All year long, we try frantically and in vain to keep our kids from eating things they find in the bushes, then we release them like packs of dogs to hunt colored eggs and goodies. We’re weird, but we’re fun. On Saturday, April 19, kids all over the county will be rooting around for treats […]
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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Clean Up to Hoe Down
If you don’t play it right, Earth Day will be about guilt — your carbon footprint can seem a little Sasquatch in the light of everyone else’s energy-efficient bulbs. Don’t let it get that far. Unplug some appliances and go get your hands dirty. Hit up one of the bevy of environmental do-gooder groups in […]
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Barbecue Update: Chicken Bomb
Word came in over the wire that Wild Oaks Grill had its notorious Chicken Bombs earlier this week ($10). Those are chicken breasts stuffed with hot sausage, pepperoni or shrimp, along with cream cheese and jalapeno peppers, then wrapped in smoky bacon and barbecued. Take a moment there. They’re not always available, which is probably […]
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Chocolate Revolution
We look at chocolate as a luxury, as a sinful indulgence. But back during the French and Indian War, it was part of a soldier’s rations. Nutritious, medicinal and as necessary as a pouch of tobacco. And a good deal of the scheming, plotting and fomenting for the American Revolution happened over cups of drinking […]
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Stepping Up
The Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in Old Town on Saturday, April 5, during which men donned heels for a mile-long march through Eureka to raise awareness about violence against women, left Humboldt with more than just blisters. According to Ruthanne DeMirjyn, the fiscal coordinator for the North Coast Rape Crisis Center, the […]
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The Big, Green Monster
A reader wrote in with a tip about the wet burrito at Tasty Tacos (3943 Walnut St, Eureka), saying the green sauce and the marinated chicken are amazing ($9). What the tipster didn’t mention is the enormity of the thing, which the menu calls the biggest burrito in town. When it arrives, smothered in a […]
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Real Drag
KuiiKuii Flawless, the undisputed champion of Where’s Queer Bill’s Drag Wars on Friday night at Humboldt Brews, and the newest member of the Red Carpet Girls. And for the record, this is how a pro rocks camo and heels. Emcee Mantrikka Ho tears it up.
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Pie Hard
Pie takes a backseat to cake, largely because of its limited decorative possibilities — fancy latticed crust can’t compete with buttercream roses and fondant zoo animals. If pie is going to do battle with cake, it can’t show up as an elegant little sliver (don’t bring a tart to a pie fight). It’s got be […]
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Raise Your Glass
The National Brewers Association, having finally sobered up from trying all the craft beer in the land, has released its top 50 craft breweries in the country. Lost Coast Brewery made 37. (Pause for moment of local pride and hearty belch.) Check out the full list on the Huffington Post.
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Counter Operation
An 8-pack of Coasties cruised in and commandeered the counter at Kristina’s today. There were no drownings.
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La Vie Spectaculaire
Moulin Rouge was so romantic and glamorous, what with the singing, the dancing, the absinthe, the hookers and the TB — on second thought, it was pretty seedy. Enjoy the glitz and color without all the rough stuff on Friday, April 5, when Spectacular Spectacular takes over the Portuguese Hall at 7 p.m. with a […]
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Carving Space
Robert Sataua’s black-rimmed glasses reflect the evening light that streams into his Arcata Bottoms home. A shock of dark hair stands up straight on his head. Neatly trimmed whiskers line his chin. He’s in the thick of organizing the show Hungry Ghosts, which opens this weekend at the Ink People’s Brenda Tuxford gallery for Eureka’s […]