Sacramento Bee: Living
- Thyme is on your side in the kitchen
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMThe Mediterranean herb is one of the most useful in the kitchen.
Thyme is used in marinade for the Mediterranean baked chicken.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woodland carrot farmer’s roots go deep
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMFour acres doesn’t sound like a very large farm, but when you consider that the farmer is 80 years old and farms the land mostly by himself, that’s impressive.
George Suyenaga checks on the placement of newly planted carrot seeds on four acres he owns in Woodland in late August.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Four cookbooks I didn’t want to like, but do anyway
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMAssociated Press food editor J.M. Hirsch shares some recent finds.
“How to Eataly” by Oscar Farinetti is a guide to how to buy and cook Italian food, with a heft of respectable recipes tossed in.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Growing next generation of farmers in Winters
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMCentral California is a patchwork of small farms, many run by hard-working solitary farmers in their senior years. Eighty-year-old George Suyenaga, who farms four acres in Woodland, summed up the future from his standpoint: “The young ones are interested in other things.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Using items most would discard to create delicious delicacies — mushrooms
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMDon Simoni, owner of Mushroom Adventures in Marysville, marvels at how he can take items traditionally destined for the dump or the compost pile, and use them to create a delicacy that is delicious and beautiful: mushrooms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Homemade posole spices up fall celebrations
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:05 AMHomemade Mexican soup is served in large batches for holiday gatherings.
A fall dinner party in the Land Park backyard of Bernadette Gutierrez showcases posole, surrounded by a variety of garnishes and Dia de los Muertos holiday decor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Specialty Coffee Week includes full slate of events starting today
Monday - 10/13/2014 - 02:30 PMSacramento’s coffee culture has been on the rise in recent years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Carolyn Hax: It’s possible this couple moved in too soon
Sunday - 10/12/2014 - 03:00 AMI don’t know what to make of her relationship with her dad.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Unexpected pleasures in South Dakota
Sunday - 10/12/2014 - 03:00 AMAs fall begins, the light is as golden as the prairie. The sky is big and blue. This year, with lots of rain, the hills of Ponderosa pine undulate in a deep, thick green carpet so solid that the hills really do look black.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What to buy, read or consume to enhance your recreation and travel experience
Sunday - 10/12/2014 - 03:00 AMTry a new daypack or read about dressing for travel.
The Exped Mountain Lite 20 Daypack, which cost $149, was picked best all-around pack by Backpacker magazine.
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- The Mailbox: Reader recipe requests for stuffed apricots, corn pudding
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMI look forward to your column every Wednesday. I am looking for a recipe that was in the Bee last year around September, October, November or perhaps December. It was a dessert named almond stuffed apricots candied in amaretto syrup.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Tucked inside Granite Bay, a 103-year-old working orchard
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMMost people driving on busy Douglas Boulevard in Granite Bay may not realize that just one street away from the restaurants, coffee shops and fancy subdivisions is a century-old family farm and orchard.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mandarin recipes
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMI buy at least 20 pounds of mandarins every year from one of our many growers in Placer County for eating and cooking. Most of the mandarins are eaten right out of the bag, but a few make it into salads, drinks, and as glazes or sauces.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Likable farmer and a popular autumn crop
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMA cloud of dust engulfed Frank Perry’s pickup as it rumbled along the dirt road next to a field of winter squash. The truck skidded to a stop and, with a loud, complaining groan, the door announced Perry’s arrival at the produce stand on the edge of the farm.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A way to buy fresh produce, help sustain small growers
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMThe Saturday Auburn farmers market just opened at 8 a.m. and it’s already crowded with shoppers. There’s a chill in the air and those with light jackets pull them closer.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Carolyn Hax: Fiancé insists she change her name to his
Tuesday - 10/14/2014 - 03:00 AMDEAR CAROLYN: I’ve got a problem with my fiancé and partner of 41/2 years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sun, ready for Halloween, looks like a jack-o’-lantern in picture
Monday - 10/13/2014 - 09:53 AMThe solar system is really, really excited about Halloween. On Oct. 8, the day the Blood Moon haunted the skies, the sun looked eerily like a jack-o’-lantern.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Travel Troubleshooter: Airline’s ‘luxurious seating’ is kind of a stretch
Sunday - 10/12/2014 - 03:00 AMAer Lingus has a lottery system for upgrading selected passengers to business class. On a recent flight from Dublin to San Francisco, the airline accepted my $710 bid to upgrade.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Nosh Pit: Farm-to-fork with a side of fries?
Sunday - 10/12/2014 - 03:00 AMThe flier caused many a double take among followers of Sacramento’s food industry.
This flier promotes a dinner sponsored by McDonald’s and Mulvaney’s B&L to raise money for Ronald McDonald House.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Escapes: Spooky nights near Lake Tahoe
Sunday - 10/12/2014 - 03:00 AMExpect secret affairs, gunfights and other saucy tales during Truckee’s fifth annual Historical Haunted House Tour.
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- Wine bargains: 10 good options under $20
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMYou don’t have to spend $50 to find a good wine.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fruit is grown on dry side to make it sweeter
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMWhen it came time to name his farm, Richard Ferreira needed only to look at his surroundings for inspiration.
Richard Ferreira, owner of Side Hill Citrus, a certified organic mandarin farm in Newcastle, mows the grass to help keep gophers at bay on his 47-acre orchard.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bees’ nectar source determines honey’s flavor
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AM“I did some work for Rusty Howze, a local beekeeper in Turlock,” Penrod said. “He needed some help with his business and he paid me with beehives. It was fun and exciting.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Bake a fall dessert with apples
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMEver walk past a bakery with one of those impossibly elegant apple tarts in the window, the ones with the apple slices fanned out in the shape of a flower?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Flower gardener makes food for the eyes
Wednesday - 10/15/2014 - 03:00 AMMolly Nakahara keeps a pair of garden shears in her back pocket.
Christy Paddock helps harvest flowers at Dinner Bell Farm, which sells them at farmers markets and for weddings and events.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Between the Lines: Get cozy with the fiction of fall
Tuesday - 10/14/2014 - 03:00 AMThe idle pleasures of summer reading become sweet memories as the mornings grow progressively more chilly and the leaves begin to change colors.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fishing Line: Week of October 13, 2014
Monday - 10/13/2014 - 12:51 PMSalmon and trout fishing lead this week’s top picks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Contemporary art a new phase for museum
Sunday - 10/12/2014 - 03:00 AMThe new show in Bentonville, Ark., is an effort to introduce contemporary art to a mainstream audience.
A visitor studies the artwork at a new contemporary show called “State of the Art” at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Consume: Our favorite food stuff this week
Sunday - 10/12/2014 - 03:00 AMSip small-batch whiskey or wake up to a cookie.
Spease Bees honey has moved from grass-roots sales to a presence in Save Mart stores.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Postcards from readers: The next generation
Sunday - 10/12/2014 - 03:00 AMBrad Brown of Citrus Heights writes that Noah Alexander Brown, 2 1/2 years old, and Max Alexander, 79 years young, hiked to Pyramid Peak in the Lake Tahoe area in September.
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