Poet Snyder to enter California Hall of Fame
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder is being inducted into the California Hall of Fame this week. In its biography of Snyder, the California Hall of Fame calls him “one of the most significant environmental writers of the 20th century and an influential figure in the ecology movement.” The hall notes that he has lived sustainably for […]
Kodo Arts features Japanese ceramics, art and more at its May 6-14 sale
Contemporary Japanese ceramics are in vogue as evidenced by numerous ongoing exhibits, such as the show at the Crocker Art Museum called “Into the Fold: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection.” There is a passing of the mantle in the Japanese pottery world, both traditional and modern, that goes from master to disciple, and father […]
Food trends: What’s hot for 2017
HYPER-LOCAL SOURCING Chefs are putting extra emphasis on the freshness of their produce. Produce Plus supplies Truckee and Tahoe chefs with fresh, local produce in winter from farms in Yolo County. Nevada City is debuting a winter farmers market the first Saturday of each month. Tahoe Food Hub is building “growing domes” to grow food […]
Local Eats: “Farm to court dining”
THE FRESH, LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENT—from farmers markets to farm-to-fork dining to organic grocers—is becoming a year-round passion in our region. Our fertile soil and water resources are a real asset, along with the know-how of previous generations of farmers in our region, going back to the Gold Rush era. Sacramento has rebranded itself as a […]
Music in the Mountains’ Pete Nowlen tests “arena acoustics” at Kings’ opener
Pete Nowlen, whose roles include artistic director of Music in the Mountains, conducted the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera for a special halftime performance at Golden 1 Center in the Kings’ opening game this week. We noticed Pete on the floor and later on the arena’s state-of-the-art video board, a Panasonic “4K, ultra HD” — the […]
Direct-marketing farms have double the regional impact
By UC Davis Sacramento-area farmers and ranchers who sell their products directly to consumers generate twice as much regional economic impact per dollar of output as do area food producers who don’t engage in direct marketing, reports a UC Davis agricultural economist and a team of UC Cooperative Extension researchers. The newly released study of […]
Popular Squeeze Inn burger joint planned for Penn Valley
The Squeeze Inn restaurant, a Sacramento institution known for its juicy burgers with a generous skirt of cheese, plans to open a branch in Penn Valley and expand further into the Sierra Foothills, our magazine has learned. The restaurants are individually owned or franchises, and this marks the continued growth of the Squeeze Inn brand […]
Amgen tour of California spotlights Sacramento
The 2016 Amgen Tour of California will celebrate its finale in Sacramento, California’s state capital, on Sunday, May 22. Sacramento is centrally located in Northern California, nestled in a fertile valley between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe. Named “The City of Trees” and “America’s Farm to Fork Capital” Sacramento is a beautiful and unique city […]
Nugget Markets expanding to Sonoma County
Eric Stille, president and CEO of family-owned Nugget Markets, announced Wednesday the company’s upcoming acquisition of Sonoma Market and Glen Ellen Village Market. The purchase of these Sonoma County grocery stores is expected to close March 31, 2016. Family-owned and operated, Sonoma Market and Glen Ellen Village Market offer the Sonoma community homegrown personal service, […]