By Louise Hudson, Dallas Morning News The bubbly allure of beer and Champagne is being adopted by ski resorts around North America — with an educational twist. The latest après ski is beer and distillery tours, private in-room liquor tastings, Champagne toasts on the slopes, and beverage and food pairings. At Aspen, it’s Vive La […]
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By Bart Chambers Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and fire injuries and Thanksgiving Day is one of the peak days for home cooking fires. According to the National Fire Protection Association, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1,760 home cooking fires on Thanksgiving in 2015. Unattended cooking was the leading contributing […]
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By Peter Fish, San Francisco Chronicle There you are, you and friends on a fall afternoon, gathered in a Napa Valley tasting room. You’re primed, pumped, ready to savor the world’s best Cabs, Chardonnays and maybe a Fume Blanc or two. As you swirl and sip, you focus all your brainpower on the wine terms […]
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By Kathryn Reed When I was in Greece in my 20s I lived off gyros. They were easy to come by, super cheap – and oh, so incredibly delicious. They were sold on the street. (Not sure if this is still true.) Vendors would shave off thin slices of lamb from the large spit. The […]
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By Ally Gravina, Moonshine Ink Little Roots Farm, occupying a half-acre of land in Truckee’s Prosser neighborhood, is the only commercial farm within a 50-mile radius. Owned and operated by Todd Karol and Stacie Schultze, graduates of Sierra Nevada College, Little Roots focuses primarily on eight varieties of microgreens and also carries 10 to 20 […]
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By Kathryn Reed This is going to be my new go-to recipe when I need to take an appetizer someplace or when I have friends over. I made it recently for a tennis match. Even the opposing team wanted the recipe. The only labor intensive part is actually roasting the peppers. I’m sure using jarred […]
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By Christopher Mims, Wall Street Journal If you have ever ordered a burrito or a Hawaiian poke bowl through a food-delivery app, you may have been the patron of a virtual restaurant. No, you don’t need to put on a VR headset to experience one, and the food is quite real. What makes these […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s the season for comfort food. This completely fits that description. Shepherd’s pie is something I don’t order at restaurants because it’s usually made with meat. Like a lot of recipes, mushrooms are a good way to make a dish vegetarian friendly. I made this recipe last weekend with the help of […]
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By San Francisco Chronicle When it comes to navigating the myriad grub spots and watering holes that pop up on your phone when you visit Truckee, there’s no better guide than professional snowboarder Danny Davis. The 29-year-old is a two-time Winter X Games gold medalist (in halfpipe), has lived in the snowboarding mecca for the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Fall – that’s what this tastes like. It is so hearty that this dish is a meal unto itself. I was full and wanted more. The next day the flavor profile was even better. On top of that, it’s pretty. Don’t hesitate to serve this to guests. While it will seem like […]
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