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 maintaining your vision and eye health. And it’s about a whole lot more than crunching on carrot sticks. For decades, the humble orange root vegetable […]
Bourbon Worth Barking About
Two Bitch Spirits blends sweet, smooth bourbon in historic Eureka. The desert giveth, and the desert taketh away. It’s a truth held by Lauren and Joe Luby, whose beloved dog, Mocha Bean, ran off into the sagebrush and was never to be found again. Months later, as they continued to search shelters for Mocha, they […]
Members Only
Join the club and support your local booze biz with a membership. Buy booze; build community. That’s the motto of Reno-Tahoe breweries, wineries, and distilleries who’ve launched their own clubs to reward regulars with discounts, exclusive events, and personalized swag. From beer-pairing dinners to handmade engraved bovine horn mugs, the unique perks of joining these […]
Rebuilding for Resilience
Nearly three years since the pandemic hit, Reno-Tahoe’s food community grapples with new challenges and opportunities. Pivot, adapt, innovate — these were the words the food industry lived by when March 2020 arrived and the world as we knew it came to a grinding halt. Shifting regulations, layoffs, fearful employees and customers, and uncertain bottom […]
A Cut Above
Family-run ranch raises grass-fed wagyu in the High Sierra. In the lush Genesee Valley at 3,500 feet elevation, black-horned cows graze in chest-high grass, with the granite peaks of the Sierra Nevada looming behind them. Surrounded by the Plumas National Forest, roughly 30 miles southeast of Lake Almanor, the historic Genesee Valley Ranch is a […]
Shuck Yeah!
New England-inspired seafood pop-up launches in Tahoe-Truckee. As a fifth-generation Rhode Islander, Zack Duksta grew up watching his dad layer kelp, corn, potatoes, linguica, and clams in a large pot for family lobster boils; catching striped bass to cook back at the beach house; and learning how to shuck oysters at a young age. “My […]
Milk Master Mix
Diving into horchata’s history. While ordering your customary carnitas tacos at your favorite Mexican joint, you’ve likely seen a large dispenser full of a milky beverage flecked with cinnamon — horchata. Like most culinary creations, the white rice-based drink, a staple in Mexican cuisine, has an origin story with a unique — and at times, […]
Dog Days
Five pup-approved patios to enjoy this summer. Summer is for relaxing on patios, ordering small bites and cocktails, and enjoying quality time with your friends — of both the two- and four-legged varieties. Across Reno-Tahoe, owners of quite a few restaurants, bars, and breweries allow dogs to join your fun. It may take extra permitting […]
Farm to Flour
Mile High Mill & Grain Co. brings high-quality organic flour to Reno-Tahoe. Putting food on families’ tables always was a dream for Tom and Andrea Traphagan. The two spent two decades indirectly doing so as they farmed alfalfa and grain hay for livestock feed on roughly 800 acres in Standish and Ravendale, Calif. The Traphagans […]
Leading by example
South Lake Tahoe mayor mixes it up with veggies and tofu on the smoker. Meat-and-potatoes-type dishes fueled Devin Middlebrook’s outdoor adventures while growing up in South Lake Tahoe. Now, the 33-year-old mayor of that very city can be found perusing vegan cookbooks and experimenting with vegetables on his smoker. “My mom was always cooking. Her […]