Roasted to Perfection
Coffee starts out as a hard green cherry with barely any flavor. The process of roasting transforms it into the aromatic bean that produces our favorite morning beverage.
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Behind the Brews
The Biggest Little City is home to an impressive number of craft breweries where you can casually sip your favorite beers and socialize. But when youโre ready to dive deeper and geek out on the local beer scene, City Brew Tours is your ticket.
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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. But have you ever wondered what happens to the grain once the beer is brewed?
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Lifting Spirits
If Saturday afternoon finds you in search of a tasty tipple, how about crafting your own specialty cocktail? High Mark Distillery in South Reno offers weekly cocktail-mixing and spirit-making classes in its tasting room. The classes are taught by owner/master distiller Felicia Keith-Jones.
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Life is Sweet
Tucked into Mayberry Landing in Reno is a sweet slice of Italy. Dolce Caffรฉ โ or Dolce to regulars โ specializes in traditional Italian baked goods and inviting ambience.
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Feeding a Need
For some Reno-Tahoe residents, thinking about food doesnโt mean deciding which delicious local dining spot to try; instead, it means wondering how they will feed themselves or their families.
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Eat Globally, Act Locally
Itโs obvious from the way they talk about food that Sean Fannan and Kele Song have been bitten by the culinary bug. Theyโve even given their dogs food names: Chili and Pinto.
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Roadside Whiskey Club
On Friday afternoons, the parking lot of Speedway Market at East Peckham Lane and Neil Road is crowded with people getting gas and grabbing snacks. Itโs impossible to tell that this unassuming mini-mart is the home of Renoโs best-loved whiskey club.
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Feast of the Seven Fishes
Some holidays are so intimately linked with certain foods that we canโt imagine one without the other. For Mark Estee, CEO of Renoโs Local Food Group, Christmas Eve has always meant oil fondue since he was a child.
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From Vietnam with Love
You could say cooking runs in Kate Huynhโs blood. Her great-grandfather was an executive chef, and her mother, a celebrated home cook, and both inspired the traditional Vietnamese recipes found at Sip of Saigon, a new eatery in Sparks.
