From left, Jasey and Susanne Johnson and Craig’s son, Bryson, sit down to enjoy Craig’s chilaquiles

Leveling the Playing Field

We all come to the kitchen via our own path. I personally never dreamed of any greatness as a cook other than being able to make good dishes to eat for family and friends. I like to think I do an OK job of it — better than some, not as well as others. I wouldn’t say I learned from the best, but I learned from the best I had: my mom.

From left, Kolin Perry, Nevada Museum of Art assistant curator; Tom Stille, landscape contractor; Apsara DiQuinzio, Nevada Museum of Art senior curator; David Allen Burns, Fallen Fruit artist; and Austin Young, Fallen Fruit artist plant the Monument to Sharing art exhibit and garden at Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. Photo courtesy of Nevada Museum of Art

Fruit Forward

Discover the Monument to Sharing at Nevada Museum of Art. Within Reno’s urban center, a botanical wonderland has emerged. A trip to the Nevada Museum of Art can transport visitors into what could be a Lewis Carroll novel, replete with towering flora and fauna, and a sculpture garden that, though lacking a sign stating, “Eat…

Fractionary Mass (2022) is 8 feet by 9 feet and built out of 12,000 condensed aluminum cans, which Karrasch says equate to 3.4 seconds of U.S. consumption

From Refuse to Muse

Kyle Karrasch’s art opens eyes to environmental issues. For native Nevadan and artist Kyle Karrasch, creative inspiration emerged from his Boy Scouts background and living the organization’s ethos of “leave no trace.” Everywhere he went in his youth, no matter how remote, he saw evidence of human activity in the form of garbage. When he…

Families from Afghanistan, Venezuela, and Guatemala attend this Peace Feast at Idlewild Park in RenoFamilies from Afghanistan, Venezuela, and Guatemala attend this Peace Feast at Idlewild Park in Reno

Meals that Reshape Lives

Reno is not widely known by its residents as a resettlement community for refugees, but with the help of the Northern Nevada International Center, The Biggest Little City now is home to about 100 families who have relocated here from their homelands around the globe, due to circumstances largely out of their control. 

Cody Witt stands in front of a pile of compost at Minden’s Full Circle, which is being filtered to remove large debris. This is the last step before the compost is bagged. Photo by Mary Claire Bouchér

Dirty Secrets

In 1892, the Witt family started dairy farming in Minden. A fifth-generation Nevadan, Cody Witt, co-owner and manager of Full Circle Compost in Minden, learned about soil health from his predecessors’ trial and error on the family ranch.