Feast Your Eyes
Indulge in good eye health with dark chocolate and wine. Need a reason to clink glasses this week? A glass of red wine and a few squares of dark chocolate […]
From Kale to Carrots
Eat your way to better eye health. Eating a well-balanced diet filled with a variety of fruits and vegetables is not only key for your overall well-being, it’s essential for […]
The Culinary Classroom
Students learn more than knife skills in local high school programs. Though home economics class — or its more modern iteration, family and consumer sciences — is no longer prevalent […]
Reel in Dinner
Native and introduced fish abound in Reno-Tahoe area waters. Snow melts high in the Sierra Nevada backcountry, flooding meadows, snaking through creeks, and filling hundreds of high alpine lakes. In […]
Chew On This
Horney Toad Meats turns Nevada beef into tender jerky. Horney Toad Meats in Fallon is not producing your average gas station jerky. Made from Nevada-raised cows, the jerky is marinated, […]
Wander to The Wheyfarer
Reno cheese shop sells cut-to-order fromage from around the globe. During the pandemic, New Orleans-based pastry chef Amy Lemon found herself hunkering down with her parents in Reno. “I fell […]
Taste of Home
Syrian refugee opens Middle Eastern market. Though Reno feels like home now, that wasn’t always the case for Zakaria Mustafa, who became the first Syrian refugee to be relocated to […]
Frosé All Day
Cool down with an icy version of your favorite summer wine. Rosé has a reputation as an easy-drinking, warm-weather wine that, to quote the oft-repeated rhyming chant at boozy lunches […]
Cooking Up a Career
Commissary kitchens and cottage food permits help boost food entrepreneurs. Let’s state the obvious: Starting a business is hard, and there are unique challenges across industries. But when it comes […]
A Hardy Herd
Hailing from the Pyrenees, a distinctive French cattle breed now grazes in Fallon. As early as the 16th century, Gascon cattle — a rugged, gray-coated, horned breed — could be […]