Plain chicken be gone. Simple salt and pepper are too boring. Our food deserves better.
Cooking can feel mundane when itโs a daily necessity. So spice up your life. Literally.
First, letโs clarify the difference between herbs and spices. Herbs are created from the leaf of a plant and often dried. Spices are created from the berries, buds, bark, seeds, or flower stigmas of plants.
One major lesson weโve learned from the pandemic is food systems are fragile. A single misstep in the climate, growing cycle, or supply chain can limit the availability of food sources, especially in rural areas.
As winter turns to spring, the shift not only can be seen outside your window โ you can taste it, too, at the Atlantis Steakhouse, where chef Darren Stanley showcases natureโs quarterly metamorphosis through the ingredients found on each guestโs plate.
What do Carson Cityโs Western Nevada College; the University of California, Berkeley; and Arizona State University have in common? They are the only three colleges in the region to receive money from a federal 2020-21 Pollution Prevention Grant Program through the Environmental Protection Agency.
As a child, Karen Hinton was immersed in farming and ranching in the Texas panhandle on her familyโs expansive acreage. In the small town of Happy, Texas, with a population that only numbered in the hundreds, 4-H was a place for children to learn life skills โ an edifying club in which her whole family was involved.
When it comes to the cocktails he concocts for his guests, Steven Sedillos, the Atlantis Casino Resort Spaโs property mixologist, enjoys creative combinations and finds inspiration throughout the region โฆ including some unusual locales.
While winter always brings a plethora of apple-filled treats, from pies to ciders, another smaller variety of the beloved fruit demurely rests beside the kings of the orchard, plentiful in winter and begging to be used: the crab apple.
Amid the verdant Sierra Valley, a solitary acre produces joy for hundreds of people each October. Going into its sixth year, Li’l Meg’s Pumpkin Patch brings a festive air to fall with games, baked goods, artist booths, and a plethora of pumpkins.
Each day, a bustling, pasta-producing shop deep within the Eldorado Resort Casino โ with executive chef and Northern Italy native Ivano Centemeri at the helm โ makes all of the needed pasta for nine restaurants at The Row, a conglomeration of three Downtown Reno casino resorts.