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Lou Manna

Lou Manna

Lou Manna is an award-winning professional photographer from New York City, recognized as one of the Top 10 food photographers in the world. With years of photojournalistic experience at The New York Times and a photo studio in NYC, Lou is known for utilizing unique viewpoints, simple composition, and various lighting techniques.

Photos by Lou Manna

Winter 2025
Slow-Cooked Luxury
For countless families across our community, tamales hold special meaning, especially around the holidays.
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Winter 2025
Right on Target
From the thicketed banks of the Truckee River to the meandering alpine creeks atop Mount Rose, plump, ground-dwelling quail skitter…
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Fall 2025
Fighting Food Insecurity
One in seven Nevadans faces hunger daily. One in five children in Nevada doesn’t know when their next meal will…
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Fall 2025
Full Circle: Beer Grain to Beef
Part of the joy of visiting your favorite brewery is the tantalizing aroma of roasted grain, reminiscent of baking bread…
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Summer 2025
A Perilous Palette for the Palate
“I do not like green eggs and ham! I do not like them, Sam I am!” With those lyrical, rhyming…
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Cooks 2025
Stove Art
Inside a converted 1938 baggage car from the Carson and Colorado Railway located in Dayton, artist Steven Saylor captures Nevada…
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Cooks 2025
Silver State Cuisine Defined
I am at the Flag Store Sign & Banner in Sparks, wading through a sea of colorful Nevada T-shirts, memorabilia,…
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Drinks 2025
Lifting Spirits
If Saturday afternoon finds you in search of a tasty tipple, how about crafting your own specialty cocktail? High Mark…
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Winter 2024
Fantastic Fondue
Fondue started as a meager meal option for 18th century Swiss families to stretch their paltry resources during the winter…
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Fall 2024
Behind the Bookcase
Often hidden behind unmarked doors and perhaps requiring whispered passwords, modern speakeasies offer a nostalgic glimpse into the country’s Prohibition…
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Fall 2024
Feeding a Need
For some Reno-Tahoe residents, thinking about food doesn’t mean deciding which delicious local dining spot to try; instead, it means…
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Summer 2024
When Life Hands You Lemons … Open a Stand!
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Reno as shown by these examples of hardworking, ambitious, and adorable youths…
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Summer 2024
Crêpe Adventure
Few foods offer as much variety as the crêpe. The soft, thin confection creates an ideal foundation for sweet, savory,…
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Cooks 2024
Eat Globally, Act Locally
It’s obvious from the way they talk about food that Sean Fannan and Kele Song have been bitten by the…
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Cooks 2024
Changing Stereotypes
There is something about Vanessa Vancour that makes you feel like you’re talking to an old friend. Her warmth is…
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Spring 2024
Pizza Our Hearts
Pablo Puluke Giet has baked himself into a niche. Operating under the business name Von Pablo, Giet is a certified…
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Drinks 2024
Bringing Back a Classic
Besides those daunting resolutions, the ultimate new year’s dilemma has got to be how to use up those unused bottles…
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Winter 2023
Made With Love
The nostalgia of fresh doughnuts inspires family togetherness, homey holidays, and cozy contentment. Add in warm notes of pumpkin spice,…
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Fall 2023
Biggest Little Bee City
Reno is all abuzz with its progress on pollinator protection. Last year, Reno followed Carson City’s lead and joined the…
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Summer 2023
Farmers’ Market Pioneer
In 1993, Shirley Sponsler opened the first farmers’ market in Nevada. The 2023 season marks the 30th anniversary of Shirley’s…
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Summer 2023
Pickle Pops
Next time the last pickle is pulled from the jar, be sure to keep the juice handy for popsicles.
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Cooks 2023
Immerse Yourself
Have you always wanted to have your own cooking show? Perhaps create a pop-up restaurant and make your family’s treasured…
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Cooks 2023
Endless Pastabilities
It is hard to imagine Reno without its strong Italian heritage. The presence of Italian immigrants in our area dates…
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Cooks 2023
Tools of the Tolleses
On the first of this year, former Nevada assemblywoman and University of Nevada, Reno professor Jill Tolles stepped into her…
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Spring 2023
Sip of the Irish
The essential ingredients instilled in any Irish bar are a strong sense of family, history, and a solid offering of…
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Drinks 2023
Mull It Over
Mulling over what hot beverages to serve while the temperatures are bone-chilling? Perhaps you want something non-alcoholic but fitting for…
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Stories by Lou Manna

Summer 2024
When Life Hands You Lemons … Open a Stand!
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Reno as shown by these examples of hardworking, ambitious, and adorable youths…
Read More When Life Hands You Lemons … Open a Stand!