Sharon Honig-Bear

Throw in large helpings of family, travel, food, celebrations, and fireworks — then add a dash of writing, photography, the arts, and Reno history — and you just might find a clone of Sharon Honig-Bear.

Stories by Sharon Honig-Bear

Drinks 2026
Taming of the Brew
East Fourth Street, one of Reno’s most historic thoroughfares, defies definition. It’s a section of the old Lincoln Highway, once…
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Winter 2025
Deck the Halls
The Prospectors’ Club in Reno has served many purposes since its founding in 1947 — a men’s-only private club, a…
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Fall 2025
Vive la France!
I’m not sure that I’d classify myself as a Francophile, but I did study French, explored France from the Marais…
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Summer 2025
How Sweet It Is
For many people, summer means ice cream, barbecues, beer, and corn on the cob — all excellent seasonal treats. For…
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Cooks 2025
Blast from the Past
The bag of vintage cookbooks sat on my office shelf for a year. Pat Ferraro Klos, local historian, author, and…
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Spring 2025
Home Garden Victory
Uncovering local food-growing efforts during World War II. Our country under stress. A clear danger. Efforts, on a personal and…
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Drinks 2025
More Than a Cocktail
On a culinary-inspired trip to New Orleans, I first encountered the powerful and historic drink called the Sazerac, at the…
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Winter 2024
A Crowning Achievement
If you need a reason to renew your love of Nevada’s beauty, I suggest taking the winding route up Geiger…
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Fall 2024
Agricultural Landmark
You may have heard the term “adaptive reuse,” which is lingo for rehabbing a structure for a new purpose. It’s…
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Summer 2024
Catfish Pond
Inspiration for this column can come from unlikely places, even a summer hike. Near Truckee, almost by accident, my companion…
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Spring 2024
Keeping It Kosher
May 1931 was a significant time in Reno’s history. That was when Reno became the divorce capital of America, and…
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Drinks 2024
Coping at Copenhagen
The name deceived me. I figured a place called Copenhagen Bar must be Scandinavian-themed. It never occurred to me that…
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Winter 2023
Let There Be Brunch
As you head out to Sunday brunch, do you ever wonder how or when the tradition of brunch originated? You…
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Fall 2023
Let Them Eat Cake
Before Street Vibrations, Burning Man, or The Great Reno Balloon Race, there was Nevada’s Centennial in 1964. Jan. 4 was…
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Summer 2023
A Knight to Remember
Vikingsholm, the strange and beautiful jewel of Emerald Bay, has no equal at Lake Tahoe. This Scandinavian-inspired home includes a…
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Cooks 2023
How the Cookie Crumbles
It seemed like a good idea: Run a recipe contest that combines people’s love of food with Nevadans’ urge to…
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Spring 2023
Celebrating the Stinking Rose
Imagine it’s the late 1970s, and West Coast culinary royalty visit a legendary Truckee restaurant. Which one? La Vieille Maison…
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Drinks 2023
Dive & Dumplings
What’s in a name? If you’re a dive bar called Abby’s Highway 40, maybe your name says it all. Or…
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Drinks 2023
A dash of history
A Dash of History Excavating one of the Comstock’s classiest saloons. If you equate the word archaeology with “dusty snooze,”…
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Winter 2022
In a Crunch
It’s football season and, for many, chip-and-dip season. Guac and corn chips may be the standard now, but there was…
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Fall 2022
A Fish of Their Own
u’re like me and enjoy a game of trivia, especially when the questions are about Nevada. So here’s one for…
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Summer 2022
Chop Suey Noodles
Sometimes an image or a photograph captures my imagination and leads me on the trail of an interesting story. The…
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Cooks 2022
Kitchen Adventures
We’re bombarded daily by videos showing how to prepare food. Through television, YouTube, and endless online posts, we can learn…
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Spring 2022
Bon Vivant of the Comstock
The name Lucius (aka Luscious) Beebe may not ring a bell unless you’re a railroad buff. But if culinary and…
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Drinks 2022
King of Kitsch
It seems somewhat ironic that Dug Picking, a larger-than-life figure in Carson City for many years, would end up being…
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