Fine Feathered Friends
Discovering the joys and benefits of raising backyard chickens. Is it just a coincidence that the word chicken begins with chic, as in cool, fashionable, and popular? Based on recent trends, we think not. While it’s difficult to accurately determine how many households include backyard chickens, a 2018 American Pet Products Association survey estimated roughly […]
Home-Crafted Creations
Meet Reno-Tahoe’s microbakery entrepreneurs. 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. For the […]
Hot Pot
Rice Box Kitchen brings shabu-shabu to Reno. Shabu-shabu hot pot is a meal meant to be shared, one that encourages gathering, cooking, and enjoying time together — and it’s not a ritual to rush through. A Japanese tradition similar to fondue, shabu-shabu (which translates to “swish-swish,” so named for the sound the meat makes when […]
Oh, Baby!
Baby Animal Days are back at Andelin Family Farm in Reno. Nothing says spring like a downy chick or woolly lamb cuddling against a child’s cheek. These and other young ones are what guests will see and experience during Andelin Family Farm’s annual Baby Animal Days, April 7 – 30. It is part of Andelin’s […]
The Vines That Bind
Grape Basin Wine Club members share 20 years of good times and wine. 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, […]
Clean and Clear
Juice cleansing for the new year. After the New Year’s Eve Champagne has flowed and the cocktails are consumed, the inevitable is bound to happen: the New Year’s Day hangover. If the plan is to party hard through the night then the same plan should include a way to remedy the ramifications. “If you take […]
Culinary Kaleidoscope
Reno-Tahoe is a happy mix of international cultures. Here, we delve into locals’ stories and favorite recipes. As our community has increasingly become home to people from all over the country and the world, Reno-Tahoe has truly become a kaleidoscope of food cultures. These can be experienced every day, not only in our restaurants but […]
Grazing Boards
Make memories with engaging, appeasing charcuterie platters. When Salina Taylor-Caldwell, manager and catering coordinator at Washoe Public House in Reno, arranges a charcuterie board either at home or in the restaurant, she keeps one thing in mind: conversation. These easy smorgasbords of beautifully presented bites inspire new tastes, movement, and lively exchange at gatherings. “As […]
Italian Hideaway
A delicious evening at Pietro’s Famiglia. Over breakfast in Tamarack Casino’s coffee shop, Pietro Ochoa reminisced about the days when he owned his first restaurant. It was 1985, and he and a couple of buddies — all in their early 20s — opened a fish restaurant in the beach town of San Francisco, Nayarit (also […]
Fall Fruit Tree Care
Tips for setting your trees up for success. Ever wonder how to help your fruit tree live its best life? In this changing climate, it can be challenging to know just what to do to make that happen. We talked with some Reno-based arborists to demystify fall tree care here. Leslie Lyles, owner of Stewardship […]