Washoe Valley Wagyu
Nick Colonna has worn a lot of different hats in his lifetime — psychology student, stockbroker, mountain guide, metal fabricator, and, now, rancher.
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Quail Quest
From the thicketed banks of the Truckee River to the meandering alpine creeks atop Mount Rose, plump, ground-dwelling quail skitter about in search of seeds and insects.
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Six Generations of Tradition
Amid the grassy meadows, sagebrush, and pine forests of the Sierra Valley, sheep munch on native flora and sip from fresh alpine water on lands where Anna Harvey’s family has been grazing livestock since 1916.
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True Tiki
A true tiki bar is about more than fruity drinks in imaginative glassware, and the husband-and-wife duo behind Pele Utu in Reno are only interested in providing the real deal.
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From (Football) Field to Fork
Food is certainly fuel for Jesse Felker, a personal trainer and veteran quarterback on the Nevada Storm, Northern Nevada’s female full-contact football team — but it’s also about family, in all its forms.
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Stove Art
Inside a converted 1938 baggage car from the Carson and Colorado Railway located in Dayton, artist Steven Saylor captures Nevada governors, celebrities, and the cowboys and saloons that define the Nevada’s rugged spirit, one brushstroke at a time.
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A New Season to Grow
Revitalization underway for Incline Village garden. Nestled among the pine trees on the University of Nevada, Reno’s Sierra Nevada College campus in Incline Village, a once-thriving demonstration garden is undergoing a transformation. Originally established in 1994 through a partnership between community volunteers, Washoe County Master Gardeners, and Sierra Nevada College, the garden has long been…
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The Culinary Classroom
Though home economics class — or its more modern iteration, family and consumer sciences — is no longer prevalent in high schools, students are learning kitchen skills in a new way across Reno-Tahoe.
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Frosé All Day
Rosé has a reputation as an easy-drinking, warm-weather wine that, to quote the oft-repeated rhyming chant at boozy lunches and bachelorette parties, is ideal for drinking all day.
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Chew On This
Horney Toad Meats in Fallon is not producing your average gas station jerky. Made from Nevada-raised cows, the jerky is marinated, slow-cooked, and smoked using no artificial additives, preservatives, or fillers.
