Winter cooking classes
Winter is an ideal time to sign up for a cooking class in the foothills. We’re indoors more, thanks to the winter weather, and a cooking class helps you master new recipes, perhaps with the kitchenware you received for the holidays—French cookware, a wok or a Vitamix. TESS’ KITCHEN STORE 115 Mill St., Grass Valley […]
Below the ski belt: Satellite ski towns
“Unless you have a family inheritance, or somehow snagged one of the few affordable rentals, living in a traditional ski town is a less viable option than ever,” observes Powder Magazine. “Unable to afford the old ones, young, adventurous people are making new ones.” Though a little farther from the ski slopes, so-called satellite ski […]
Ski Resorts 2.0: Resorts reinvent themselves
LIKE A NORMAN ROCKWELL PAINTING, the old-school ski experience — focused on skiing all day, in deep snow, and après ski in long johns — has become a thing of the past. Ski resorts are reinventing themselves in the face of global warming, competition and changing demographics. More of them are “weatherproofing” their businesses to […]
Beyond the ski slopes: “Make your business about more than the snowfall”
“Make your business about much more than the snowfall” – Vail Resorts CEO Robert Katz THE “SNOWMAGEDDON” IN THE SIERRA last season — over 60 feet of glorious white stuff — reminded us of skiing’s glory days over 40 years ago when the sport boomed as a main- stream leisure activity. We were in high […]
Sierra FoodWineArt magazine gets a mention in the San Francisco Chronicle
My report last week from the Giant’s Spring Training season — including the couple I spotted wearing “his” and “hers” Juan Marichal and Johnny Roseboro jerseys, respectively — was republished in The Chronicle, in Leah Garchik’s column: Thanks Leah! •Jeff Pelline, a former Chronicle reporter who nowadays publishes the magazine Sierra FoodWineArt, is a baseball […]
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