It is 109 as I type. Lows of 105 are forecast for later this week. Burrrrrrr. Somebody bring me a sweater. As a heat weenie, I’ve whined about the north state’s heat since the July I was 5 and our family moved… Continue Reading
 As promised, here are the recipes demonstrated at Friday’s Cooking at the Cascade: Market Street Steakhouse’s version of the Caipirinha (kie-pur-REEN-yah) cocktail and Tapas Downtown’s Beef Molé.  Enjoy! Market St. Steakhouse Caipirinha Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil, made with… Continue Reading
As promised, here are the recipes from Friday’s Cooking at the Cascade demos. The first recipe, Southern Fusion Cheese-Stuffed Cheese, inspired by that evening’s film, Fried Green Tomatoes, was the brainchild of Downtown Eatery & Libation’s Chef Taylor Smith (that’s him, above,… Continue Reading
Dinner and a Movie at the Cascade Theatre was so much fun in January that come Friday, we’ll enjoy the first of a four-part encore. Bravo! It’s the same concept – popular culinary-themed films, food demos and delicious samples – with just a few changes.… Continue Reading
This recipe is a nice way to introduce Kathy Barker of Redding as an upcoming new blogger on anewscafe.com. On her blog, tea4kate, she writes about her love of tea, travel, photography, family, food, felting and life, not necessarily in that order. Many of you befriended Kathy and… Continue Reading
When Jason and Jeramie stepped outside their home early Saturday morning, they had difficulty comprehending the messages scratched onto the car they’d recently had beautifully painted and detailed: Words like “fags” and “homos” and “bitches move” – had been etched through their car’s new finish, deep into… Continue Reading
Jeff Gore – anewscafe’s brainiac poker writer, and son of Jim and Darcie Gore, this site’s techie Elk Grove brain team – is a participant in one of the most renowned high-stakes gambles of all: The World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas. Apparently,… Continue Reading
Redding Grocery Outlet Picks (Go Picks) I had to stop myself from buying the $5 peach trees (the deer will eat them) by the GO’s front door. Instead, for this week’s GO picks I must have had breakfast in mind. First I chose this 8-lb. sack… Continue Reading
“Excuse me, but would you like to buy some earrings?” The voice was soft – a child’s – and I was nearly through the library’s sliding doors Thursday before I saw her, sitting in a chair near the exit. She and her mother… Continue Reading
Former Haven Humane Society CEO Norm Ryan’s sentencing has been postponed until Aug. 28 to give a new attorney (his third) time to brush up on the case in the event Ryan decides to appeal. On that date, the court… Continue Reading
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