February 7

Going Cuban in North Highlands We gleefully feasted on Cuban cuisine Sunday morning at the new Sol Cubano, located in North Highlands. From the lechon asado (roast pork marinated in a garlicky mojo criollo sauce) and greasy-yet-delicious platanos maduros fritos (fried sweet...

February 5

Crab Feed Roundup It's time to tie one on. A bib, that is. (What were you thinking?) Crab feed season is upon us. Here's info about a few of them: Feb: 5: Kiwanis Club of East Sacramento-Midtown's Fourth Annual Crab Feed , at 6 p.m., Dante Club, 2330 Fair Oaks...

February 4

Harold McGee is Featured Speaker at UC Davis Acclaimed food writer Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (see www.curiouscook.com) will be the featured lecturer of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Sciences's Spring Lectureship....

February 4

Squeeze Inn Set to Close Saturday You’d better hurry over to Squeeze Inn for one last Squeeze With Cheese. The legendary burger joint on Fruitridge Road will close this Saturday and reopen in larger digs at 5301 Power Inn Road on Monday, Feb. 15. The inn’s owner...

February 3

Tuli Bistro: Inspired Cooking Quirky little Tuli Bistro never fails to surprise me - there's always something novel and exciting on the ever-changing menu. Recently I plowed my way through the kitchen's delicious "chitarra nero," seared flounder and slices of...

February 2

Planning on Wine? Plan on Lodi in March A truly unique wine event will be held in Lodi on March 14-15. The Consumer Wine Awards seek to find wines that the average consumer holds above all others. The competition will be judged by everyday wine drinkers, not wine experts. If you...

February 2

Dinner and a Movie at La Provence Still haven’t seen the wonderful foodie flick Julie & Julia ? You can catch Meryl Streep in her Oscar-nominated turn as Julia Child tonight in the private dining room at La Provence Restaurant in Roseville. Chef Shane McMahon will whip...

January 2010

They're Baaack! Not that they ever went away exactly. But by the time the new century dawned a decade ago, they were in eclipse—slightly corny relics of a simpler time. For many of us, food had become a more precious affair, all about sustainable this and...

January 2010

The Beer Bowl It’s the ultimate Super Bowl matchup: heaps of crowd-pleasing munchies and plenty of chilled brew to go around. We paired six popular game-day foods with locally crafted beers and hard ciders to help you devise a touchdown of a party menu....

January 2010

Winemaker Jon Affonso Local winemaker Jon Affonso was born and raised in Sacramento, but the wines from his Rail Bridge Cellars suggest otherwise. “The first time I tasted them, I knew he must have been trained in Europe,” says Steve Graham, a wine steward...

January 2010

The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Frugal Eats for Furlough Fridays 9 a.m. I started with three breakfast beignets for $2 at Willie’s Burgers (2415 16th St.). These plump pillows of dough are fried to golden perfection, then prettily dusted with powdered sugar. Mine were made fresh to order—well...

January 2010

Recipe: Short Ribs with Zinfandel and Mushrooms 6 pounds short ribs, English-style (bone-in) 11/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 11/2 cups flour (for dredging) 3 tablespoons olive oil 3 bottles Zinfandel 11/2 cups beef broth 1 bay leaf 1 sprig thyme 3 cups crimini...

January 2010

The Dining Divas: L Wine Lounge & Urban Kitchen Guests : Sandy Malaney, CEO of Big Hairy Dog Information Systems; Ada Bauman, educational consultant with Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Publishers; Carolyn Fischer, who chooses not to tell what she does; Patrick Powers, publicist and television producer...

January 2010

Ask Sac Mag: How Can I Become a Food Writer? According to local food blogger Hank Shaw , the best way to get started is—you guessed it—to start a blog. “It’s the easiest way, because you can generate your own clips,” says Shaw. Well, it’s certainly...

January 2010

Sacramento’s Sexiest Cocktails The tango is the dance of desire, so it’s little wonder Grange Restaurant & Bar would borrow the name for its sexy cocktail duo, Two to Tango. Each of these his-and-hers drinks—the Smoky Maple-Bacon Manhattan and the Mandarin Drop...