Eat & Drink Blog

New Cookbook Showcases Placer County Agricultural Bounty An exciting new cookbook sure to appeal to local foodies has just been published. The 300-page "Placer County Real Food” is authored by chef Laura Kenny and Joanne Neft, retired longtime director of the Placer County Agricultural...

Biba O'Caggiano Salutes the Irish In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (which is tomorrow), that famous local Irish pub, Biba Restaurant, will be serving spinach ravioli stuffed with—wait for it—corned beef and tossed with braised cabbage and pancetta. “This is a...

Recipe: Omelet My boyfriend, Michael, expressed interest in learning to make omelets after seeing an old episode of Julia Child's “The French Chef” on the subject. So I did some research, bought a decent omelet pan and let him loose in the kitchen...

Get Your Kabob on at Shahrzad Fine Persian Cuisine I had a knockout meal Saturday night at Shahrzad Fine Persian Cuisine in Rancho Cordova. Tucked back off Sunrise Boulevard, this elegant, family-owned establishment serves up some of the tastiest kabobs I've sampled in the region. Highlights of...

Ella Dining Room and Bar Presents “The Whole Pig, From Head to Tail” Interested in exploring the many pleasures of pork? Chef Kelly McCown and the intrepid kitchen staff at Ella Dining Room and Bar have procured a whole pig from local farmer John Bledsoe, and have grand plans to transform the beast into...

Vegan Cafe Opens Tomorrow in Midtown Just in time to welcome in the Second Saturday crowds, Sugar Plum Vegan Cafe opens its doors at 2315 K St. tomorrow. The casual midtown cafe promises a 100 percent vegan menu of healthful comfort foods—think panini, pizza and pot pie plus...

Molecular Gastronomy on Display at Dinner On Saturday, March 27, local caterer Pajo Bruich will hold a multicourse dinner made with cutting-edge culinary tools such as the anti-griddle, the thermal immersion circulator and the Pacojet. If you’re a fan of TV’s “Top...

Easter Brunch at Zócalo Trying to decide where to brunch on Easter Sunday, April 4th? Consider Zócalo, which is featuring bottomless mimosas and live Latin tunes by local musician Dinorah. However, the kids haven’t been forgotten – the Easter Bunny...

Recipe: Vegetarian Cassoulet It's a beautiful springy day in Davis today—65, sunny, fresh breeze. It makes me feel like I'm in the French countryside so I pulled out my heavy French pot and adapted this classic French meat and bean stew for vegetarians and vegans....

Nagato Sukiyaki Turns 40 We had a cozy dinner last night at Nagato Sukiyaki, a small, friendly family-run Japanese restaurant tucked in a strip mall off Fulton Boulevard. While plowing through our bowl of edamame, we discovered that Nagato is celebrating its 40th year of...