Wine lovers can enjoy early fall in the Sierra at the 25th annual Alpen Wine Festival on Sept. 1 from 2-5pm at the Village at Squaw Valley. All proceeds from the festival benefit Can Do Multiple Sclerosis, a national nonprofit organization sponsoring lifestyle empowerment programs for people with MS and their support partners. For a […]
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By Megan Willett, Business Insider It’s time to eat all of the fresh lobster, seafood, and summer fare we can before Labor Day. But here’s something to think about while downing every lobster roll in sight before summer’s end — our beloved shellfish was once a throw-away food. Back when the first European settlers reached […]
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The 10th annual Downtown Truckee Wine, Walk & Shop is Oct. 5 from noon to 4pm. For $45 ($40 in advance), attendees will receive a special anniversary commemorative wine glass, a program and map to participating venues and five tickets for food tastings at any of the participating locations in the heart of downtown Truckee. […]
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By Tracy Miller, New York Daily News If you’re under 55, you might want to re-think that fourth, fifth or sixth cup of Joe: A new study holds troubling news for younger coffee lovers. Drinking more than 28 cups of coffee a week – about four per day – was linked to a 21 percent […]
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By Eliza Barclay, NPR Fortunately for those of us who are suckers for novelty, every year fruits and vegetables seem to come in more bewitching colors, shapes and flavors. Lately, we’ve been tickled by the cotton candy grape and the vibrant orange Turkish eggplant. If you go to the farmers market this time of year, […]
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By Sumathi Reddy, Wall Street Journal It isn’t just the beer that contributes to beer bellies. It could also be the extra calories, fat and unhealthy eating choices that may come with moderate drinking. A recent study found that men consume an additional 433 calories (equivalent to a McDonald’s double cheeseburger) on days they drink […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sometimes I wonder why I hang on to emails. Some just sit in the in box, others are filed into categories. And every now and again there’s a nugget hiding there. While doing some cleansing of an email account I came across correspondence from John MacCready, owner and winemaker at Sierra Vista […]
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By Kathryn Reed It seems like so many of the food magazines I was reading at the start of summer had a slew of recipes for burger toppings, dips and spreads. They all sounded so yummy, but I never made any of them. This weekend Sue was barbecuing corn and I thought something other than […]
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By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times Heavy rains and persistent heat in the Eastern U.S. have devastated that region’s lettuce crop. So buyers are turning to America’s salad bowl: California. Growers in the Golden State are seeing wholesale prices for their leafy greens and other vegetables soar because of demand on the other side of […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – Coming off one of the warmest Julys on record, a June that saw several triple digit days and an August that has a forecast for the 80s later this week – being a winemaker can cause one’s head to spin or the need to open another bottle to take off […]
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