Grab your tackle for Humboldt Steelhead Days starting with the kick-off party on Friday, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. at the Mad River Brewing Company (free). But don’t stay out too late — hooks hit the water at 7 a.m. the next day. In the taproom, mingle with fellow anglers, swap fish stories and register […]
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill is the managing editor of the North Coast Journal. She won the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s 2020 Best Food Writing Award and the 2019 California News Publisher's Association award for Best Writing.
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Typo or Fashion Insight?
According to the writing on the wall in Eureka, either Lucifer is poised to fill the world with darkness and chaos, or shiny silks are back for spring. Maybe both. Whether that’s the worst inverted cross ever, a plus sign (for positivity?) or a cliffhanger of an unfinished thought also remains to be seen.
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Playing Chicken
It’s always a gamble, an act of guts. You look at the words “fried chicken” on the menu and you just don’t know. Because what you want is so specific: the crunch, the salt-and-pepper simplicity, the juiciness. You lock eyes with the server, making everybody a little uncomfortable, and ask, “How is the fried chicken?” […]
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Comfort Food
Belly up to the bar at Lost Coast Brewery (617 Fourth St., Eureka) for a hearty bowl of Eight-Ball Stout beef stew ($10.49). The signature stout (available on tap, of course) gives the old-fashioned beef, potato, carrot and onion flavor depth without too much bite. It comes with sourdough bread and dollop of sour cream […]
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Crab and Go
Humboldt hearts skip a beat when the signs announcing crab sandwiches come out on the curbs. Crab cakes are nice, but next to cracking the shell yourself, an old-fashioned, paper-wrapped sandwich is the best way to enjoy our beloved crustaceans. Is it crab salad you’re after? On Fridays Hole in the Wall (1331 Broadway, Eureka) […]
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Name Those Pandas
UPDATE: With 202 of 645 votes, Cini and Masala (Nepalese for sugar and spice) edged out 10 other possible names for the red panda twins at the Sequoia Park Zoo. Now we just have to figure out which one is which. PREVIOUSLY: In July, our red panda family expanded again with a pair of twin […]
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Matsutake Madness
Matsutake mushrooms are the truffles of Japan. The fall arrival of the dusky fungi, artfully displayed in wooden boxes on sprigs of pine, like high-end shadow boxes, is marked by a frenzy and the abandoning of fiscal reason: A small handful of premium matsutake can run you over 8,000 yen, or $100. This is a lot […]
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Not Today, Bike Thieves
Somebody locked his or her sweet fixie up in one of Mother Nature’s bike racks in front of Old Town Coffee and Chocolates in Eureka today. Just makes us want to steal the whole damn tree.
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Hey, Ladieeees
On Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in January, the Humboldt County Library brings back its film series The Affairs of Women (free). Expect a month of femme fatales, fast-talking dames, tragic heroines and struggling starlets. First, Barbara Stanwyck plays a con artist charmed by snake nerd Henry Fonda in The Lady Eve (1941) on Jan. 5, […]
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Welcome to the Wedding Guide 2015
The moment you get engaged, everybody starts throwing around the word “perfect.” You’re the perfect couple. The rings have to be perfect. You hunt for the perfect dress. There are a million and one details to figure and finalize to make the big day perfect. Bridal magazines, even our own Wedding Guide, are tulle-layered tomes […]
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Hum Plate Roundup
How was your New Year’s Eve? Good? Too good? Here, this will make you feel better. Behind the Eight-Ball So this is not actually “the hair of the dog that bit you.” Which is disgusting if literal and really just about staying drunk if figurative. This is better. The Eight-Ball Stout Chocolate Cheesecake at Lost […]
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Humboldt’s Fortune
At the start of a new year, there’s no shortage of politicos and barstool pundits making bets and predictions about what’s coming down the pipe for Humboldt County, but it’s not like any of them are psychic. So why not check in with folks who peek into the future for a living? Over the phone, […]