Even the most dyed-in-the-wool ardent Reddingites have to admit that it gets intolerably hot here in the summer. (You think it’s bad now? Imagine what it must have been like for the early settlers, clad in voluminous layers of heavy… Continue Reading
I burned through at least one – sometimes two – hand mixers annually for the first eight years of my marriage to my kids’ dad. It wasn’t that I was a cooking roughneck, but I pushed my little hand mixers… Continue Reading
Did you know that the peach is a member of the rose family – cousin to apricots, cherries plums, and almonds? What a wonderfully happy family of fruit! Peaches are, of course, fantastic on their own. A warm juicy peach… Continue Reading
What defines barbecue? And what is the difference between barbecue and grilling? Though the terms are frequently used interchangeably and the results (usually) delectable, they mean very different procedures and end results. As Chris Schlesinger explains in his 1990 book… Continue Reading
Food rarely photographs as well as I’d like, which certainly is the case with this dish that I invented, Summer Pasta Stacks. I prepared it last month for a fundraiser to benefit Kids Turn Shasta Cascade, where about 140 guests… Continue Reading
Q: Welcome back, John. It’s been a few years since we caught up with you. You’re still doing your day job as a realtor for House of Reality? I am still at House of Realty doing real estate. I was a… Continue Reading
If you are of a certain age and grew up in the North Valley, you probably have some indelible memories of summer. Your family car might have been a Ford Falcon or a Rambler with vinyl bench seats (sans seat… Continue Reading
Q: Congratulations on your win at the Pros and Joes BBQ Grilldown’s first place for tri-tip. To start, would you care to tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Clinton Nash. I manage a granite fabrication shop and build outdoor kitchens, barbecue islands and pizza ovens for a living. Barbecue is a hobby. Q: What Continue Reading
A tree full of ripe fruit is a combination culinary blessing/emergency. On the one hand it’s a gift to have access to tree-ripened fruit. On the other hand, the fruit must be picked immediately, or risk it falling to the… Continue Reading
Q: Justin Tweedy, welcome to A News Cafe.com. I’m delighted to talk with you today because you and your team – “Ribs 4 Her Pleasure” – earned the Pros & Joes’ highest award as Grand Champion, with combined scores from… Continue Reading
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