Pizza & Pasta: Where to get it
ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKING WILL TAKE its place at the table as a top food trend in 2012, predicts Saveur magazine. Regional Italian food also is high on the list. Some menu items and area restaurants that serve notable ones are:
LASAGNA Tofanelli’s Lasagna is made in-house from a recipe handed down from generations, with layers of [...]
2012 Food Trends: What’s hot?
LOCALLY GROWN MEATS, fruit and produce, gluten-free food and signature sandwiches will be among the hot trends this year, according to “What’s Hot,” the National Restaurant Assn. survey of 1,800 chefs. “Local sourcing—from meat and fish, to produce, to wine and beer—is a big trend,” says Joy Dubost of the Restaurant Assn. Other trends are [...]
Soups & Stews: Where to find comfort by the spoonful
Soups & Stews: Where to find comfort by the spoonful in the foothills and Sierra:
Gumbo
Not the traditional roux thickened gumbo. It is a hearty soup topped with gingered greens and served with cornbread. Changes daily. Ike’s has been “keeping it Creole” for a decade.
Ike’s Quarter Cafe
401 Commercial St., NC, 265-6138
IkesQuarterCafe.com
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Fresh [...]
Best Burgers in the Foothills and Truckee/Tahoe
THE BURGER IS AN AMERICAN CLASSIC, just like mom and apple pie. Each year, Americans chow down 40 billion of them. Now the scrawny patty that gave rise to the $130 billion-a-year fast food industry is being reinvented as a gourmet entree.
More burgers are being made with organic and local ingredients: grass-fed beef, homemade [...]
Patio dining in the foothills
With our pleasant weather and surroundings, we’re an ideal region to eat outdoors most of the year, including during our Indian Summer.
Here are ten of our favorite outdoor dining spots in the foothills and Sierra.
Diegos, Grass Valley
Diegos Chilean restaurant has a charming outdoor patio, featuring original tile work, an overhead trellis and colorful plantings. [...]
Matteo’s and Old 5 Mile House: Craft beer newcomers
CRAFT BREWS ARE THE NEW “KING OF Beers.” Their sales grew 7 percent last year when other brewers posted a decline. The number of craft brewers also continues to boom.
A growing number of restaurants in the foothills and Tahoe/Truckee are well-known for their craft beer selections: Among them, the Auburn Ale House; the Fifty [...]
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