Soups & Stews: Where to find comfort by the spoonful
Soups & Stews: Where to find comfort by the spoonful in the foothills and Sierra:
Gumbo
Not the traditional roux thickened gumbo. It is a hearty soup topped with gingered greens and served with cornbread. Changes daily. Ike’s has been “keeping it Creole” for a decade.
Ike’s Quarter Cafe
401 Commercial St., NC, 265-6138
IkesQuarterCafe.com
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Fresh [...]
Artist profile: David B. McKay
FEW PEOPLE CAN MULTITASK better than the Mayor of Nevada City, David McKay. Besides being a community leader, he is an accomplished photographer, silkscreen artist, graphic designer, art director and college teacher.
McKay has also published a book, Yuba Seasons: Images from the Wild & Scenic South Yuba River.
The book has won five national [...]
Best Burgers in the Foothills and Truckee/Tahoe
THE BURGER IS AN AMERICAN CLASSIC, just like mom and apple pie. Each year, Americans chow down 40 billion of them. Now the scrawny patty that gave rise to the $130 billion-a-year fast food industry is being reinvented as a gourmet entree.
More burgers are being made with organic and local ingredients: grass-fed beef, homemade [...]
Nevada City Film Festival coming August 18-21
From the Nevada City Film Festival:
The 11th Annual Nevada City Film Festival (NCFF) presented by AJA Video Systems, kicks off Thursday, August 18 and runs through Sunday, August 21, 2011. This year, over 60 films – both short and full length independent dramas, comedies, documentaries and animation films from around the world – will [...]
Stage 2 of Amgen race coming to Nevada City
Editor’s note: Still no word from the local press, but this press release confirms what I’d been hearing and the buzz that was going around on Facebook last night.
“Due to uncertain weather and road conditions, race organizers have determined that the best way to ensure a complete course for Stage 2 of the 2011 Amgen [...]
Artist profile: LeeAnn Brook
LEEANN BROOK HAS BEEN AN ACCOMPLISHED painter for more than 40 years. This year, she also is celebrating the 35th anniversary of her graphic design business, Brook Design Group in Nevada City, and the 8th anniversary of her greeting card business.
With an early interest in photography and painting, LeeAnn sold her work and received [...]
“Lettuce” Welcome Spring: Newcastle Produce and Foothill Flowers
WITH A LONG, WET WINTER BEHIND them, farmers are planting their summer crops and harvesting spring’s bounty.
Spring lettuces, such as Red Leaf, Romaine and Oakleaf, are headed for the Foothill Farmers Market in Auburn and Roseville, just in time for seasonal salads.
April is a time for the “A” crops, such as asparagus and [...]
Kodo Arts show on April 30-May 8
Kodo Arts Japanese Antiques will hold a fund raiser for the Japanese earthquake relief effort donating part of the proceeds from their upcoming annual spring Japanese antiques sale at the Kodo Arts Warehouse in Nevada City from April 30-May 8 to the Japanese Red Cross.
The Grass Valley Taiko Drum Group will also perform in front [...]
Nevada City Mardi Gras and Ike’s Quarter Cafe
GAILY MASKED CHARACTERS, JESTERS and Cajun cookin’ come to the foothills in midwinter as Mardi Gras is celebrated in historic Nevada City.
The city’s main drag, Broad Street, becomes Bourbon Street as spectators fill the downtown for the annual Mardi Gras parade.
Now in its 19th year, it is one of the largest Mardi Gras celebrations [...]
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