Edible Traditions – Beet It
edible traditions BEET IT A not-so-sweet story of Fallon’s sugar beet industry. WRITTEN BY SHARON HONIG-BEARPHOTOS COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SPECIAL COLLECTIONS When you think of Northern Nevada agriculture, Fallon probably comes to mind. Hearts of gold melons? Check. Alfalfa fields everywhere? Sure. A burgeoning wine and spirits industry? Impressive. Fields of sugar […]
Edible Art – Celebrating Youth
edible art CELEBRATING YOUTH Local artist presents paintings of children’s lives enhanced by healthy foods. WRITTEN AND ARTWORK BY ALANNA MCDANIEL This is that magical time of year, when children of any age revel in earth’s sumptuous hues, hallowed bounties, and splendorous pageantry. Wonderment seems to weave through each fresh autumn breeze. We celebrate the […]
Edible Notables – The Great Pumpkin
edible notables THE GREAT PUMPKIN Reno sculptor creates 10,000-pound masterpiece. WRITTEN BY ANN LINDEMANNPHOTO BY PETER HAZEL Although Mathias Willemijns of Belgium earned the Guinness World Record for heaviest pumpkin with his 2,624-pound beauty, he has nothing on Peter Hazel and his 5-ton whopper. But, unlike Willemijns, Hazel’s giant pumpkin is made of steel, cement, […]
Last Bite – Fall 2017
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Edible Notables – Back to Basics
edible notables BACK TO BASICS Homesteading club revives traditional skills. WRITTEN BY KELSEY FITZGERALD PHOTOS BY CANDICE NYANDO For many people, the term homesteading evokes images of Little House on the Prairie, or early settlers taming the wild frontier. But Marissa Ames, president and founder of the Northern Nevada Small-Scale Homesteaders Club, says that modern […]
Edible Notables – ONGI ETORRI
edible notables ONGI ETORRI Reno Basque Club welcomes 50 years of culture. WRITTEN BY CHRISTINA NELLEMANNPHOTOS BY CANDICE NYANDO With traditional food, colorful dances, and even a war-cry contest, the Zazpiak Bat Reno Basque Club celebrated 50 years of preserving Basque culture in Northern Nevada this summer. The festivities continue this fall with two events […]
Edible Notables – Brats and Brews
edible notables BRATS AND BREWS Oktoberfests offer Bavarian food, music, and, of course, plenty of beer. WRITTEN BY ANN LINDEMANNPHOTO BY MATT PALMER, SQUAW VALLEY ALPINE MEADOWS It seems one good party leads to another, and the Oktoberfest tradition is no exception. This popular festival’s origins date back to 1810, when Prince Ludwig and Princess […]
Cover – Biggest Little Food Hub
cover BIGGEST LITTLE FOOD HUB Northern Nevada emerges as a natural food and supplement industries hot spot. WRITTEN BY BARBARA TWITCHELL ka-boom! Have you heard it? Perhaps not. After all, it’s the sound of a quiet explosion. Not the headline-grabbing KA-BOOM! we heard when Tesla, Panasonic, or Apple showed up. But this subtler industrial boom, […]
Feature – Feeding the World
feature FEEDING THE WORLD Global agriculture exports bolster our local economy. WRITTEN BY SUE EDMONDSONPHOTOS BY CANDICE NYANDO AND JAMIE KINGHAM Morning and night, the 500 cows at Liberty Jersey Farm in Fallon line up for milking. The twice-a-day routine is business as usual for fifth-generation dairy farmer Ted Christoph, whose family owns the farm. […]
Edible Education – A Penchant for Processing
edible education A PENCHANT FOR PROCESSING TMCC program benefits area food manufacturing boom. WRITTEN BY NATASHA BOURLINPHOTOS BY ASA GILMORE How do the foods we purchase in grocery stores wind up in the myriad packages tempting us from shelves? Food lovers fascinated with the process have a resource that allows them to delve deeper, thanks […]