Jane and Michael Stern, those chroniclers of true American food, wrote in their 1986 travelogue-cum-cookbook “Real American Food” of the Southern phenomena of combining food and unrelated commerce: “Drive along a country road in the Mississippi Delta and you will… Continue Reading
“40 Years and Counting”, Redding Cooperative Preschool and Shasta High Band celebrate 40 years of collaboration and perform musical numbers at a fun-filled concert for the young and young-at-heart. Includes a Houseboat vacation raffle, silent auction, and more! Fun for… Continue Reading
Chief Robert Paoletti will hold his quarterly town hall meeting on Thursday, February 12, 2015, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Redding Civic Auditorium, located at 700 Auditorium Drive. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Chief Paoletti will present a… Continue Reading
The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office will hold its 17th Annual Staff Recognition Ceremony at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday January 29, 2015 at the Shasta County Board of Supervisors Chambers. At this ceremony, new and promoted employees will be recognized… Continue Reading
A forum offering inspiration and information to women who own a business – or who would like to – will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 22 in the Community Room at the Redding Library. “Entrepreneurship: The New Women’s… Continue Reading
Andrew Carnegie was a Scot who emigrated to America and made an enormous fortune in steel. In 1889 he wrote an article titled Wealth, promoting his view that with great wealth came great responsibility. When he turned 65 in 1900, he began… Continue Reading
It was during the 1970s and early 1980s when a predilection took hold for restaurants to be named after a fictional person, names with little or no association to the actual owners and operators: Ruby Tuesday’s, Tia’s Tex-Mex, R.J. Monkeyshines, Applebee’s,… Continue Reading
Practice a little moderation now and then to increase the pleasure of the blow-outs. – advice given to writer Adair Lara by her father Since August: It took 45 minutes for Olive Garden to sell out of their promotional $100 for… Continue Reading
Memory is a tricky thing: what one remembers as absolutely true and without question is often disputed by another person who claims that their memory is the accurate one and that you’ve got it all wrong. A lengthy discussion follows about what… Continue Reading
“Jiro Ono serves Edo-style traditional sushi, the same 20 or 30 pieces he’s been making his whole life, and he’s still unsatisfied with the quality and every day wakes up and trains to make the best. And that is as… Continue Reading
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