Christina Nellemann

  • A Republic of Riches

    A nation lies within Nevadaโ€™s borders. It has its own navy, space program, railroad, and postal service. MoonPies, cookie dough, and the San Francisco-based historical figure Emperor Norton are revered. Onions, incandescent bulbs, and plastic shopping bags are prohibited.

  • Quick Pickles

    The โ€œWe can pickle thatโ€ skit from Portlandia had it (nearly) perfect: Just about everything in your kitchen can be pickled. Quick pickles make the preservation process even easier and provide instant gratification and snackification.

  • Green Your Kitchen

    Most of us have grown up hearing about the three Rs of conservation: reduce, reuse, and recycle. Kim Rios, sustainability coordinator for Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, emphasizes the importance of two more we should follow to reduce kitchen waste: refuse and rot. Maybe we can even add a sixth R, review, to the list?

  • Oh, Baby!

    Nothing says spring like a downy chick or woolly lamb cuddling against a childโ€™s cheek.

    These and other young ones are what guests will see and experience during Andelin Family Farmโ€™s annual Baby Animal Days, April 7 โ€“ 30.

  • Clean and Clear

    After the New Yearโ€™s Eve Champagne has flowed and the cocktails are consumed, the inevitable is bound to happen: the New Yearโ€™s Day hangover. If the plan is to party hard through the night then the same plan should include a way to remedy the ramifications.

  • Raising the Big Three

    Located about an hour north of Reno, the family-run, 500-acre ranch hugs the north end of Honey Lake near the small towns of Janesville and Buntingville in Lassen County, Calif. The ranch has sweeping views of Honey Lake Valley and Thompson Peak, and itโ€™s filled with the sounds of birds and the bleating of young lambs.