as Elsa Corrigan of Mamasaki, John and Nyna Weatherson of Trokay, Wyatt DuFresne of Plumpjack’s, Billy McCullough of Dragonfly and […]
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