Explore the Sierra’s High-County Heritage
THE SIERRA NEVADA WAS recently named one of the world’s most beautiful mountain ranges, joining the Himalayas, Andes and others by UnofficialNetworks.com, a skiing website. “The Sierra is home to three national parks, 20 wilderness areas and two national monuments,” it observed. The Sierra offers world-class winter activities, not to mention spectacular views from Lake […]
Truckee’s Cedar House on Best Hotels List in U.S. News & World Report
Editor’s note: The Cedar House Sport Hotel is featured regularly in our magazine. For the second year in a row U.S. News and World Report names The Cedar House Sport Hotel located in Truckee, CA to the list of Best Hotels in Lake Tahoe. The privately owned Cedar House Sport Hotel ranks second out of […]
Visit our new mobile-friendly website
Sierra FoodWineArt magazine launched a new mobile-friendly website geared for travelers to the Sierra Foothills and Northern Sierra during the Bay Area and Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Shows this winter. The shows — among the largest travel shows in the country — drew thousands of people, including speakers such as travel legend Rick Steves […]
Forecast: “decent” snow possible for skiers by this weekend
“The low and cold front will join to bring what looks like some decent snowfall and falling temperatures into Friday, with snow showers possibly lingering into Saturday” in the Tahoe-Truckee region, according to OpenSnow.com. “For the mountains we can equate that to feet of snow as a rough estimate until we get closer and have […]
Tahoe Food Hub raises $28,000 in crowd funding campaign
Tahoe Food Hub completed a two and half month crowdfunding campaign to buy a refrigerated delivery van. The effort raised over $28,000 via a combination of online donations, business sponsorships and private donations. The Tahoe Food Hub would like to thank the Truckee/North Lake Tahoe community for supporting this effort. A crowdfunding campaign aggregates small […]
S.F. Giants all-star outfielder Hunter Pence on the Paleo diet
The Paleo diet was the most Googled diet in all of last year, and JAX at the Tracks in Truckee has a popular Paleo diet menu. Here’s what San Francisco Giants star outfielder Hunter Pence thinks of “eating like the Flintstones”: Your browser does not support iframes.
Morgan’s Lobster Shack in Truckee to reopen this month
We enjoyed eating at Morgan’s Lobster Shack in Truckee when it opened in late June. The restaurant, run by Shawn and Heather Whitney, offered fresh Maine lobster, fish and seafood dishes. Menu items included “wicked fresh” fish (halibut, salmon, scallops and shrimp) and chips, lobster rolls, lobster and grilled cheese sandwiches. We enjoyed lunches on […]
New: Sneak peek inside HGTV’s Dream Home at Truckee-Tahoe
We are eagerly awaiting the debut of the 2014 HGTV Dream Home at Schaffer’s Mill in Truckee in January 2014 — right in our own backyard. Viewers can enter to win the home from Dec. 27, 2013 to Feb. 14, 2014. Now a sneak peek video of the home is available. We’re glad that the […]
How “New Domesticity” is revitalizing our cooking culture
“WE’RE ALL BAKING BROWNIES AGAIN.” In the popular book Homeward Bound, author Emily Matchar writes about “new domesticity”—our longing for the old-fashioned, the homemade, the authentic. Nowhere is it more prevalent than in our food culture, which often leads to more time in the kitchen (for both genders). “The motivations behind New Domesticity are varied: […]
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