Weekend Taco Fest Sunday night I reveled in one of my most favorite (and naughty) food indulgences: carnitas tacos. I buy the indescribably delicious, crusty-tender meat from La Esperanza Mexican grocery on Franklin Boulevard, then whip up a big trough of...
September 2
Chalk It Up! This Holiday Weekend What better way to spend your long holiday weekend than strolling around a downtown park and taking in some sidewalk art and great music? Chalk It Up! , a benefit for children’s arts education in the Sacramento region, is celebrating its...
Another One Bites the Dust: Le Petit Paris To Close The recession continues to take its toll on local restaurants. The latest casualty: the charming French-themed cafe Le Petit Paris in midtown, which will close Sept. 26. Owner Tassina Placencia blamed the gloomy economy. “I don’t...
August 31
Guy Fieri Comes to Town Guy Fieri was in town for the past two days, filming for his Food Network show “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.” The four area restaurants that got the Guy Treatment? Dad’s Kitchen , Gatsby’s Diner , The Golden Bear and...
August 30
Recipe: Grilled Zucchini Torta A torta is a Mexican grilled sandwich that you can fill with just about anything. It starts with a baguette spread with mashed, seasoned black beans then layered with fillings like grilled steak, chicken or vegetables. The toppings are only...
August 30
Wild Blackberries: Pick 'em Now One of the very best things about a Sacramento summer is the wild blackberries that grow throughout our region. Sweet, tart, and intensely flavored, they are fabulous eaten by the handful or incorporated into pies, cobblers, muffins, or even...
August 27
Kru: A Gluttonous Episode The other evening, feeling peevish and bored (and ravenous), I drove to Kru restaurant and set about ordering a shocking number of items – despite the fact that I had just paid bills and my bank account was looking a bit dodgy. I needed...
August 25
Worried About Salmonella? Not Me I just got off the phone with John Paul Khoury, corporate chef for Preferred Meats, which supplies Sacramento’s top restaurants. We were talking about the recent recall of a half-billion eggs because of a salmonella outbreak linked to a...
August 25
Don’t Throw Away Those Ugly Bananas Yes, they’re squishy, speckled with black spots, and overly – er – fragrant. But don’t toss those old bananas in the trash bin. They’re perfect for banana nut bread, a treat that can be savored for breakfast with a...
August 24
Why Sacramento Doesn't Have Food Trucks Chris Macias had an excellent story on the front page of The Sacramento Bee yesterday on how Sacramento has missed the boat on the food truck trend. According to the story, the city council adopted strict ordinances in 2008 making it...
Gold Rush Days Step back in time to the 1850s this Labor Day weekend as Old Sacramento transforms itself—with the help of some 200 tons of dirt to cover the streets—into the Wild West. The four-day event—Sept. 3–6—includes a Gold...
September 1
Games Night/Spaghetti Feed Wanna help keep local kids in school (so they grow up knowing not to use “words” like “wanna” in, oh, I don’t know, something like a resume?). Check out the Games Night/All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Feed taking place...
September 1
Eco-Friendly Shopping @ Fashion Swap Rock Ever heard of a fashion swap party? They’re the newest trend nationwide in eco-friendly fashion buying, and they’re here in Sacramento, too. So how does it work? Raid your closet for clothes, jewelry, shoes, accessories—even...
August 31
See Smashing Pumpkins Up Close Smashing Pumpkins fans have a great opportunity to see the band in an intimate venue when they play the Crest Theatre Monday evening, Sept. 6. (OK, it’s not “intimate” as in Marilyn’s on K Street, but it’s more...
August 26
Kitten Adopt-A-Thon Looking for a new friend? Perhaps a cute and cuddly friend? Stop by Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary’s Kitten Adopt-A-Thon taking place this Saturday, Aug. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Extra Space Storage, 30th and B streets in East Sacramento....
August 25
The Next American Dream How can Sacramento reinvigorate its downtown? Head to the Crest Theatre today at 5 p.m. to find out. Using Kansas City as an example, The Next American Dream is a one-hour documentary that examines how American cities—specifically our...
August 22
Massage for the Cure This year’s Massage for the Cure event takes place Tuesday, Sept. 14. Each time someone gets a one-hour massage that day at a Massage Envy center in greater Sacramento, $15 will go to the Sacramento affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure....
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