Some Like it Hot
A selection of the best travel beverage vessels sold locally. On brisk, wintry mornings, there’s little that’s quite as satisfying as a quick warm-up from a toasty pour of a delightful drink … even better if that same concoction is piping hot after spending all day in your favorite tumbler. Whether it’s with a creative […]
Piquant Paletas
Mexican popsicles are the perfect summer treat. When she was a young girl, Angelica Ibarra remembers, she went to church with her family and looked forward to the sweet frozen treat they often enjoyed afterward. She says the colorful, fresh-fruit-filled paletas were sold by vendors lining the streets of Mexico, and the vibrant flavors matched […]
Spirited beginnings
Alchemy connects Truckee’s railroad history to a roaring future. Old Trestle Distillery began as a solution to a problem — one that a group of Truckee friends recognized back in 2012: The world’s best whiskey had yet to be created. So the group, affiliated with Truckee Craft Ventures alongside Drunken Monkey Sushi and FiftyFifty Brewing […]
It’s a Southern Thing
Savor the down-home flavors of the South right here in Reno-Tahoe. When I was a middle schooler, my family moved to Atlanta, Ga. One of my mom’s new co-workers, a deeply Southern woman whose family was from the rural part of the state, invited my family to join hers for its annual Thanksgiving open house. […]