Over breakfast in Tamarack Casinoโs coffee shop, Pietro Ochoa reminisced about the days when he owned his first restaurant. It was 1985, and he and a couple of buddies โ all in their early 20s โ opened a fish restaurant in the beach town of San Francisco, Nayarit (also called San Pancho), Mexico.
For most of us, baking at home is a task done on the weekend for fun, to celebrate special occasions, or to satisfy the occasional sweet tooth. And as we saw in spring of 2020, baking also can be a source of enormous comfort during uncertain or stressful times.
Nothing says spring like a downy chick or woolly lamb cuddling against a childโs cheek.
These and other young ones are what guests will see and experience during Andelin Family Farmโs annual Baby Animal Days, April 7 โ 30.
Shabu-shabu hot pot is a meal meant to be shared, one that encourages gathering, cooking, and enjoying time together โ and itโs not a ritual to rush through.
It started simply enough. In November 2001, Karen Bowman-Binks invited five couples over on a weekend night for wine and appetizers. The couples, whose children attended school together, shared a love of wine. A teacher at Sarah Winnemucca Elementary School in Reno, Bowman-Binks even prepared handouts describing the history and flavor notes of the Oregon wines, which were paired with the shrimp and fresh mozzarella appetizers. An early evening with light fare meant the parents of young children could get on with the rest of their weekend plans.
No way could Jerry Shea have guessed heโd turn into an entrepreneur. And no way could he have predicted that three of his children โ Nicki, Lacey, and Spencer Shea โ would follow in his footsteps.