Humans have invented a surprising number of ways to extract brown bean water from a coffee berry. To celebrate those innovations (imagine life without them!) and our local coffee lovers, we talked to four well-known locals to find out how they like their cups of joe and how they fell in love with it in the first place.
Chapel Tavern in Midtown Reno has been known to push creative boundaries. Now itโs happened once again with the installation of a complex cascading barrel-aging system called a solera (Spanish for โon the ground,โ referring to the transfer downward through barrels) designed to produce a custom cocktail experience.
In late 2023, Kevin Ashton traveled to rural Florida to visit his parents. While he was shopping for dinner in a local grocery store, the bagger recognized him from his TikTok cooking videos and excitedly told Ashton how much she loves his recipes.
Brian Duggan loves the French concept of mise en place, as it applies to preparing every ingredient and carefully planning a meal in the kitchen, but also at work. In both cases, heโs always looking to the future. He calls it a โpreparation mindset.โ
Steven (better known as Steve) Silva compares himself to a short-order cook when heโs making dinner for four children, ages 4 to 10, and his wife, Katie, director of digital marketing and communications at the Peppermill Resort Hotel in Reno.
Jerky makes an excellent snack for outdoor activities or even during the 3 p.m. slump at work, when a candy bar wonโt cut the post-lunch munchies. And, according to Austin Pollard, a social work professional in Reno, it is easy to make, which saves money compared to buying bags of jerky at the store, connects you to the origin of your food, and provides opportunities for customization.
A decade ago, the Nevada craft liquor law created a new way of doing business. It allowed local distillers to make alcohol from scratch with natural ingredients instead of buying neutral grain spirits from large out-of-state factories.
On a sunbathed hillside overlooking Spanish Springs, children roam free on Kool Kids Ranch โ free to chase chickens, milk goats, and feed miniature cows. Owners Cheryl and Kenny Wright teach nine school-aged children (including their own) how to work a small livestock production ranch, and it all started because of the pandemic.
Six years ago, Karen Nichols and her husband, Louie Adame, were looking for a new place to live. They had no idea, as they drove to Fallon to see a house, that they would end up owning an orchard two months later.
While many home cooks may prefer the tenderness and ease of baby back pork ribs, Ed Ferencik Sr., co-owner of Butcherโs Kitchen Char-B-Que in South Reno, says St. Louis-style spareribs are worth the time and effort.