Mom’s Recipe
Local mother delivers her home-cooked meals to UNR students. In 2019, when Alyssa Ficke’s youngest daughter, Evy, was a freshman attending the University of Nevada, Reno, Evy lived at Circus […]
Restaurant-Quality Protein at Home
Sierra Meat & Seafood launches direct-to-consumer model. If you’ve made a habit of dining out in Reno in the past 30 years, you’ve likely sampled the bounty from Sierra Meat […]
Big splash about trash
Sommelier’s nonprofit and Tahoe Blue Vodka work to clean Lake Tahoe’s depths. Beer cans, plastic bottles, sunglasses, towels, smartphones, ’80s-era boomboxes, car tires, and boat fragments — these are just […]
Cultivating Ag-Aware Students
Pandemic raises challenges and highlights importance of agriculture education. The year 2020 was anything but normal for agriculture. Overall, crops performed well, but supply-chain issues, infections at meatpacking plants, and […]
Boba Tea
Boba Buzz Taiwanese tea trend bubbles up in Reno-Tahoe. Making its way from Taiwan to the Bay Area, to Reno-Tahoe, boba tea seems to be all the rage in tea […]
Mardi Gras
Fat Tuesday Favorites Swig New Orleans’ finest at these local watering holes. Looking for a historic drink for your Mardi Gras celebration on Feb. 16? These Reno establishments have reputations […]
CBD Businesses
THE ABCs OF CBD Natural cure-all craze hits Reno-Tahoe. In many of the world’s cultures it’s believed that Mother Nature provides humans with the cure for any ailment. In […]
Cooking Club
THE FIRST RULE OF COOKING CLUB IS… You’d better come hungry. One Sunday afternoon in Reno’s Double Diamond neighborhood, I knock on the door of Scottacos food truck chef Scott […]
SMART COOKIES
Baking pros share top holiday cookie hacks. When it comes to exquisite sugar cookie decoration, Mix Bakeshop co-owner Mary Allstead takes the cake. Her popular Reno bakery is filled with […]
spice of life
Carson City company produces treats made with cardamom, saffron, and edible gold. In just a decade, Karunesh Gupta has grown Ganesha Enterprises from his Carson City garage, where he started […]