Changes on the Horizon - More to Come

It’s been a while since we chatted. Get yourself a beverage, pull up a chair and put your feet up while we catch up.

At the start of the new year I told about some upcoming changes on anewscafe.com’s horizon - literally.…

*&%$#@! Silicone Pans

I swore I would never use or buy silicone bakeware.

Now I just swear at silicone bakeware.

Am I alone?

I gave in to those flexible silicone pans because of the promise of muffins and madelines and cakes that would never stick. No more…

Community Saving Old St. Joseph Cemetery

Note from Doni: This message comes from Tim Bambino of Redding. He’s an organizer of the Save the Old St. Joseph Cemetery project. (He’s also a former Shasta High School buddy.) The Old St. Joseph Cemetery is off Walden Street in Redding, and it…

‘Dear Mom: Need Chicken & Dumpling Recipe, ASAP’

All three of my adult kids are excellent cooks. It makes sense because from the time they were babies they hung out in kitchen, either with me or their dad, who’s also a good cook.

First they sat in infant seats on the kitchen counter. Later they grew into…

Doni Greenberg To Make Guest Radio Appearance

Tune in 8 a.m. Monday to hear anewscafe.com’s own Doni Greenberg chat with Carl and Linda Bott on KCNR 1460 - “Local talk radio, for the people, by the people”. Click here for more information about Free Fire Radio.

The Dish - 11.06.09

Potato Latkes

In case you missed the annual People of Progress Octuberfest where Kelly and I demonstrated how to make potato latkes, here’s the recipe for you to enjoy at home.

(Below, Kelly and I mingle with royalty - 2009 Miss Octuberfest, aka Diana…

The Dish - 9.4.09

Doni: Sorry for taking so long to sit down with you today. Bruce is writing his quarterly report and he’s so distracting. I can hardly hear myself think, what with the whoops and yells from his desk. Now he’s hunched over the calculator, and when I tried to tell him something a second ago …

The Dish - 8.28.09

Doni: Way to hustle this week, Kelly, on the national stories with local ties. First, the Wally Herger embarrassment (to people in his district, at least) and then you posted the link to Redding’s own Dr. Vance Harris’ vent on CNN.com, “Why Physicians are Sick of the System” - which struck a national nerve and also stirred up a lot of interest here on anewscafe.com.

Kelly: Health care reform’s a hot button, to be sure. So much is riding on current legislation, and emotions are running high. …

The Dish - 8.21.09

Kelly: How about those Downtown Eatery guys and their new game plan with North Star Brewery? Brilliant idea for those two places to join forces. Don’t you love it when people refuse to buckle under and just bust out with new ideas instead?

Doni: Gosh, yes, I love this idea, and I love those guys’ enthusiasm. They’re living, breathing, walking, talking idea machines. When things don’t work out according to plan they don’t curl up in a ball and complain. They regroup and create Plan Z. Gee, it kind of reminds me of something …