Latin for garlic, Allium is a genus of foods that extend beyond garlic to include onions, shallots, leeks, and chives. Rich in beneficial sulfuric compounds, alliums’ potent tastes and aromas have inspired a wide variety of medicinal and culinary uses throughout history.
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When you bite into a perfectly ripe, juicy, fragrant pear, your mind tends to wander, regardless of the circumstances, reminding you of the pleasure that something so simple can bring. Maybe that’s because life is complicated, and a dreamy pear is hard to come by.
Foundational to Korean cuisine and culture, kimchi brings an unmistakable zing to any dish. Its global popularity has sparked countless variations and creative uses.
It’s maybe the funniest sketch of the extremely funny sketch comedy show Portlandia: Bryce Shivers and Lisa Eversman (played for ironic earnestness by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein) say “Everything should be pickled” — as they proceed to pickle literally everything, including worn Band-Aids, plastic CD jewel cases, traffic tickets, a broken shoe heel.
Amid the grassy meadows, sagebrush, and pine forests of the Sierra Valley, sheep munch on native flora and sip from fresh alpine water on lands where Anna Harvey’s family has been grazing livestock since 1916.
“I really like challenges,” Lewis Pierrott says, flashing a shy smile. That’s his modest way of explaining why, a little more than two years ago, he and his wife, Arlene, took a daring leap of faith and purchased Bricks Restaurant and Wine Bar, one of the most iconic, revered fine-dining restaurants in Reno.
One in seven Nevadans faces hunger daily. One in five children in Nevada doesn’t know when their next meal will be. These statistics, cited by national nonprofit Feeding America, outline the state’s current food insecurity issue in numbers. However, hunger has far-reaching disadvantages beyond pangs in the belly.
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I’m not sure that I’d classify myself as a Francophile, but I did study French, explored France from the Marais to Arles, and maintain I make as good a French onion soup as anyone. French restaurants have been popular here over the years.