(April 18, 2024)
Thanks to months rich in rainfall, everywhere I look is green: our yard, pastures, parks. My plate is also green, partly because I eat a large green salad every day...
Stocking shelves and the ocean with seaweed and kelp
(April 11, 2024)
While at then Humboldt State University, Torre Polizzi and Leslie Booher were part of a team surveying seaweed along the North Coast, documenting the mass die offs of sea stars...
(April 4, 2024)
On the Jamwagon Bandwagon You can't miss the bright blue Jamwagon food truck with its red lettering announcing pitas, gyros, hummus, falafel and fries (1631 Central Ave., McKinleyville; updates on...
(April 3, 2024)
You can’t miss the bright blue Jamwagon food truck with its red lettering announcing pitas, gyros, hummus, falafel and fries (1631 Central Ave., McKinleyville; updates on Facebook). And good thing,...
(March 28, 2024)
In Humboldt spring, if the patio is dry, much less sunny, take advantage. Not all the benches were dry at Eureka's branch of Redwood Curtain Brewery when the rain let...
(March 21, 2024)
Pangnou Vang's face is mostly hidden under the bill of her ballcap as she works, angling the blade of her long, wooden handled knife horizontally along a block of...
(March 14, 2024)
The evolution of a concept can yield such an interesting timeline. Cannabis starts to become legalized in many states and suddenly we have a new beverage option hitting the...
(March 7, 2024)
Cut in sturdy rectangles and topped with waves of whipped cream, Adela Rodriguez's tres leches cake takes a full day soaking in whole, condensed and evaporated milks. It's a bit...
(February 29, 2024)
The bright flags staked around the Taqueria Martinez truck parked beside A&L Feed at 2314 Central Ave. in McKinleyville advertise tacos and burritos. So does the truck itself, emblazoned with...
(February 22, 2024)
It's that time of year again. Sometimes referred to as "false spring" here in Humboldt. Don't be fooled, friends. Narcissistic spring has not arrived yet. We are still hanging out...
(February 15, 2024)
"You don't think you're going to make much of a sweat working at a museum but moving things around really gets you there," says Josh Buck, executive director-curator of the...
(February 6, 2024)
The sweet smell of Wildwood Waffles has left Rio Dell. After a final weekend of waffling, owner Harry Smith has packed up his irons for Gig Harbor, Washington, where another...
(February 6, 2024)
The social media response to Sushi Spot posting its new policy regarding gratuities was swift and nuclear, with Facebook posters and commenters largely deriding the announcement, some even swearing off...
(January 25, 2024)
Less than an hour before sunset, the Alchemy Distillery (330 S. G St., Arcata) gives off the glow and thrum of a party through the large open window counter,...
(January 22, 2024)
On Thursday, Jan. 11, Joe Mazzotti says he had nobody to cook at Mazzotti's, so he didn't open the iconic Arcata Plaza restaurant. "December was probably one of the toughest...
(January 18, 2024)
It's January and "Eat more vegetables" is in the air. There are variations, of course. Fruits are mentioned as well, the Mediterranean diet makes frequent appearances, the gut microbiome may...
(January 11, 2024)
Yellow neon letters curl in the window above bright café chairs outside Jersey Scoops in Loleta (348 Main St.). Inside, there are more rainbow-colored chairs and barstools, shelves and...
(January 4, 2024)
La Flor Mixteca grows in Freshwater Driving in the early dark past Three Corners Market at the intersection of Freshwater Road and Myrtle Avenue (5945 Myrtle Ave., Eureka), the...
(December 28, 2023)
Winter has arrived, so far carrying buckets of rain. Spreading a sweet aroma around the house by baking cookies is an excellent antidote to seasonal claustrophobia, when I start feeling...
(December 21, 2023)
On April 18, the day before his wife, Kommaly's birthday, Ronnie Worasen, then owner and chef at Hunan Restaurant, was driving his sister-in-law and 4-year-old son to Safeway in Eureka...
(April 18, 2024)
Local guitar playing and soothsaying storyteller Anna Hamilton brings her trio and its blues to the Basement tonight for a free recitation at 8 p.m. I remember her tunes...
(April 17, 2024)
Let’s hear it for the Logger Bar again, which has positively crushed it with booking this week, finishing strong with the return of Jenny Don’t and the Spurs, Portland’s...
(April 15, 2024)
In a devastating blow to California’s fishing industry, federal fishery managers unanimously voted to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the second...
