If I could only keep a handful of cookbooks, “The Silver Palate Cookbook” and “The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook” would be among them. With some embarrassment, I remember visiting my youngest sister at her home in New York many… Continue Reading
Like many couples, Geff Curtis and Melinda Kaiser-Curtis like weekends best. They sleep in. They eat when and what they want. They play with their three dogs. Later, they could take a ride and go shopping. They might fold laundry as they watch a DVD. Or,… Continue Reading
Anyone who’s known me for more than a few minutes knows how much I adore cooking. Even so, sometimes, even for people like me, who embrace cooking as pure joy and even therapy, not a chore, there are times when,… Continue Reading
Today we feature Brent Weaver, who announced Friday his plan to run for a seat on the Redding City Council. Weaver has been described as a homegrown success story. He was born and raised in Redding where he participated in… Continue Reading
Halloween is the speed bump that forces us to stop and fully embrace October’s last gasp before we just speed head-first into Thanksgiving plans. And I don’t know about you, but as a foodie, my mind is already wandering away… Continue Reading
I know that right now it’s unseasonably warm in the north state, and it feels more like early summer, but trust me, it’s fall. I know it because my giant oak has started its annual leaf dump onto my roof… Continue Reading
Wednesdays are my Noni Doni days with 2-year-old Austin. (I have his sister, 6-month-old Reagan, every other Thursday.) There’s no shortage of things to do. Austin might play outside in his little sandbox or ride his Strider bike or his… Continue Reading
The truckload meat sale is by far the  main event this week at Tops Market in Redding and Weaverville.  This week-long special is enough to entice me to clear out my chest freezer and stock up for fall cooking. But… Continue Reading
THURSDAY A.M. UPDATE: New overnight information from CalFire reports a dramatic increase in the number of homes lost in the Clover Fire; from Wednesday’s figure of 37 to the new count of 68 homes destroyed. About 128 outbuildings have been destroyed.… Continue Reading
When asked to name some of my most challenging jobs, I tend to recall employment of my youth, before I turned 30. I’ll leapfrog over my earliest baby-sitting jobs (at 50 cents an hour), because those don’t really count. And… Continue Reading
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